Comments on: Open letter to Mimi Maternity http://www.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/ Two geeky girls' guide to the first year of motherhood. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:11:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: former Mimi employee http://www.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/comment-page-1/#comment-108692 former Mimi employee Wed, 27 May 2009 17:51:29 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/#comment-108692 so as a mom and former employee I hear you! I have to tell you though they could care less about you and their employees, seriously the vp is a drunk the former ceo would bang his head on the desk during mtgs if you said something he thought was stupid! as for magazines and credit cards there's a percentage for each that the store has to achieve or they get documented! you are just a $$ sign to the majority the strategy is to see how much more they can get you to spend! sincerely former maternity specialist so as a mom and former employee I hear you! I have to tell you though they could care less about you and their employees, seriously the vp is a drunk the former ceo would bang his head on the desk during mtgs if you said something he thought was stupid! as for magazines and credit cards there’s a percentage for each that the store has to achieve or they get documented! you are just a $$ sign to the majority the strategy is to see how much more they can get you to spend! sincerely former maternity specialist

]]> By: isabel http://www.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/comment-page-1/#comment-108693 isabel Thu, 21 May 2009 06:51:10 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/#comment-108693 okay well here it goes.....yes you guys are all right they can be pushy they do ask a million questions....yes they do try to shove a million and one things in your face so they can have a good sale...BUT WHAT YOU ALL DONT KNOW IS THEY DO NOT HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT!!!!!! THAT IS THERE JOB THEY GET PRESSURED EVERDAY TO DO THIS..AND SOME REALLY DO CARE ABOUT YOURE NEEDS AND WANTS!!!!...some of you sound very whiney and arogant!..and i have been in stores while iam shopping and cant believe how rude some of these moms to be are with the salesperson FOR NO REASON!...JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE HAVING A BAD DAY DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD TAKE IT OUT ON SOME RANDOM GIRLS...AND SO WHAT THAT THERE NOT PREGGO???????THEY WORK WITH PREGNANT WOMEN ALL DAM DAY THEY SHOULD NO MORE THEN US WHO HAVE HAD THREE OR FIVE KIDS!!!! AND YES THEY DO GET TRAINED ! AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NO!!! THEY HAVE TO BE OVER 18 PEOPLE.......AS FAR AS THE SKINNY THING!!!! GET SOME SELF ESTEEM !!! GO SEE A THERAPIST OR SOMETHING HOW SHALLOW ARE YOU? SOO DO YOU HIDE FROM ANYONE THAT IS THINNER THAN YOU?? YOU GUYS ARE PREGNANT YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO HAVE A BELLY IT IS OKAY!!!!!.....AND AT THE END OG THE DAY IT IS OUR RIGHT TO JUST SAY "NO" TO ALL THERE OFFERS THAT IS ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! N...O.....NO!!!!!!!!!!! okay well here it goes…..yes you guys are all right they can be pushy they do ask a million questions….yes they do try to shove a million and one things in your face so they can have a good sale…BUT WHAT YOU ALL DONT KNOW IS THEY DO NOT HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT!!!!!! THAT IS THERE JOB THEY GET PRESSURED EVERDAY TO DO THIS..AND SOME REALLY DO CARE ABOUT YOURE NEEDS AND WANTS!!!!…some of you sound very whiney and arogant!..and i have been in stores while iam shopping and cant believe how rude some of these moms to be are with the salesperson FOR NO REASON!…JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE HAVING A BAD DAY DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD TAKE IT OUT ON SOME RANDOM GIRLS…AND SO WHAT THAT THERE NOT PREGGO???????THEY WORK WITH PREGNANT WOMEN ALL DAM DAY THEY SHOULD NO MORE THEN US WHO HAVE HAD THREE OR FIVE KIDS!!!! AND YES THEY DO GET TRAINED ! AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NO!!! THEY HAVE TO BE OVER 18 PEOPLE…….AS FAR AS THE SKINNY THING!!!! GET SOME SELF ESTEEM !!! GO SEE A THERAPIST OR SOMETHING HOW SHALLOW ARE YOU? SOO DO YOU HIDE FROM ANYONE THAT IS THINNER THAN YOU?? YOU GUYS ARE PREGNANT YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO HAVE A BELLY IT IS OKAY!!!!!…..AND AT THE END OG THE DAY IT IS OUR RIGHT TO JUST SAY “NO” TO ALL THERE OFFERS THAT IS ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! N…O…..NO!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Caitlin http://www.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/comment-page-1/#comment-108691 Caitlin Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:52:16 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/#comment-108691 Yvonne, you are in the wrong arena. Mimi, Motherhood - they demand personal information and the checkout process is ridiculous. Their return policy is unacceptable. Frankly, the whole experience for the customer is a bust. When you are in a store, and you are shopping and purchasing that company's merchandise and giving them your hard-earned money, you can be DAMN SURE that it's about "ME" -- we're the customers!! Do you even know the definition of customer service? The reason that you'll never be a salesperson is because you don't understand the concept of running a business, or how customer service should actually work. In order to maintain a sustainable business, you need to cater to the people who are going to keep you afloat -- that's the consumer - and Mimi is not doing it. Not to mention that it's not a problem that the salespeople aren't mothers or pregant -- the issue is that they are clearly under-trained and uncaring about the clientel at a MATERNITY STORE. So, Yvonne, Mimi Maternity, and all of you out there who clearly have no idea what it's like to be pregnant or how to run a good business... SHOVE IT. Yvonne, you are in the wrong arena. Mimi, Motherhood – they demand personal information and the checkout process is ridiculous. Their return policy is unacceptable. Frankly, the whole experience for the customer is a bust.

