(I was debating if this should go here or in the SC forum)
As I've wasted away into nothingness in the confines of the various stores I've worked at and collected name badges from over the last decade, one topic continuously comes back time and time again: there you are, pulling merchandise out of a large box and placing it on the shelf. Random customer (RC) walks up to you and asks (or yells from 50 feet away) "hey, do you work here?"
*looks down at that rectangular blue and white laminated thing with letters in the same order as my name and the company logo on it hanging from the lanyard around my neck*
Now, if I'm in a good mood, I'll grab hold of the name badge and hold it up and stare at it intently, saying something like "Yeah, I spend a few dozen hours a week here so I think that qualifies". But if I'm in a less-than-stellar mood I'll just nod and "mm-hmm" to the RC.
I could ALMOST understand this constant barrage of confusion if my apparel was different, but something about being dressed the same as every other hourly employee in the store tosses that thought out the window.
Anyway, this has led me to conduct an experiment of sorts over the last week or so at my job: I quit wearing my name badge while out on the sales floor. Believe it or not, the number of people asking "Do you work here?" has dropped significantly (by about half) since I began doing this!
This leads me to wonder, what is it about wearing a name badge that makes people wonder if you work in said store? The logic escapes me
As I've wasted away into nothingness in the confines of the various stores I've worked at and collected name badges from over the last decade, one topic continuously comes back time and time again: there you are, pulling merchandise out of a large box and placing it on the shelf. Random customer (RC) walks up to you and asks (or yells from 50 feet away) "hey, do you work here?"
*looks down at that rectangular blue and white laminated thing with letters in the same order as my name and the company logo on it hanging from the lanyard around my neck*
Now, if I'm in a good mood, I'll grab hold of the name badge and hold it up and stare at it intently, saying something like "Yeah, I spend a few dozen hours a week here so I think that qualifies". But if I'm in a less-than-stellar mood I'll just nod and "mm-hmm" to the RC.
I could ALMOST understand this constant barrage of confusion if my apparel was different, but something about being dressed the same as every other hourly employee in the store tosses that thought out the window.
Anyway, this has led me to conduct an experiment of sorts over the last week or so at my job: I quit wearing my name badge while out on the sales floor. Believe it or not, the number of people asking "Do you work here?" has dropped significantly (by about half) since I began doing this!
This leads me to wonder, what is it about wearing a name badge that makes people wonder if you work in said store? The logic escapes me
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