it pays to be nice.

Say hi to newest pair of shoes.

While shopping at DSW during its closing hour, I started to help put away and organize some of the mountains of shoes & shoeboxes I saw laying all over the ground. The guy working that section then began to make small talk with me as he sorted through piles and I ran them down. Casually, he asked me if I had seen anything I liked and I said I did but I didn't think it was worth spending so much for it. Not only did he show me that it was actually discounted from it's already "discounted" price (which was still pricey, IMO) but he offered his employee discount to me since I had helped him clean up the clearance aisles a bit.

The originally $90-something shoes became $20 through this process.

And he told me he worked at Zara too and to hit him up if I ever wanted a discount at either stores again. I told him to let me know if he ever needed help closing his section again.

It pays to be nice sometimes. Not that I'm encouraging anyone to be nice solely because you want things given or done for you though!