Do I Look Like I Work Here? In This Outfit??

[calulu]

I know I've read many stories of folks here being mistaken as an employee of some place they are buying things in because they are wearing clothing that looks vaguely uniform like.

It happened to me today and I wasn't even wearing anything remotely like what the cashiers in this store wear!

Shopping in Food Lion, only store in town with organic produce, pushing my cart filled with produce and stuff around, minding my own business clad in bright blue yoga pants capri length, bright blue croc sandals and a old white shirt. Employees at this Food Lion wear black pants, black laceup shoes and tan polo shirts with the Food Lion logo and their nametag on them.

Man stops me, not particularly old and didn't seem mentally incapacitated and demanded to know where we were hiding the Vienna sausages from him. I explained about a dozen times a) I don't work there and b) I don't buy canned meats so I wasn't sure. Guy kept insisting I did work there! I walked off and left him prattling to himself about hidden Vienna sausages.

[Boozy]

Be honest, now. You went to the store that day with the sole purpose of hiding Vienna sausages from customers.

Where are they?



I had someone assume I was an employee while in the dollar store last week. I was in a pant suit because I was working that day, and I had just popped out to buy a few office supplies for my store.

On one hand, I was clearly overdressed for a casual afternoon of shopping at the dollar store, so maybe that's why I was pegged as an employee. On the other hand...do dollar store employees generally wear business suits? Every one I've ever seen has been wearing jeans and a t-shirt. It's always struck me as a casual place to work.

I don't know what people are thinking sometimes.

[Bright_Star]

Should have told him to look for the Oscar Myer Weener...lol.

[RetailWorkhorse]

do dollar store employees generally wear business suits?

Yes. Yes I do. Why, you ask, when it seems the store is so relaxed? Because it's AGAINST COMPANY POLICY to wear blue jeans and t-shirts. I can only wear blue jeans and a t-shirt if I'm unloading the truck. I can get away with tan or green cargo pants if I'm only stocking, but if I'm cashiering I have to wear business wear.

[One-Fang]

I so wish this would happen to me. I'm just hanging out for the mistaken employee routine so I can have fun with "If you think I'm that lazy - go call my manager".

[Boozy]

Yes. Yes I do. Why, you ask, when it seems the store is so relaxed? Because it's AGAINST COMPANY POLICY to wear blue jeans and t-shirts.

That sucks.

I always think about applying for a job when I'm at my local dollar store, because the staff get to wear jeans. It must just be the chain I'm familiar with around here.

[RetailWorkhorse]

Mayhaps, mayhaps. The dudes and dudettes in Family Dollar and Dollar General tend to wear blue jeans. Lucky puppies.

[thehippie777]

And I bet nearly every time a person is approached by such asshats, that they complain to management & management is left saying, "uh...who?"

[Snowbird]

And I bet nearly every time a person is approached by such asshats, that they complain to management & management is left saying, "uh...who?"

I'd be interested in seeing the response of a SC who insisted someone worked at the store, but didn't, once they're corrected by management. Anyone ever had the guts to snark off to one of these cretins and then insist that they speak to a manager right then and there?

Just the thought of it makes me laugh maniacally.

And then I'd feel bad for the poor person that had to deal with the havoc created. I could never do it.

[Geek King]

Guy kept insisting I did work there! I walked off and left him prattling to himself about hidden Vienna sausages.

<*Desperately tries to stiffle comment about playing 'Hide the Sausage' lest he be beaten soundly*>

[Apathy]

I've always wanted an SC to assume I work somewhere, so I can tell them to shove it. Then they'll demand a manager, which I will find, just so the SC can be told that I don't work there.
Unfortunately, only nice people keep asking me if I work at the store I'm in.

A friend of mine was once asked, while wearing scrubs, if she worked at the WM she was in.

[DarkProwler]

I can only remember one time I was asked if I worked at a store. It was Target, and I was wearing a red polo shirt with grey cargo pants, so I did look the part. I walked out of an aisle, and went to look at some DVDs, when I realized someone behind me was yelling "Hello! Excuse me!". I looked over and the lady there asked if I worked there, so I shook my head "no", and she nodded and went to look for a real employee.

Not sure if I want to run into a SC dressed like that.

[edicius]

I keep having people ask me questions at the local liquor store, despite my state of dress looking nothing like their work outfits.

Of course, perhaps I have the look about me that says, "Hey, this guy looks like a boozer, maybe he can help me!"

[Alexandra]

"Hmmm...if I were a Vienna sausage...I'd be in Vienna! Yeah, that's the ticket!"

[Lace Neil Singer]

Shopping in Food Lion, only store in town with organic produce, pushing my cart filled with produce and stuff around, minding my own business clad in bright blue yoga pants capri length, bright blue croc sandals and a old white shirt.

I can beat that; I was once in New Look wearing a long black velvet skirt with two gothic crosses on it, New Rock boots and an Alice Cooper t-shirt... and was still approached by a teenage girl asking for a refund. Doh! XD