Language Barrier?

[zianuray]

So I'm at the Hobby Lobby on the south end of Springfield a few weeks ago, and made the mistake of asking where the yard goods were.

"Right over there and three aisles up :)"

So I go right over there and three aisles up and ... huh?  Lawn ornaments and bird feeders?  Wha....?

I ask another clerk.

Same directions.

Eventually, we find someone who realizes what I'm asking for and directs me to the whole other end of the store, where the fabric is.

Why couldn't I remember the current name for yard goods, which is fabric, which I know this?  It just isn't what I'm used to calling it.

Bleh.