Fashion's Night Out

Hello all! Decided to tell you about my night working NYC Fashion's Night Out! It's a really big deal apparently. Daffy's is a discount store so we didn't have as much hooplah as stores like Bloomingdales, who had the celebs from America's Next Top Model and Project Runway. But a lot of stores had celebrities. Jennifer Lopez was out somewhere. A lot of stores hired DJ's. We closed earlier than expected so some stores were still open when I left. It was about 10:30 and you could just hear music blasting down the street. It was pretty cool! At Daffy's tho, we handed out fortune cookies that said "Save a Fortune" Cheesy huh? Well someone had to go up in the lobby and hand these cookies out. Guess who got that  job? Me. I ended up loving it though!!! It was a great change of pace from bagging up clothes all night. I couldn't tell you how many times I said "Welcome to Daffy's! Have a fortune cookie" and I said it with a LOT of energy. Let me tell you...that's exhausting. Throughout the night I met some interesting people. First of all, the corporate people came in in their suits and so I had to carry on a convo with them and while we're talking this wench comes up and whispers RIGHT in my ear "the fortune cookies are stale and don't have any discounts in them" I looked at the big wigs who did nothing and she just kept blabbing and said "shouldn't there at least be a discount" I just looked at her and said "THEY'RE FREE" Are you kidding me? Complaining about free stuff? People amaze me. And maybe she's never had a fortune cookie, but they're SUPPOSED to be hard. The regional manager came in later and I told her about the lady. So she told me to open one up and try it to make sure. They were actually VERY good :) We had boxes left over so all the employees who closed went home with bags full lol anyone want a fortune cookie? An older couple came in and the lady asked if the fortunes were X rated ha! Then a woman prob in her 70s came in all dolled up. (Most people were VERY dressed up for this event) She just kept rambling about how every store was either giving away fortune cookies or champagne. But between every sentence she would say "oh my gosh I'm so drunk" LOL she didn't really need to tell me tho b/c i could smell her. Her lips were blue too.... Then there was another lady who came in and she was a little odd but friendly and talkative. She said it was busier on 5th avenue than on black friday. idk about that. She kept insisting that I try this caramel popcorn that she got for free at Barney's. I just kept saying no and finally she said "it's b/c i'm a stranger isn't it" I told her yes. So she leaves and 5 min later she comes back with a brand new bag that hadn't been opened just for me :) I thought that was so nice of her. And she was right. That stuff was good!! Some firefighters stopped outside in their truck. They had their lights on but were just sitting there. I, of course, had to run out to the streets and give them a fortune cookie ;) Anyhoo, it was a fun night for me. Back to normalcy on Sunday. I'm off tomorrow. It's 9/11. I'm wondering if it will be weird in the city. I'm supposed to go out tomorrow night. Is that appropriate? I guess people will be out just like any other saturday night. We'll see. Have a great weekend! Talk to you later!
Love,
Sheray