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Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha
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Bring on the snark!
Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha
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I was just talking with a coworker about annoying sales people. You know, the kind who will jump at you "HiHelloHOwdyHowCanIHelpYouuuuuuuuu".
Her husband has come up with the perfect answer: "You can help by paying for -whatever he is purchasing-" I thought that was pretty brilliant. Anyone else have good come backs for aggressive/annoying sales people and the likes?
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I prefer when the sales people do offer to help. I get peeved whenever I walk into a place and they just stand around twiddling their effing thumbs. Not for nothing, they get PAID to help people find sh.t. If I see them standing around for more than 3 mins, I will walk out of the store.
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Most of the time, it's company policy and they HAVE to ask you if you need anything. Personally, I'd rather they ask than be MIA and have me go searching for them. Usually an "I'm just looking" does the job.
I honestly can't stand a$$holes like you who are rude to service people. You're probably a pretentious b!tch to your waitresses when they check on your meal and see if you need anything.
I really think this says something about your overall character and class or lack thereof.
Get over yourself.
How was that for snark?
This. I worked in retail and if I didn't talk to the customers my boss would chew me out. So really its their job, so shame on them for doing it. And some people really do want help.
ETA: I'd rather I get talked to 20x's than to walk by all the employees standing around talking to each other and completely ignoring you!
100% this. Soooo many people out there are paid to do a job like this but instead sit on there a$$ or on the phone behind the check out counter and refuse to help. If I am just browsing or not in the mood to be talked to I will simple tell them "I dont need any help right now, THANK YOU" customer service is SO HORRIBLE in america right now and after a post like this I guess I see why. Some honest person who is just trying to do there job well is getting a$$ hole comments like that? Its sad....
PS. does "bring on the snark" mean you wanted to start drama with this post because you know its absolutely ridiculous?!?
I hope that someday you & your friends husband have to work in retail. I also hope you get the most cruel & obnoxious customers that exist. Better yet, I hope your kids have to work in retail, get paid minimum wage & get treated like garbage.
Shame on you for being a heartless person.
It is people like you and your stupid husband that make it impossible for sales people to like their jobs. My DH works in sales and I can't stand when people like you go into his store. Does your husband look like a bum and can't afford to pay for his stuff? Is that why he asks?
We have the same last name as a very famous and very rich celebrity, and EVERY time I use my credit card, the cashiers always ask if I am related and then ask if my husband is rich....which is very annoying after a while... for a long time I was really polite about it, but finally I stared saying "no, but he is very well endowed" which seems to end the conversation. and I get a kick out of it every time.
i wouldn't have the nerve to say that, but i'm laughing my butt off right now.
Yeah, i have worked in reatil since I was 16 and when someone is bitchy I just want to put them in their place, or punch them depending on how rude they are.
I had some lady tell me "you f'ing white people don't know what you're doing!" so I said " maybe the f'ing white people at ____ ___ know what they are doing" and hung up.
Just because I work in retail does not give you the right to treat me like ***. I work hard and I don't need your crap, k thanks!
I hate being approached by sales people, but I must agree with this! Despite feeling annoyed, I politely say no thank you and go about my business. It's their job to greet customers. They probably don't want to talk to you any more than you want to talk to them.
it was actually her co-worker's husband who came up with the comment....
I think there's a HUGE difference between a friendly employee who politely asks if you need help, and the person who takes their enthusiasm a notch too far.
I've had salespeople get WAY closer than I'm comfortable with, those who have touched me, and those who feel the need to speak at top volume despite being less than a foot away from my ear.
I understand that it's generally required to offer assistance, but there also need to be limitations.
And I agree with one of the previous posters - I don't need every employee in the store asking me if I need help. Most stores have someone posted at the entrance to see if you need help, so if I'm already halfway through the store, and I don't look completely lost, I'm probably doing okay.
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Ditto those saying it's probably a requirement of their job to ask. I've had jobs where my sole duty for a set period of time was to be on the floor offering customers help. Yes, I'm sure I annoyed people. I know I accidentally asked the same person more than once if I could help them with anything. But that was my job and the one thing I was being paid to do, so it upset me when people felt the need to make rude comments.
Also, BTW, the sales person is probably making minimum wage and doesn't need to be asked to pay for your purchases. If you can't just be polite, at least come up with something actually funny to say.
Um hello, did you not read what I wrote? You know, the part where I said this was about the annoying/aggressive kind of sales people? Was that not clear enough? Or did you choose to ignore that part on purpose?
I have the utmost respect for people who do their job right. I understand and appreciate that sales people are often required to greet you and offer assistance, and I would much rather have them offer me help when I don't need it than have them just stand there and do nothing when I do need their help. And if you had taken more than half a second to read my post, you would know darn well that those good employees were not the ones I was talking about.
But hey, go ahead and call me names if you want, and bring my husband into this while you're at it (again, if you're going to bash me, could you at least do me the favor of READING my post first?) whatever floats your boat.
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I have people get snarky with me on a daily basis. I work in the (inbound- so you call us) telesale department for a cell phone company. People call in to sales needing to talk to customer service, but if I don't try to sell something before I transfer them, I can get fired. I always give them customer care's direct number before I transfer them but often get complaints "Everytime I call here you people try to sell me something- can't you just transfer me to care?"- if you don't want people trying to sell you stuff - stop calling the sales department! I try to make my pitch quick "Did you need any accessories for your phone before I transfer you to care?" but it has to be there.
Everyone just has to do their job- we may not like it, but we need groceries, clothes, a roof over our heads etc...
I usually try to be polite to people. I know some of them can be really annoying, but I've worked in customer service for a long enough time to know how much one rude person can ruin your day.
They are still people, with lives and homes and kids to feed, often, and nobody who just happens to walk into their job is in any way better than them. It's not ok to treat people like scum just because they annoy you a little bit for a few minutes of your life.
But what you don't seem to realize is that the annoyance is often required of that person. I worked in retail during college and I was required to ask a person multiple times if they wanted assistance - when they came in the door I had to greet them and ask if I could help them find something. Later, if they were still browsing I had to go up and say, "hey did you hear about our latest sale on these great t-shirts?" If they went into the fitting room I had to ask if they were doing alright and if they needed me to get another size for them. Seriously, it was annoying for me too because I KNEW I was annoying them. But I needed that job and if I didn't do what was asked of me I could have lost the job. So maybe a little empathy on your part would go a long way. You've clearly never worked in retail to have an opinion such as this and you have no idea how frustrating it is to work in retail - having to be annoying and having to deal with people who just can't seem to muster up a polite word or even a smile for the life of them.
Same here. I find my reading comprehension skills to be above average. I understood exactly what you wrote, there was no gray area.