Isn’t it bad enough that I can no longer donate my blood plasticized by hydrogenated oils and I am confined to the indoors on days that reach above 90 degrees because the ozone is deemed “unsafe” for any person(s) who happen to have lungs? Now I have to worry about poisoning myself with throw pillows and other decorative items??
Ang and I went to JCPenny recently as we were wanting to purchase some new curtains for our guest room. It’s a rather large window so we had to “special order” the curtains which took about 2 weeks. You can imagine the excitement and anticipation we felt when we received the long awaited call that our drapery “was in.” Of course, Ang and I were a little disappointed that there wouldn’t be anymore sock puppet shows to put on for the neighbors out walking in the evening, but the privacy and modesty of Ang’s mother took presidence.
The problem started once we had the curtains up for about a day. Apparently, insulated lining and hot sun do not mix – but who would have thought that curtains of all things, would be toxic? I was not a happy customer and so I did what any dissatisfied consumer would do and I gave them….A BAD REVIEW.
Dear JCPenny:
I recently purchased curtains from the Cindy Crawford Home Embalming Collection. They’re a lovely green color – I believe the official name of the color is “oil green” and now I know why. After a couple of days I began noticing a pungent odor coming from my guest room. Once entering the room I was instantly assaulted by a strong petroleum & egg-like smell that actually blinded me for a few seconds. Blurry-eyed and a little dizzy, I decided that I would try washing them to see if that helped – but the volatile nerve gas was still present. I really liked the curtains and wanted to find a way to make it work, so I went out and purchased a HazMat mask – that seemed to help a little. I was having company in a few days so I wanted to “test” the room out first. Ironically, I fell asleep almost instantly, but when I woke up there was an unnatural amount of drool on my pillow and the left side of my face was completely numb. After speaking to a neurologist, the damage will more than likely be short-term but I was advised to wait awhile before trying to conceive. I decided to go ahead and return the curtains before I lost another fingernail.
I give these curtains 1 star.
I suspect you’ll get satisfaction here as soon as the customer service rep stops laughing. They’re just people, too. It always helps to make people laugh no matter how pissed-off you are. Great job.