Reditors who work in retail? What's the saddest thing someone ever returned?

Customers come in regularly with large amounts of baby supply returns. They get the wrong gender

items or duplicates. An older woman came in with a cartload, so I asked about the new baby.

She slowly and through tears explained that her only child and grandbaby had died during childbirth.

A man returned a Christmas tree one year. He was pretty bummed out, and when I asked him about it, he told me that he was supposed to have visitation this Christmas, but his ex refused to let him see his kids.

I still think about that guy. I hope he gets his kids this year.

I used to be a manager for the Disney store.

We had a regular old man come in with his wife regularly.

Super cute couple.

I mean, matching outfits, holding hands, just as cute as could be.

We used to sell these huge stuffed animals, like ginormous.

The couple came in about once a week and would just walk around, laugh, and smile.

Buy little things here and there.

One night, he came in on his own and bought one of these gigantic Mickey's we had. It was $300,

I think. He was so excited about it. He told us all about how he was going to take her out to dinner,

and it would be sitting there on the bed to surprise her when they got home. Anyway, two days later he walked back in, carrying the giant

Mickey Mouse plush to return it. He had bought it to be a surprise for her 75th birthday. She had

passed away in her sleep the day before her birthday. He thanked us and said goodbye and that he would

not be coming back because our store reminded him too much of his wife. We found out he passed

away a week later. We found out all the details

because one of our employees went to their same church. Two middle-aged ladies, apparently sisters,

were having the time of their life in my department. One bought a ton of assorted housewares,

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