i really dont work here.

[queenbb]

i dont know if this should go in sightings or not,

it happens to me on a regular basis, i work for a nation wide retail store, in the auto center. yet when i go to other stores, i am asked by customers to help them.

here are a few memorible ones

walking around a walmart at chirstmas time, i was asked 6 times by customers to help them find something, once was by another employee, i was wearing a santa hat with a red shirt, and i had my mp3 player around my neck with a hello kitty lanyard with head phones on. i really didnt look like i worked there, oddly enough i was at the target a few mins before and no one asked me, and they were all wearing red and alot of them had santa hats on.

then the other day i was at the grocery store, just getting off of work, so the other windows were closed, i was paying for my meds, this kid comes up to me from behind as im talking to the pharmacist.

um...

i wait for the pharmacist to respond to him.

um... excuse me.

i look at him and hes looking directly at me not her

i said hi,

um do you know where the katchup is.

the pharmacist starts to giggle

i reply, honestly i really wouldnt know where the ketchup is, i hate the stuff and never buy it, besides i dont work here.

kid looks horrified, and runs away (i didnt mean to sound mean, but i really hate katchup it makes me angry for some reason, i did say it in a nice tone though, i hope i didnt make him cry.

the pharmacist is now laughing uncontrolably,

wow she says, thats funny, you dont even look like you work here, your wearing all black and the people who work here wear blue (maybe he was color blind or something)

i tell her it happens alot, i usually help when i can but, it gets annoying to be walking around a store, and have some one ask you for help while you are shopping. i guess i have a face that says i work in retail. or i have a kind friendly aura about me, (i also get lost kids looking for mommy, and babies who are crying instantly stop crying and smile at me when i look at them, if they arent crying when they look at me they get a goofy look on their face, parents find this funny for some reason)

[chinashirtgirl]

i guess i have a face that says i work in retail. or i have a kind friendly aura about me

I pity you, being bothered by other shoppers every time you go shopping must be annoying as hell. I know I wouldn't like it. If people started asking me where stuff was all the time I wouldn't be very polite in telling them quite firmly, "I don't work here, go find someone who does!!"

[Megg]

I vote for the aura. I bet dogs don't bark at you as much, and kitties like your lap.

I have been asked for help in my local grocery store multiple times ... even when I am in full Taco Bell regalia (including the hat, nametag, and jacket that all say Taco Bell). Sad thing is, I just smile, tell them where whatever they want is (I ALWAYS know lol) and tell them to have a nice day!

/sigh

[Evil Queen]

I was just asked the same thing when I was last in Wal-Mart. It was after work (AGAIN) and I was in my uniform shirt (dark blue, with hotel logo above the pocket, long sleeves).
Now, no one else in Wally World wears long sleeved shirts. And I get asked for help. Oh well. At least when I turned to the guy, he seen the logo and apologized.

[queenbb]

I vote for the aura. I bet dogs don't bark at you as much, and kitties like your lap.

I have been asked for help in my local grocery store multiple times ... even when I am in full Taco Bell regalia (including the hat, nametag, and jacket that all say Taco Bell). Sad thing is, I just smile, tell them where whatever they want is (I ALWAYS know lol) and tell them to have a nice day!

/sigh

yah animals like me too, i have only had one horse that hated me, all cats and dogs usually like me alot.

i guess im use to it by now

[thehippie777]

Yeah, the one time I was asked for help in a local grocery store, well it was then I realize people don't pay attention. I had a dark forrest green polo on with the dollar store I was working at at the time's logo on the left side. The people who work at said grocery store tend to be wearing a white/off white shirt with a slate blue apron. I was asked where things were one time... The person stood at stared at me until I had to point out of them that I do not work here.