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gabby g. story

Gabby Gagliano- Memoir It was my birthday. Right when I got home from school on a Tuesday, my mom gave me money and my sister took me to the mall so I could shop for presents. We were in the car on our way to get me some amazing gifts and I was in a good mood. Then we got stuck traffic but I didn’t care because I was too excited. Twenty minutes later, we were in the same spot, and I wanted to kill someone. “What the hell, why aren’t we moving!” I told, no yelled at my sister. “I don’t know. But I’m so frickin bored.” When the traffic cleared up and we were in the car parking lot, it was packed. We managed to find a parking spot that was close to the mall. The first store we went to was Sephora, a makeup store, and we both looked around. My sister needed a card I had in my wallet, so I took it out of my jacket. When she got it she tried to put it back in my pocket but she couldn’t get it in. Then I just shoved it in. We couldn’t find anything, so we left the store. After, my sister and I went into Abercrombie and Fitch. We were near the entrance looking at clothes and saw this blonde chick, probably in her thirties, walking fast into the store. Then she kind of slowed down and was right near us. We weren’t sure if she wanted to say something because she looked like she wanted to. Then she said in a sweet voice “Hey do you guys know where Sephora is?” “Yeah,” I said in a nice voice “We were just in there.” Before I could tell her where it was, she says to my sister and me “You were just in there?” We both responded “Yeah”. Then her tone of voice completely changed and she said in a nasty voice directed at me “I know, and I saw you steal some makeup and put it in your pocket.” Then my sister said “She didn’t steal anything. What are you talking about?” I could feel my sister fuming right near me. “Are you talking about this?” I put my hand in the pocket of my coat and showed her the wallet I put in there. I could see she knew she made a mistake, but she said anyways, “The next time you bitches steal anything, your asses are going in jail.” And with that, she turned and walked away from us. I was so embarrassed when I saw the girl working at Abercrombie and Fitch look at my sister and me like we were thieves. I wanted to say //Idiot, we didn’t steal anything.// Instead, my sister and I walked out of the store. “Are you f***ing kidding me right now. What a dumbass,” Christie told me. I was in shock since the blonde girl from hell took us off guard like that, but I regret not saying anything nasty back at her. “I know right. How can you mistake a wallet for a piece of makeup? “I know. Whatever, screw her. Where do you want to shop now?” My sister asked me. “Sephora.” We laughed “Just kidding. I’m really never going in that place again.” Then we left the mall with no gifts for me. I was so bummed. When I got home I told my dad what happened. He was really pissed. He called up the store and told the manager what happened and he wasn’t playing around. He told him how she didn’t handle the situation professionally and ruined my birthday. They said they would fire her, but my dad isn’t that mean and just told them to handle it better next time. The girl talked to my dad on the phone and wouldn’t stop apologizing. Yeah, //now// you say sorry for your stupidity, I thought to myself. I got over it but since then, I’ve never even thought about going into that store.