Bannister Mall

[Barracuda]

Hey Cuda I know that most on here are not country fans but would any of these lines work ....

not a chance. the only time men actually got my attention was when they didn't use any kind of corny bar pick up line.

this one would have worked if i had been single at the time-
while working at fredericks one day, some guy walked up and without saying a single word just kissed me right on the mouth. then said, "sorry, i just had to do that" and turned around and walked out. it was a little creepy but, damn, that took balls. i just stood there for awhile trying to figure out what the hell just happened. of course, even if i was interested in him, i was too shocked to do anything about it.

here are some more "don'ts" when it comes to hitting on lingerie store employees-
DO NOT grab body parts. that will only get you arrested.
DO NOT walk in singing "thong thong thong thong thong". only every other man does that.
DO NOT ask employee to model items. gee, we've never heard that before.
DO NOT ask employee for "help" in the dressing room. why would i want to date a man who can't even put on a pair of underwear? really.
DO NOT ask employee for "opinion" of you wearing the see-thru underwear. if i wanted to see your shlong, i'd ask you to "model" something for me, cuz apparently men think that's a really good line.
DO NOT tell employee you're married/have a girlfriend and ask for your help in picking something out for her only to reveal to her afterwards you are really single and you want to buy her the item she just picked out for your fake wife. that's freaking creepy.
DO NOT ask employee for advertisement posters off the wall.
DO NOT ask employee to help you sample edible items. ya, sure, i'll get right on that..just as soon as i'm done "modeling" this for you.
DO NOT assume because we're around lingerie for 8 hrs every day we are permanantly horny. it becomes an "every day item" for us and is not a big deal. which brings me to my last tip.
DO NOT assume that employees are going to think you're a big creep just because you are in our store. we WORK there, for crying out loud!

[ARLT1YJ]

I was walking behind a beautiful, young lady into Lowe's yesterday. She was about 5'4", brunette, slender frame, and had a wonderful scent that I couldn't take my mind off of unitl... well I guess i'm still thinking about her.

I'm in a relationship right now (we're not engaged or anyhing), but if I hadn't been, I had the perfect line come into my head.

Cuda -- do you think I may've at least gotten a number (assuming she was single) if I would've said.....

"Excuse me, is that your perfume I smell, or is that the flowers?"
.... followed by "it smells wonderful, what perfume is it?"

Lowe's has a large flower display going into the entrance of this building, so I could've pulled it off.

[ARLT1YJ]

Actually Cuda, my girlfriend is a "sales lead" at the local Victoria's Secret. No shiznit.

[Barracuda]

Actually Cuda, my girlfriend is a "sales lead" at the local Victoria's Secret. No shiznit.

i hope you don't mind men hitting on her all day long then. i got hit on CONSTANTLY while working at fred's, even when i was pregnant!!! not just by customers either but also other mall workers. the eastern fellow who sold rugs next door had a thing for me, even tho i was probably a foot taller than him, about 20 yrs younger, and we were both in relationships. that didn't stop him from asking me out and telling me he'd be my "sugar-daddy".
i even had men calling me at work on a regular basis to check to see if i was single yet.
on a side note-ladies, if you're single and looking, work in a lingerie store.

[Barracuda]

.....
Cuda -- do you think I may've at least gotten a number (assuming she was single) if I would've said.....

"Excuse me, is that your perfume I smell, or is that the flowers?"
.... followed by "it smells wonderful, what perfume is it?"

Lowe's has a large flower display going into the entrance of this building, so I could've pulled it off.

probably depends on how you said it. i don't think i'd want the first thing a guy to compliment me on to be my smell. if you went with that tho, you couldn't ask her out right there on the spot because then she'll think your compliment was fake just to have an excuse to talk to her, which would then make your compliment a 'pick up line'. and most women are programmed to turn down all pick up lines, no matter how clever. you'd have to "accidentally" run into her again in another aisle or something.

[KansasCity]

Yeah because in Cuda's case, her ass is her face.

that was so 2nd grade the only proper comeback would be, "I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I?!"

No, that reply is 2nd grade. Mine was between 4th and 5th, depending where you lived.

[KansasCity]

So you don't recommend lines for a way to get a date from a girl. What would you recommend then for a girl you spot in public? I think you should just go up and let her know you like here, and she what she says.

[BROUSER]

I recommend laying down a piece of cardboard and throwing down with a few of your best break-dancing moves. If you happen to be carrying a boombox with the sound track from "Krush Groove," so much the better.

[ARLT1YJ]

I would've cared that other guys hit on her if I was still 18-20 years old. But I had an epiphony (sp) around age 21 that being a jealous, overbearing boyfriend causes more complications and negativity than anything else.

I'm not saying I want her to get hit on, (although it is kind of a compliment to my choice in a partner) but I trust her enough to believe that she will not let it go any further than that.

I may be a little naive, but like they say, ignorance is bliss.

[Barracuda]

So you don't recommend lines for a way to get a date from a girl. What would you recommend then for a girl you spot in public? I think you should just go up and let her know you like here, and she what she says.

sorry, all further questions will have to be addressed in "other". i'm muddying up the 'kansas city' board.

[ImAWalkingCorpse]

i worked there (bannister mall) for 2 yrs. it got so bad by the time i left that i had to have police officers escort me to my car every night and they walked me to my store every morning. the mall hired kc police officers to work all day there and they kept really close watch over me and my employees. they'd even escort me to lunch if i ate upstairs in the food court. of course, i was the manager of fredericks of hollywood so i dealt with LOTS of unsavory characters and had to call the cops several times. damn filthy men think just cuz you work in a store full of crotchless panties and garter belts you're gonna "model" everything.

ps-watcher! dude, we're damn near neighbors! i live just south of belton.

I worked at Bannister Mall from 1995-2000 (the time that it went straight downhill). I am going to go to Bannister next week and see if anyone in customer service has any old floorplans or brochures of the original store and layout. Also I am going to take alot of pictures, I remember where they kept all of the old artwork.

[Watcher]

I keep wanting to go over there and fill up a few memory sticks with pictures, but it seems like life keeps preventing me...

[Barracuda]

I worked at Bannister Mall from 1995-2000 (the time that it went straight downhill). I am going to go to Bannister next week and see if anyone in customer service has any old floorplans or brochures of the original store and layout. Also I am going to take alot of pictures, I remember where they kept all of the old artwork.

well you and i might know each other then cuz i worked there from 99-01.

[Kit]

is this place a walmart yet?

[Barracuda]

no, actually the blahmart across the street closed