Very Funny!!! But this I think is so true:
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Originally posted by Sazerac:
I have left stores before because of that! I'll generally tolerate the first two, but the third one? Third strike, and I'm out of there. What that tells me as a consumer is one of two things: 1) you as a salesperson have nothing better to do, or 2) you think I'm a shoplifter and obviously not to be trusted. Either way, it's really very demeaning.
A friend of mine went into Harrods in London the other day. They are extremely posh and he is a manky student with a shaven head and a backpack over one shoulder. This is the catalogue of bizarre events that followed:
1. He got to the door, where everyone was let in by a security gaurd who greeted them and held the door open. The gaurd closed the door behind the person in front of him and then didn't open it for him. Nothing major - but a bit wierd.
2. Then the other security gaurd told him to take off his bag and hold it in front of him as he walked around the shop. Once again, a bit weird but nothing major.
3. The same security gaurd proceeded to follow Martin around the whole shop while he looked at stuff, not even making an attempt at subtelty.
4. Martin (proving that you can never judge a book by its cover) went to the food counter and asked for a type of cheese that I can't even pronounce, let alone spell. Causing the security gaurd to quitely walk away again...
5. On leaving the shop the first gaurd once again shut the door in his face rather than opening it like he was doing FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
This cracked me up. Even Harrods, with possibly the most security cameras per shelf of goods than any store in britain, is terrified of an 18 year old student. Until he proved he knew french cheeses... so very, very, weird.