I hate shopping!
January 6th 2008 08:09
Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, New Year and all that stuff.
I thought I'd start off the year with a good old fashioned rant.
This time its about shopping. Any kind of shopping that involves face-to face contact that is.
See, the thing that makes me angry is the complete and utter lack of service/respect/care-factor/a ttention that I seem to be greeted by almost every time I go shopping.
Take Myer/David Jones etc for example - you get the uppity-look down their nose-and-glare-at-you-for-dar ing-to-interrupt-their- fascinating-conversation-about-their-boyfriend/co-worker/boss or latest fashion purchase, rude cows who either ignore you outright when you clearly wish for some assistance, or glance up with a supercilious "can I help you?" whilst simultaneously smirking to their co-worker a look that clearly says "oh my god can you believe this person actually thinks they are good enough to talk to us?"
On one level, you gotta admire this outright rudeness for the audacity factor, but on the other hand I often find I am dying to shriek "Listen you stupid moles! You work in retail, you hear me?!? You are not fricken movie stars nor are you above me!!! In fact, I probably earn more than you (though honestly I do get paid pretty crap)!! So stick your friggen products where the sun don't shine!!I'd rather stab myself repeatedly with a blunt object in my eye than speak to you or help you make your sales targets!!!" Unfortunately that would probably get me removed from the store, kicking and screaming and accompanied by burly security guards and would perhaps result in a life-time ban from the store, so I often choose the less confrontational put-the-object-down-which-I-a m- thinking-about-purchasing approach, and throw them a triumphant smirk of my own which says (well in my head it does, hopefully my eyebrows convey the message) "stuff your attitude you silly cows, I'm off! And I'm taking my money with me and buying this from your rival store!! Mwah ha ha!! (insert evil cackle)."
Another example of shonky behaviour is the retail assistant in your clothing stores in say a shopping centre-type place. Why do these stores hire teenagers who firstly have never heard of customer service ("like fully are you serious?!") are brainless and dress like fashion tragics? They really couldn't give a fat rats patouti about helping you, nor do they have the social skills to be at least pleasant whilst the transaction is occurring. They either spend the whole time talking to their co-worker about this "fully awesome, like totally hot guy" or bitching about the other people they work with. And heaven forbid if you ask them a question! Mostly the reply is a shrug of the shoulders and an "I dunno" spoken in the most bored and resentful tone you could imagine - as if you were their mother and asking them if they had a good day at school!
I cannot fathom why these people are employed at all. I am sure retail sucks at times, but honestly, perhaps if they were a little nicer and behaved more professionally to their potential customers, they might just find that people are nice to them and they might even enjoy their job.
So watch out rude/annoying/unhelpful sales and retail people - I'm not putting up with your crap any longer! The revenge of the shopper is nigh! Mwah haha!!
I thought I'd start off the year with a good old fashioned rant.
This time its about shopping. Any kind of shopping that involves face-to face contact that is.
See, the thing that makes me angry is the complete and utter lack of service/respect/care-factor/a ttention that I seem to be greeted by almost every time I go shopping.
Take Myer/David Jones etc for example - you get the uppity-look down their nose-and-glare-at-you-for-dar ing-to-interrupt-their- fascinating-conversation-about-their-boyfriend/co-worker/boss or latest fashion purchase, rude cows who either ignore you outright when you clearly wish for some assistance, or glance up with a supercilious "can I help you?" whilst simultaneously smirking to their co-worker a look that clearly says "oh my god can you believe this person actually thinks they are good enough to talk to us?"
Another example of shonky behaviour is the retail assistant in your clothing stores in say a shopping centre-type place. Why do these stores hire teenagers who firstly have never heard of customer service ("like fully are you serious?!") are brainless and dress like fashion tragics? They really couldn't give a fat rats patouti about helping you, nor do they have the social skills to be at least pleasant whilst the transaction is occurring. They either spend the whole time talking to their co-worker about this "fully awesome, like totally hot guy" or bitching about the other people they work with. And heaven forbid if you ask them a question! Mostly the reply is a shrug of the shoulders and an "I dunno" spoken in the most bored and resentful tone you could imagine - as if you were their mother and asking them if they had a good day at school!
I cannot fathom why these people are employed at all. I am sure retail sucks at times, but honestly, perhaps if they were a little nicer and behaved more professionally to their potential customers, they might just find that people are nice to them and they might even enjoy their job.
So watch out rude/annoying/unhelpful sales and retail people - I'm not putting up with your crap any longer! The revenge of the shopper is nigh! Mwah haha!!
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