When you are in a store, and you are shopping and purchasing that company’s merchandise and giving them your hard-earned money, you can be DAMN SURE that it’s about “ME” — we’re the customers!! Do you even know the definition of customer service?

The reason that you’ll never be a salesperson is because you don’t understand the concept of running a business, or how customer service should actually work. In order to maintain a sustainable business, you need to cater to the people who are going to keep you afloat — that’s the consumer – and Mimi is not doing it.

Not to mention that it’s not a problem that the salespeople aren’t mothers or pregant — the issue is that they are clearly under-trained and uncaring about the clientel at a MATERNITY STORE.

So, Yvonne, Mimi Maternity, and all of you out there who clearly have no idea what it’s like to be pregnant or how to run a good business… SHOVE IT.

]]> By: yvonne http://www.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/comment-page-1/#comment-108688 yvonne Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:45:54 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/#comment-108688 Also, (couldn't help it) you sound like a typical stereotype ME ME ME person.Its all about ME! And, no, I am not a salesperson,never have been and never will because of the whining public nowadays! Also, (couldn’t help it) you sound like a typical stereotype ME ME ME person.Its all about ME! And, no, I am not a salesperson,never have been and never will because of the whining public nowadays!

]]> By: yvonne http://www.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/comment-page-1/#comment-108689 yvonne Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:41:56 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/#comment-108689 Please,just get over it. How sad that you feel that every salesperson in the store should have been a mom. This is just a person that may need a job desperately and not to be discriminated against. Please,just get over it. How sad that you feel that every salesperson in the store should have been a mom. This is just a person that may need a job desperately and not to be discriminated against.

]]> By: John http://www.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/comment-page-1/#comment-108690 John Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:54:46 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/#comment-108690 I tried to return a product that I purchased at Mimi Maternity as a christmas gift. While I was wrapping it I noticed a tear in it. I took it back to the store to exchange but they did not have the same size/color. I asked that my credit card be refunded. OH NO! I could only get store credit or exchange it! Um, you don't have the size/color to exchange it for! So, I ended up actually leaving the merchandise in the store, no refund, no store credit.. jsut the hassle of a dispute with my credit card company. They DO NOT stand behind there merchandise whatsoever. There sales people are obviously reprimanded in they attempt to accomodate a patron. I tried to return a product that I purchased at Mimi Maternity as a christmas gift. While I was wrapping it I noticed a tear in it. I took it back to the store to exchange but they did not have the same size/color. I asked that my credit card be refunded. OH NO! I could only get store credit or exchange it! Um, you don’t have the size/color to exchange it for! So, I ended up actually leaving the merchandise in the store, no refund, no store credit.. jsut the hassle of a dispute with my credit card company. They DO NOT stand behind there merchandise whatsoever. There sales people are obviously reprimanded in they attempt to accomodate a patron.

