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I met my lovely friend E today (thanks for reading this nonsense!) and she gave me some advice that I took to heart.
Firstly, it is normal for a bra to cost $70.
Secondly, why not apply to work at Starbucks?
Thirdly, always be careful.
Being a cheapo, I was flabbergasted at point number 1.
I don't think I have ever spent more than $30 on a bra in my life. So when she said that the '2 for $70' deal was not bad, I went to the nearest departmental store, which turned out to be Robinsons, where I first saw that offer.
There, I looked at the ones on sale. The sales lady picked out a few in my size for me to try. They looked hideous on me because they didn't fit. Typical.
I thought she would give up, but much to their credit, she went to get another colleague to help me.
This other lady handled the fancier underthings that were not "2 for $69.90". Their retail price was $89.90, but they had a promotion - buy 3, get 1. Normally I would baulk at such numbers, but I decided to become a sensible adult and finally get some proper undergarments.
She got 4 Triumph Maximizers for me to try. 2 were pretty damn nice. When I complained that they didn't fit, she told me to push everything into the bounds of the wire, and wow, that seemed to work.
Then she got some other designs, and made me wear each one of them on the spot. Geez.
After that was done, she tried to push the "buy 5 get 2" promo on me, but I wasn't very willing to part with my money. So, yay, I spent $269.70 for 4 bras. /omg
And then, I went to the Starbucks that had the "opportunity!" sign, joined the queue, asked the guy about the hiring situation, received a simple form to fill, then joined the queue to pass it back to him, where he passed it to his manager, who disappeared for a while before coming to tell me to come back for an interview with her manager tomorrow.
They seemed pretty chilled, which is nice.
