Do anti-stalking laws apply to commission retail sales clerks? Some of these sales guys are hilarious, honestly. I get that they are trying to make a buck and I have no issue with that. I actually enjoy bargaining with a sales clerk, when I want to buy something. I find it fun....
BUT, some of them are so bad at reading a customer that it is pathetic.
Read the customer, are they a buyer..or browser?
You know how it all goes down.....you walk into the store and you are just looking. Just looking..shopping actually. That's the concept of retail, they display product, you browse and decide whether or not you want to puchase it.
So after you get 14 centimetres down the first aisle, a clerk appears like a genie out of a bottle right out of nowhere.
Sample conversation follows:
Clerk-"Hello folks, can I help you find something?"
Shopper-"No thanks, just looking."
Clerk-"Well, could I interest you in a new bedroom set?"
Shopper-"No thanks, we're just looking..."
Clerk-"We have a great deal on right now on persian rugs.."
Shopper-"No thanks, we're just looking. We'll come get you if something catches our eye."
So you walk down the aisle further and the clerk is about 17 centimetres behind you and your spouse, listening in. If you dare stop moving for one second, or even utter a product name...VROOM, he is right beside you.
Clerk-"Oh, I see you foks are admiring that big screen TV, but you don't want that one..come with me and i'll show you another."
Shopper-"No thanks, just looking."
At this point, buddy is starting to really piss you off and you suspect that he is listening in on the conversation where you and your spouse are bad mouthing an annoying relative.
By then, I have decided that I am not going to buy anything just on principle. But he's still there...watching, listening, following...studying your every move and looking intently at your shoes.
Why is he looking at your shoes? Number one rule in retail, look at the customer shoes. People with buying power typically wear high quality footwear. The clothes themselves don't so much matter, but shoes tell alot about a person's financial situation.
Next time one of these guys do this to me, I'd like to give him a close up look ....by burying my shoe in his ass.
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