trying on hats in dept. stores

Hi all,
I only have one human hair wig and yesterday I had to take it to be cleaned. The place I take it is so far away, I leave it there on a Thursday and pick it up the next day. That means I called in sick yesterday and today. So I am a little early to pick it up and I decide to stop at this little mall nearby. It has a big winners I want to check out. There are two really nice fall hats I want to try on. The place is packed, I am wearing a fedora with my very few wisps of hair hanging out,( riff raff style) you would have to be an itdiot to not figure out I have a hair loss problem. Any way I shop around and find 6 tops I would like to try on. I take my 6 tops plus 2 hats to the fitting room only to have the attendant tell me very loudly that I cannot take hats in the change room. "Just try it on" she says. I am so pissed\humiliated at this point I do not know what to so. So I say I do not want to try it on here, I have 8 items. She says let me check, and then yells out can this woman take hats to the dressing room. And no you cannot take hats or scarves to the fitting room. Then I only have 6 items I say. I am not only annoyed at them but also at myself because I so wish I had said " I am not ready to show you all my bald head yet" But I did'nt. I think I will write a letter to winners and let them know that this is complete bull shit. I may even include a picture of me with and without a hat. Have any of you had this experience??? Honestly I cannot believe how insensitive people can be. Do you try on hats in department stores?

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Comment by Bald and Fabulous AKA Terri on August 12, 2011 at 8:24pm
I would indeed write or speak to a store manager for the attendants rudeness. Yelling across the fitting room about a persons try-ons is extremely rude and unnecessary . There is many medical conditions or an individuals shynesses that a little tact from store workers should be prepared for. Personally I try not to think about others in a store when trying on and buying hats. What's the likely hood that I will see anyone there again .
Comment by Sophia on August 13, 2011 at 5:42pm
I'm sorry you were treated like this! It hasn't happened to me but I can totally understand how you must have felt. I don't see how you can't take hats in the fitting room, that doesn't sound right. I did have one experience & I still can't believe how well I managed it. I went to this african american beauty store downtown to look at some wigs. I found one & that lady offered me to try it on in the back. Little did I know "the back" was the actual hair salon where she also braided hair & such. I sat down, with 6 other people around me having their hair done, & I was just thinking to myself Dang it, I wish I had known but I didn't have the guts to leave either, would have made me look a total fool. So, I took a deep breath & just took off my wig, laid it on my lap & tried it on the new hairpiece. & to my surprise, no one was staring or anything. It felt great. Maybe next time, you will be ready & just go for it because believe me, there really never is the "right time". You will feel amazing. :)
Comment by Rodeli on August 17, 2011 at 1:40am
I agree with Terri, you should convey your experience to the store manager or company regarding the insensitivity of the very rude attendant. Sounds like this nit-wit needs some sensitivity training. Whether someone has alopecia or going through chemo, store attendants should be sensitive to customers who may want to try things on discreetly. I personally am coming to a point in my life of fighting fire with fire--so to speak and turn the tables. I would have asked the rude attendant to please call the store manager to the dressing room--that alone may have caused her to back off and let you in with the hats. When the manager arrived, I would have explained the situation and let him/her know how rudely the attendant was and that you wanted to take the hats in to try on privately due to a medical condition (hair loss). Or I like your idea of yelling back at her for everyone to hear that you don't really feel like showing the world your medical hair loss. Most of the people in the dressing room would be in stalls and wouldn't see you, but could hear and I would bet some of them would be giving you shout-outs of support. I once went to a wig salon run by a creepy man who approached me with a camera and wanted to take pictures of me bald and then pictures of me wearing wigs from his store and put them up on his wall (which he had done to other clients. I said no, thank you, I wanted my privacy.

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