Stupid People

[bobservations]

I work in a mall at the music store ... During my breaks, I sometimes visit other shops to buy stuff or look at their merchandise ... I can't count the times when a customer at another store stops me for help ... I've gotten tired of explaining to them that I don't work at that store and that I'm on break from another shop, so I've started having fun with it ...

ME: *clocks out on break from work, and visits another store in the mall*

CUSTOMER: "Hey !!! Where do you keep the laundry detergent ???"

ME: "C'mon follow me ..."

CUSTOMER: *like a lost puppy follows me all around the store until i finally stop*

ME: "I'm sorry, but I don't know where it is ..."

CUSTOMER: "What's going on ??? Don't you know your own store ???"

ME: "Yes, but I don't work here ..."

NOTE: I've started staying in the breakroom at my own store when I'm on break ...

[Alexandra]

Do you take your nametag off or anything? I bet some people assume if you have a nametag you work there...even if it's a different style or color.

Of course, I've been to Wal-Mart and have people ask me for assistance even though I didn't work there (at the time that is).

[tropicsgoddess]

Do you take your nametag off or anything? I bet some people assume if you have a nametag you work there...even if it's a different style or color.

Of course, I've been to Wal-Mart and have people ask me for assistance even though I didn't work there (at the time that is).

When I worked at the red eye, I would change out of my uniform to my regular clothes if I wanted to shop there after work so I won't be bothered...and it worked! I had a brief stint working at M's (long before the red eye) in the frame shop department and whenever I had to help with stocking the framing aisle shelves, I kept my apron in the shop room so I was able to get work done without customers constantly bothering me. it actually worked...more than once and the best part was that management (including my direct manager) never gave me shit about not wearing my apron in the store!

[RetailWorkhorse]

ME: "C'mon follow me ..."

CUSTOMER: *like a lost puppy follows me all around the store until i finally stop*

Oh my dog, it's the Polish Trailer joke! YAY!!!!





*Ahem* So sorry. Forgot for a moment that other people pull that besides me.

[bobservations]

My nametag doesn't seem to have anything to do with it ... I've decided that I'm gonna go shop at Kmart in an old Walmart vest, and see what happens ... I'll get a friend to videotape the experience too ...

[RetailWorkhorse]

Oh, do it please. Gotta see that.

[bobservations]

Above is another example ... It really happened to me two or three years ago ... The man wasn't nearly as polite and well mannered as I put him in the strip to be, but the overall interaction is there ...

[Ree]

Interesting comic, bobservations, but I'm confused as to how it actually fits with this thread.

I thought it was about customers mistakenly assuming that other customers are employees at the store they are in.