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Have other customers/shoppers asked you for help while you were shopping yourself?

Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:03 pm
Posted by Tarik One
Member since May 2016
2094 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:03 pm
Do you find it rude?

You're out shopping and someone may approach you and ask: "Do you work here?" or they'll just assume you work there and will ask for assistance.

I've experienced it a couple times (once while wearing shirt and tie after a fight broke out between two servers at a pizza restaurant) and witnessed an occurrence just yesterday. Some middle-aged lady asked a guy "Where is your key machine?" He just shrugged and kept shopping. He shook his head in a bit of disgust too.
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35482 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:06 pm to
When you're all grown up they'll stop asking you.
Posted by 13SaintTiger
Isle of Capri
Member since Sep 2011
18315 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:06 pm to
No, I don't look like someone who works retail...........you poor
Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
18552 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:06 pm to
Nope.
Posted by ruzil
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2012
16875 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:06 pm to
Time to change your look.

Did this happen in a gay bordello?
This post was edited on 5/7/17 at 4:09 pm
Posted by shotcaller1
Member since Oct 2014
7501 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:07 pm to
Had people ask me if I worked at LL bean twice within 10 minutes once. I had just got off work too (wearing all brooks brothers, for the OT people with jokes), so I thought it was weird.

I thought they wear uniforms there anyway??
Posted by Honky Lips
Member since Dec 2015
2828 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:08 pm to
quote:

after a fight broke out between two servers at a pizza restaurant


Best part of this thread
Posted by Evil Little Thing
Member since Jul 2013
11214 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:08 pm to
They ask me to help reach things on top shelves.
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
50738 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:11 pm to
No but if I ever was asked, i'd say "I think so, let me go check, I"ll be right back.."

and leave



This post was edited on 5/7/17 at 4:16 pm
Posted by Commander Data
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Dec 2016
7289 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:11 pm to
I have been asked where to find certain items by other shoppers. Have always helped if I could and see no problem with a fellow human asking another for assistance. I don't go to Walmart wearing blue and khaki though so I never have been confused as an employee.
Posted by TigerBandTuba
Member since Sep 2006
2541 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:16 pm to
quote:

They ask me to help reach things on top shelves.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
70896 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:18 pm to
I get asked occasionally. Even if I'm not wearing anything remotely resembling a uniform.
Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
Member since Jan 2010
66982 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:19 pm to
I always get asked if I work at Hollister when I'm smelling and folding clothes while shirtless and standing outside the changing rooms, but I'm really just a pervert.
This post was edited on 5/7/17 at 4:20 pm
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
69052 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 4:53 pm to
I never wear Blue at Best Buy or Walmart or Lowe's for this reason.
Posted by Jackie Chan
Japan?
Member since Sep 2012
4681 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:01 pm to
One time I was asked by a lady. Didn't bother me. But I wondered why she would ask a guy in a t-shirt and gym shorts if he was employed at a dept store.
Posted by sweetwaterbilly
Member since Mar 2017
19351 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:04 pm to
Don't ever make the mistake of wearing a red polo and khakis when you go shopping at Target
Posted by LakeViewLSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2009
17730 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:05 pm to
Little old ladies ask me to grab stuff off of the top shelf. I oblige, of course.

Sometimes they will ask me to help them put a case of water in their basket, which I do with one hand.
This post was edited on 5/7/17 at 5:08 pm
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:08 pm to
Yes, but only in head shops and record stores
Posted by Capital Cajun
Over Yonder
Member since Aug 2007
5525 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:10 pm to
I always get asked to snag things off the top or high shelves.

Sometimes if I'm in HD or Lowes I end up helping people that look completely lost.
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
20364 posts
Posted on 5/7/17 at 5:24 pm to
I was chasing my two year old around Barnes and noble last week when some lady asked me if I worked there. I looked at here like she was a fricking idiot.
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