Clarks

I noticed Clark’s was having a 20% off boots sale and there was a pair of boots displayed in the window I liked.
When I entered there were no employees to be seen for about five minutes (and this was a busy Saturday in the mall). Finally one came from the stock room to ring out a customer. A minute later another employee came out and looked surprised to see a customer waiting. I asked her for my size in the boots. She said they were out of stock. I asked if she had it in the other color, same boot. Again, all out of stock. I asked her if she knew when more were coming in. She said she didn’t know, and they are last year’s models anyway. She then added: «Maybe Freeport has them.» Not, «I can call Freeport and check and see if we can do a store to store ship.» I don’t know if they have that capability but she seemed to not care. And these boots are priced over $ 300!
The good news is that I looked online when I got home and ordered the exact same pair, new, from Amazon for $ 135 with free two-​way shipping in case they don’t fit.