This is the view from the French Baker in Robinson's Supermarket Nuvali. Honestly, I would have preferred having ACE closer to us than True Value, but then their aesthetics are still appreciated over Ace's.
True Value: I just wish the staff didn't just give me a blank look and do the blame thing when I simply suggested to correct the label on the huge Christmas tree for sale. It read "Dog Glass Fir" and I thought I was going to be helpful by spelling it out for them...as, you know, the man's name Douglas perhaps? I'm not from North America so I really don't know what a real Douglas fir is, but there weren't any customers and I was in jobless-pakialamera mode. I was also pretty sure it wasnt "Dog Glass". I guess, also, the educator in me wanted children who might read it to learn the right name.
Instead the customer service people were quick to 'blame' the guy quietly sorting the rest of the trimmings as the one who printed the label. It was kind of embarrassing for him, I think, so I quickly slipped away after muttering to just fix the typo. Honestly, I thought maybe the labels are based on supplier's labels; that maybe they're printed out for all branches out of some central inventory system. So the guys had no clue what I was talking about.
Why do we often have this kind of reaction---to say "ay, si ___ gumawa niyan eh". Perhaps they were embarrassed too to have a customer point a simple thing (and insignificant, really, in my view) out. I hope it doesn't start from schooling...when rather than aid each other, and support each other, students mock each other for their mistakes or teachers ridicule rather than teach. A simple thank you, ma'm, and taking down of the sign would have sufficed. They could confer with the staff responsible for it in private.
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