Swim Bottoms + Crotch Sniff + K-Mart= Confused Customer...

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I hope you enjoyed the little diagram I just spent 25 minutes on. But just looking at it makes it all worth while. Now for those of you that read my sister Natalie's BLOG (which should be all of you, her BLOG is HILARIOUS!) this will be a repeat, but I figured there are lot's of readers out there that don't so I didn't want to deprive you of this story. I swear, that the story I am about to tell you is 100% true. I have not even taken ANY creative liberties here. So here goes...

Four summers ago, I was living at home in Orem for summer break. My friend Trevor had invited me to go to Lake Powell with some friends and I realized I had lost my swim bottoms in the move. So I searched high and low for some new swim bottoms but it was July so they were pretty picked over. Then I finally thought, hey I bet K-Mart will have something. So I drove down there and sure enough I found a pair that would work. So bought them, took them home....and then never used them. I am a little iffy on the details here but I am SURE I never wore them. So a couple weeks later I was cleaning my room and I found the UNWORN (this is important, unworn) bottoms so I decided to take them back. This is where it gets weird....

So I walk up to the customer service and explain that I would like to return these UNWORN, tags still in place, swim bottoms. She asks me the usual questions, have these been worn, is there anything wrong, etc. I explain that I just didn't need them and whatnot and then all the sudden she grabs the swim bottoms but the crotch and takes 2 huge whiffs. I naturally stop mid sentence and here's what goes through my mind:

1- Is that company policy? Even if it was, I would tell my boss that they are only paying me $5.15 and hour, there is no way in hell I am doing a crotch check on swim wear.
2-What if those had been worn? A, you just smelled crotch and B are you really going to hand them back to me and say....these have been worn and we don't accept worn clothing back?
3-What if I were to challenge her and say they hadn't been worn, is she going to make me smell check it too?

I seriously just stood there, dumbfounded. Well, dumbfounded, embarrassed, disgusted, confused...Well, and of course I looked around because I assume I am on Candid Camera, that's the only explanation. Soon enough I am just grabbing my $4.00 back and I am on my way. Seriously, still waiting for candid camera to show up. I never signed a release....so I am just assuming that's K-Mart's return policy on swim wear. Needless to say, I have not bought swim wear from them ever again. I seriously rushed home to tell my Dad the story and we were DYING! It's been a family favorite ever since. But it's nice to remember this story EVERYTIME I put on a swimsuit.....