I walked up to this girl in my yoga class & asked her where she bought these beautiful teal batik/paisley patterned pants that cut off a couple inches above the ankle and she said "thanks! I got them from O'Neil", I think, O'Neil like the wetsuit swimwear store? Huh, I guess I'll go and check it out.
I happened to be at Ontario Mills shopping for shoes when I pass by the O'Neil store (perfect! Gotta get those pants NOW) Tony & Mary are super cool people! When you're a cool person, awesome customer service just happens naturally.
Side note: Nowadays I guess some stores (F21, Windsor, H&M, a bunch of stores like these) are focused solely on loss prevention that they just assume that every person that comes into the store might be out to steal merch. I feel like when I walk into these stores the sales associates are so busy making sure I don't pop any tags and stash clothes into my bag that they neglect to ask if I'd like to put some items in a room (you know, cuz I only have 12 hangers balancing on my arm), then when I try on the clothes and nothing turns out right the sales associates JUST want to know if the amount of clothes you're handing back to then adds up to the same number they marked outside your fitting room. What? That's it? Not even a "oh I'm sorry that didn't work out, I could show you other styles/I know of another top that might go with that bottom :)". I don't need my hand held or anything like that but just some kindness you know? In my experience, it takes a whole lot more energy and effort to be indifferent, uninterested, like I ain't got no business here (lol get the reference?)
So that's my back story! Whew LOL
Now you can understand why walking into O'NEIL yesterday and being treated like a friend by Tony and Mary was SUCH a breath of fresh air! Mary and Tony knew exactly what I was looking for when I described the pants to them (merch knowledge ), sadly they told me they got these pants last week and it was such a hot item that they sold out. Since I was already there, and since Tony and Mary were super cool giving off good vibes i decided to stay and look around (I've never ever shopped at O'Neil before in my 27 yrs of existence) I found 3 pairs of shorts that I absolutely LOVE, great fit and stitching at the register Mary was ringing me up while Tony was ringing up another customer and the 4 of us were talking and laughing (the vibe was so good even the other lady was drawn to it ) Mary let me know that with their store promotion, if I spent another $3, I would get $10 off, like there are so many wins right now I can't believe it. Tony says "how bout a lip balm?" it's $3.99 SCORE! So my total would've been $173~ but with the 50% off on all clothing plus the $10 off my entire purchase, my bill came up to only $72.13. You guys, did I just save $101?? Yes I did! Aaand not only did I save, but I walked out of the O'Neil store thinking, man I'm gonna go back there, they are so organic! I can find great fitting clothes AND have a good time with these guys
Thank you so much, it was real nice meeting you two read more