My maid of honor and I decided yesterday that we were going to go dress shopping in Altamonte. We searched online and found that there was a David's Bridal and a Brides By Demetrios there, so that's where we planned on going.
On our way there, we spotted an Alfred Angelo sign, and because I had looked at Alfred Angelo designs online and liked them, I wanted to stop by. So we pulled in, just to look. We were definitely not buying anything yet, it was my 2nd day of dress shopping. We were just experimenting and seeing what styles were available and the prices.
We went into the store and were not greeted like I had been earlier at David's and Formally Yours (Eustis). We didn't really feel like we needed all that much help, because it was our first time out together, and we were just browsing. We found 2 dresses that we agreed I should try on. There were a bunch of open rooms, but some had dresses and we just weren't sure what was taken and what wasn't. So, we stood by the fitting rooms for a longggg time waiting on someone to acknowledge us. Finally, after we waited and nobody said a word to us, my MOH told a lady that we were just wanting to try on a couple of dresses, and if there was a fitting room open. She asked what my name was and then asked if we had an appointment. We didn't. We didn't know the store was there, otherwise we would have, but we also didn't feel the need to be helped out by a salesperson, because we weren't intending on buying anything. The associate RUDELY said, "We're working by appointment only, but I can see if there's someone who can take the time out to help you two." We were polite and said "okay, thanks so much!" After she took the dresses from us and randomly walked around the store for about 10 more minutes, she brought a girl to us and said that she was "taking time out of her busy schedule to help us out". My MOH told her, "We didn't really need a full-time helper, we just wanted a door open." But the new lady seemed really sweet and was pretty helpful. She knew we didn't want to be hovered over, so she helped us when we asked, but she wasn't overbearing.
Now, I was trying to find dresses in my size, but it's extremely difficult to find size 2 samples nowadays. There were a total of 4 styles in a size 2, and 4 in a size 4, about 5 in a size 6, and then maybe 5 in a size 8. There were dozens and dozens in size 10 and up, though. Just to get an idea of styles and options, we looked through some of the size 10's and 12's and 16's and such. The lady that was rude to us before came up to us and rudely said, "You're looking at really big dresses." and we said "we know, we're just looking at the styles, because there's hardly anything in my size". She seems to not even listen to us and continues to rudely say "You could maybe pin back something that was 2 sizes to big, but you are just TOO small for any of these." To which we replied "We know, we're just looking at styles that are available here" and she rolled her eyes and walked away.
I just thought it was a terribly rude woman there. Just because we didn't have an appointment and I'm a petite bride, she felt the need to be rude to us. The woman that helped me in the fitting room was nice, but nobody else said a word to us. It was also really hot in there. I kept sweating.
Has anyone else had unpleasant experiences at Alfred Angelo Altamonte? Or did we just catch the lady on a bad day?