All of the sudden act interested. Have her tell you everything about the purse, the accessories, any new styles coming out, and choose the most expensive one. Have her ring it up and when she asks you for the money, reach in your pocket searching for the money and bring your hand out flipping her the bird. That's my personal favorite!
I generally have mercy on people working retail. But sometimes they can cross the line, and it's usually because their managers are complete bastards and making them be overly pushy and such. I love going into Guitar Center and having some 17 year old punk try and tell me why I need a certain piece of electronics or a certain guitar so they can get commission. After they get done with their sales pitch, I make sure to correct all of their mistakes in the description of the product and their completely bogus explanation of why I need to own such an item. After a while they learn not to bother you anymore. And if they don't learn their lesson, that's when you follow them around to other customers they hassle, and continue to correct their mistakes and dissued confused customers from making poor product decisions.
This strategy also works at Fry's. Where a large number of really technology ignorant people seem to work.
Classic! I had a similar experience last Friday at the one on 45. I went in during my lunch break to buy a snare head for a gig that night. Since I was working, I was dressed in work clothes...kaki pants, tucked in golf shirt, clean shave, work badge on my belt etc. You know, typical working stiff. As soon as I walked in, all the tattooed, frosted hair, wallet chain wearing employees started staring at me. I think they thought I had mistakenly walked into the wrong store or something. The guy I bought the head from asked me if I was buying it for my kid and offered to help me pick out some sticks! I fought back the urge to tell him that I've been playing longer than he's been alive and that I could play circles around him with one hand. I just politely declined, paid him, walked out (with everyone staring at me again) and laughed to myself in the car.
LOL....I've done both of these at various technology places....its even more fun when I go to one of the office supply stores to get something for the company...and the clerks that man the tech sections dont have a frikkin clue.. I end up helping the customers better than they do witth advice. the first one you describe happens to me all the time at Fry's..those guys thinks they canspout off a buncha crap and everyone will buy it... AB....when it comes to stuff like what that woman did....go tothe manager...we have absolutley no problem going to bosses when we are faced with bad customer service...getting the offender written up is the best revenge. Make a huge stink about how offended you were at her actions...you might even get her fired.
Play circles around him with one hand? Are you the drummer for Def Leppard?! The last 2 or 3 times I've been there I was just by chance wearing a polo shirt, tucked into khakis, belt, wing tips, etc the whole nine yards. I think I was coming back from a family gathering in Galveston once and from a job interview another time. Anyway, I got the same reaction. Everyone stared at me like I was from another planet. A salesman or two told me about their "special deals on christmas gifts". I actually heard one guy laughing at me when I was trying to get this JCM halfstack to work (it wasn't plugged in). Everyone kind of shut up after I started playing though
AB - i would have said this.... "what's so special about this bag, are you trying to ensure a part of your mother has a good home"
Try this: Return to the store near closing time, ask for her name and say that you think she was right about the expensive handbag, walk to the counter with it, ask her to wait while you run to the car for your checkbook. Call the store the next day, ask for her by name, and inform her that you have changed your mind. Note: You could repeat this process a few times if you chose to. You may also want to tell her that you found the same bag for half the price on the internet. Or that your wife saw another woman with that bag and mentioned that "Only an idiot would pay so much money for an ugly bag like that."
"If I hand over money it will be to pay for this item. It wont be to pay for your opinions." Or how about the female responce.... "Going by what your wearing I wont be taking no advice from you Girlfriend!"
Just reply, "Do you own one?" If yes, then say, "Why? You're not smart lookin'." If no then, "Why not? Not too smart there are you?" Make them do their job by seeing them, and raising them... call their bluff. It usually shuts them up. My goodness. Do you get heckled? You stink.
