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AIBU?

To have been so rude to this shop assistant?

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ICameOnTheJitney · 07/10/2013 16:41

I probably was and want to vent anyway. Perfectly prepared to be told either way.

I was in The Entertainer toy shop today...I had a couple of items to put away for Christmas in my arms....now bear in mind that I'd been greeted and asked if I needed help three times by different assistants...and I'd smiled at each and said "No thanks, I'm fine." and carried on browsing. Then I saw a display of Nerf guns and remembered that both my DDs had liked playing with our neighbour's son's Nerf guns so stopped to ponder the wisdom of buying them one each.

I was irritably looking at the "Girl's" version (in pink naturally) and thinking about how shit it is that the "girl's" version was more expensive.....when another assistant arrived at my side and interrupted my thoughts to ask "Do you need any help at all?"

I said "No thanks I'm fine" and just glanced his direction as I was a bit sick of being asked by this point.

He then launcehd into a sales pitch anyway! "Oh well these are the latest...the girl's ones are just in...and they're..." so I interrupted him and said "Really I';m fine I don't want any help"

AND HE CARRIED ON! Angry

So I said "No. I'm fine...I don't want to know...I want to be left alone" and he rolled his fucking eyes at me.

AIBU to think "No thank you I don't want any help." means just that???

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AmberLeaf · 07/10/2013 16:44

He is probably told he has to do that though.

I agree it can be annoying though.

Is that the toy shop owned by christians, that won't stock harry potter type stuff because its evil?

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claraschu · 07/10/2013 16:45

YABU to contemplate buying a gender-specfic nerf gun.

YWNBU to be annoyed at the annoying sales person.

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Famzilla · 07/10/2013 16:45

Complain. The staff are being told to act like this and the companies really need to know that they're pissing their customers off.

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ICameOnTheJitney · 07/10/2013 16:47

<strong>claraschu I wasn't going to buy it! God no....mine are getting the normal version!

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claraschu · 07/10/2013 16:47

Guns are for BOYS; pink is for GIRLS. Haven't you heard? You had better be careful or your girls might end up bisexual, or having gender dysmorphia.

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ICameOnTheJitney · 07/10/2013 16:48

Amber no that's that other shop...smaller and more "novelty" based....I'm sure they ARE told to do it but I'm also sure the management wouldn't have liked his style.

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StarfishTrooper · 07/10/2013 16:48

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ICameOnTheJitney · 07/10/2013 16:49

Clara funnily enough it wasn't even a gun...the "girl's" version is a crossbow. Hmm so they can be "An Avenging Angel" apparently.

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pollyblue · 07/10/2013 16:49

Doesn't sound rude to me, you just reiterated what you'd already said. So long as you didn't scream it at the top of your lungs Grin

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YouTheCat · 07/10/2013 16:49

Vote with your feet and shop somewhere else.

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ICameOnTheJitney · 07/10/2013 16:49

Starfish how should I have dealt with it do you think? Genuine question?

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claraschu · 07/10/2013 16:49

I'm just kidding and being silly- didn't mean it seriously, (and wasn't really accusing you of being sexist). I agree that this kind of sales pitch is really annoying. I usually run from the shop

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TEErickOrTEEreat · 07/10/2013 16:50

GAME used to do that to the point that my husband and I used to keep score when we went in.

Interestingly, since their financial troubles, they've stopped. So much nicer to shop there now.

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HeySoulSister · 07/10/2013 16:50

I feel sorry for the staff. Yes, they will be told to approach customers.... Probably scared you were the 'mystery shopper'

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ramonaquimby · 07/10/2013 16:50

Amberleaf is right, it is owned by devout Christians. Their shops don't open on Sundays either.

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TEErickOrTEEreat · 07/10/2013 16:50

Sorry, YWNBU. I would have also added 'you are the X person to ask me that. So annoying.'

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KatoPotato · 07/10/2013 16:51

The Entertainer dont open on Sundays, even in the middle of a huge shopping centre when my DS has behaved all day round grown up shops.

Cheers.

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AmberLeaf · 07/10/2013 16:55

Had to google it, it is the entertainer that are christian and banned HP.

www.theguardian.com/business/2009/dec/17/gary-grant-entertainer-toyshop

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TEErickOrTEEreat · 07/10/2013 16:55

Not very entertaining then, eh? Smile

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HeySoulSister · 07/10/2013 16:56

Yet they stock guns? How odd

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AmberLeaf · 07/10/2013 16:56

KatoPotato Grin that's familiar! My son was incredulous that that shop was closed when all the rest were open.

He has boycotted it since!

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AmberLeaf · 07/10/2013 16:57

Oh but guns aren't operated by dark forces so that is obviously fine Hmm

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KatoPotato · 07/10/2013 16:58

After an 'encounter with Rolf Harris and Tom Cruise' in 1991, Gary Grant decided that he would only sell toys that he felt comfortable with from a Christian perspective for children to play with. Items that are seen to promote witchcraft and satanism are not sold.

Please, please please let someone here know what this encounter was?

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RevealTheHiddenBeach · 07/10/2013 16:58

That's so the kids can pretend to be God and smite people. (spells no, smiting YES...)

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MadeOfStarDust · 07/10/2013 16:58

I think it is nice that they stand up for their own principles and don't open on Sunday.... (I am an atheist so don't give a monkeys)

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