]]> By: Katie Matteson http://www.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/comment-page-1/#comment-108686 Katie Matteson Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:49:23 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/#comment-108686 Have any of you tried these? The let me wear my pre-prego pants much longer and were very comfy! <a href="http://www.toplessundershirts.com" rel="nofollow">www.toplessundershirts.com</a> Have any of you tried these? The let me wear my pre-prego pants much longer and were very comfy!

http://www.toplessundershirts.com

]]> By: Chrissy http://www.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/comment-page-1/#comment-108687 Chrissy Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:37:27 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/#comment-108687 i worked for this god forsaken company. most employees are mothers. the fact of the matter is they must do this or they will loose their job. no job, no food for the kids. think twice beforwe you judge the people behind the counter. it is corporate who pulls the strings. i worked for this god forsaken company. most employees are mothers. the fact of the matter is they must do this or they will loose their job. no job, no food for the kids. think twice beforwe you judge the people behind the counter. it is corporate who pulls the strings.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/comment-page-1/#comment-108683 anonymous Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:31:44 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/#comment-108683 I could have written this! I would like to second your remarks. (Just gave birth to daughter this month.) I could have written this! I would like to second your remarks. (Just gave birth to daughter this month.)

]]> By: Heather http://www.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/comment-page-1/#comment-108676 Heather Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:39:59 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/#comment-108676 Oh sister, jeans are THE hardest thing to buy in my opinion. You really ought to wait until you're past about 17 weeks (just an estimate) and try some on in person. I tried *several* pairs and sizes on in person and still had no luck finding my one true pair of jeans to love. Many articles (and probably books too) have been written on the topic. Good luck! As for actual size guidance, sure try the L and send 'em back if they don't work. Oh sister, jeans are THE hardest thing to buy in my opinion. You really ought to wait until you’re past about 17 weeks (just an estimate) and try some on in person.

I tried *several* pairs and sizes on in person and still had no luck finding my one true pair of jeans to love. Many articles (and probably books too) have been written on the topic. Good luck!

As for actual size guidance, sure try the L and send ‘em back if they don’t work.

]]> By: Emily http://www.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/comment-page-1/#comment-108665 Emily Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:02:17 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/#comment-108665 I shop online so I don't have those problems; however, I would like to know how mimi maternity clothing fits? If you're a size 10 before your pregnancy, will large jeans be required for the pregnancy fit? I shop online so I don’t have those problems; however, I would like to know how mimi maternity clothing fits? If you’re a size 10 before your pregnancy, will large jeans be required for the pregnancy fit?

]]> By: mommydrinxcuzyoucry http://www.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/comment-page-1/#comment-108681 mommydrinxcuzyoucry Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:48:31 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/open-letter-to-mimi-maternity/#comment-108681 oh SNAP! I HATE those people. Only visit there in emergencies, when I cant get to southland mall, Eville is just up the street. On the occasion that Im in DESPERATE need for bigger nursing bras(engorgement, anyone) I sure as hell dont understand why you need my social, phone number, email address, shoe size, mothers maiden name and birthdate to buy a goddamn overpriced bra! At month 6 I popped in there to see what I might find on the clearance rack, and the RRRussian attendant asked me what size I wore so she could help me shop (ie, crap I can neither afford nor want) . "XL" I replied. She looked my fat ass up and down and said in her finest "must find moose and squirrel" accent "we Dont CARRY XL". Waitwaitwaitwait. is this a MATERNITY store or amercrombie and fitch. ALL pregnant moms are XL, okay!?!? burn in hell, Mimi! Ahhhh !!!! Thanks for the idea...I feel better already! oh SNAP! I HATE those people. Only visit there in emergencies, when I cant get to southland mall, Eville is just up the street. On the occasion that Im in DESPERATE need for bigger nursing bras(engorgement, anyone) I sure as hell dont understand why you need my social, phone number, email address, shoe size, mothers maiden name and birthdate to buy a goddamn overpriced bra!

At month 6 I popped in there to see what I might find on the clearance rack, and the RRRussian attendant asked me what size I wore so she could help me shop (ie, crap I can neither afford nor want) . “XL” I replied. She looked my fat ass up and down and said in her finest “must find moose and squirrel” accent “we Dont CARRY XL”. Waitwaitwaitwait. is this a MATERNITY store or amercrombie and fitch. ALL pregnant moms are XL, okay!?!?

burn in hell, Mimi!

Ahhhh !!!! Thanks for the idea…I feel better already!

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