She looked at me and said: “Do I look like a saleswoman to you?” She walked off in huff before I could apologize.
I remembered a similar incident that happened to me when I was a teenager and it made me think of the irony. I was shopping in a women’s store and a lady walked up to me and asked me where a certain item was. I thought she just needed help and, knowing the store quite well, I took her to where I thought the item was. She asked me if there were bigger sizes, and I told her that I didn’t know because I didn’t work there. She looked annoyed and said, “So why didn’t you just say that in the first place?”
S.Maher., Marketing Professional.
Over to you…
How would you feel and what would you say if someone came up to you in a store and talked to you thinking you were the salesperson?
“It would depend on how someone asked the question. Some people are just so uppity and have an arrogant attitude towards others with lower paying jobs. If it was someone who acted obnoxious then I’d probably answer the same way.”
A. Davis, Engineer.
“There’s nothing wrong with being confused for a salesperson. At the end of the day we are all salespeople, marketing a product or service. Some of us do it in a shop floor, some of us do it over the phone, while some of us do it in an office setting. I would not be offended at all, I would simply point them over to the salesperson,”
Netti B. Teacher.
“The same thing happened to me one time. A man came up to me with a long list of things he was looking for, and when I explained that I was a customer just like him, we both just had a good laugh over it. So it’s not really a big deal.”
Ramzi H. Office administrator.
