Must remember not to wear blue at Walmart

[mattm04]

Once day I made a unplanned stop to wal-mart. I was wearing a blue polo and khaki shorts. I only needed a few things, though I was tempted to buy a non-blue shirt and the stuff I had, go to my car and change and return if I had any more shopping.

[jedimaster91]

Once I got flagged down by a customer in the WalMart and I was wearing SCRUBS. Navy blue scrubs, but scrubs nonetheless.

[lobo94]

I was at Wal-Mart last night, wearing a blue shirt...you can guess the rest.

Thankfully, it wasn't a sucky customer scenario.

[nuthing12]

Quoth Mongo Skruddgemire

At this point I'm so mad that were I not on my job and in a place where I could speak my mind and give him both barrels of my frustration and loathing for this person. Sadly being on my employment turf, I have to be more 'careful' about what I say.

You had to take it because you lost your chance at the wal-mart when you would have been free to say anything you wanted. That's what happens when you pass up opportunities, you regret it later.

[Ben_Who]

Never...EVER...wear ANYTHING royal blue in a Best Buy.

If you have so much as royal blue shoelaces, and you set foot in the computers section, they will be on you like sharks on a surfer. That color is like a red flag to a bull when dealing with customers who aren't quite sure what they want, don't know how to ask for it, and will probably be back to return it for the right one tomorrow - they're already nervous, insecure, and frustrated.

Sometimes they don't even need the color. I happen to own a lot of black golf shirts....

I've had customers come up to me IN SUCCESSION, even though customer 2 surely heard me tell customer 1 that I don't work there. All that's going through their minds is, "Oo! The guy with something blue somewhere about his person is no longer talking to anyone else! My turn!"

And then there's, "Can you help me?" "I don't work here." "Oh. Well, can you help me anyway?"

No. No, not really.

On the flipside, I once wore a kilt to a Best Buy and got to watch the decision-making process in action...

Love, Who?

[Pagan]

Quoth Ben_Who

On the flipside, I once wore a kilt to a Best Buy and got to watch the decision-making process in action...

Ooh, which tartan? And what "decision making process"?

[Sliceanddice]

once i was in walmart wearing a bright pink paisley shirt and black jeans and was called over by a couple... because of my cellphone.
its white and i wear it on a lanyard...
but seriously i even ha greasey hair because i didnt want to wash it.

[bean]

Several, several years ago, Tom Thumb employees had to wear a red polo with khahkis. Tom Thumb is now a subsidiary of Safeway, but I don't think it was back then.

I worked in a Papa John's next door, with a similar uniform. A coworker and I were in Tom Thumb buying stuff for dinner after our shifts ended. We were also stoned out of our skulls.

We were both wearing Papa John's logo shirts, Papa John's nametags, Papa John's hats, and even Papa John's BELTS.

"Excuse me, where's the <something or other>?"

CW and i look at each other, start laughing and say we have no idea.

"WHY NOT? DON'T YOU WORK HERE?"

We both pointed at the big PAPA JOHN'S logo on our shirts and said nothing. At least the customer had the sense to realize she'd goofed up and apologized to us.

That said, I'm half tempted to wear my nice blue Polo tomorrow and stumble into a walmart before my shift to pick up a few things, just to see how many people I can piss off.