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Nordstrom is, of course, famously compliant about their return policies. Can you imagine if customer service reps suddenly started greeting you with instructions to "go f@ck yourself, you f@cking whore"? Or if they felt you were abusing the policy, threatened you with sodomy and then tacked an additional $125 onto your bill? So goes the creepy narrative of Vitaly Borker, proprietor of e-eyetique DecorMyEyes. The mesmerizing, downright scary tale is detailed in the New York Times; however, the bits that were too hot for a mainstream newspaper are right here. Wow, there's something to be said for buying cheap gas station sunglasses, after all. [NYT, Jezebel]
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