It's a beautiful sunny day, and you're browsing in a tastefully decorated shop with nice ambience and soft music playing in the background.

You reach out for an emerald green chiffon top on the hanger, to look at it.

Before you know it.

You hear deep breathing down your neck.

"Wha--" You wonder out loud. "Whose that?"

"Do you need help, Miss?" A cold and trying-very-hard-to-sound-polite voice asks.

"Nope, it's okay. I can browse around myself." You answer equally politely, and walk away from the rack, leaving the chiffon top behind.

Hmmm, where should I go next? You think.

You decide to head towards the accessories section, in a bid to shake her off.

However just when you thought she was gone, you soon hear the careful threading of footsteps behind you, and it is synchronised towards every step that you take.

It is as if she is trying to predict where you are going to next.

Argh, such a turn-off. You think to yourself. I wish I could be left alone.

"Miss, would you like to try on this top?" she asks, and holds up a dark brown, dangy three quarter sleeved top which is completely not to your liking.

"It's okay," you smile politely.

"How about this?" she asks again, and pushes a pair of black high-waisted shorts towards you. "Try it!" Her PR eyes light up in a very glassy and non-commital manner.

You look at the shorts. You would rather be killed than to step out of your house in it.

"Nope, it's okay." You say again, wishing very much that you could just leave this instant.

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I dislike it when sales people are clingy, following you around the shop wherever you go.

Half of the time, it's not like they could give proper opinions, because everyone has different opinions and tastes.

Do they even know me in the first place? Do they know the type of clothes I like to wear?
Do they know my taste?

If not, kindly leave me alone, thank you.

Some people just like to be left alone when shopping, like me.

I love shopping alone.

Of course I do enjoy browsing and window-shopping with my friends, but when it comes to the real deal, I prefer to go by myself.

That's because I know that I'll take a long time to choose the item that I like, having to weigh the pros and cons, and I don't like having to make somebody wait for me.

Unless it's my Mom, but that's because it means she can pay for me.
Haha.

It kills the mood for me entirely when I enter a lovely shop and I am being watched the whole time.

The moment I enter a shop, a salesgirl eyes me from a distance like I'm some precious kill and immediately walks over, hovering around me the entire time when I am in the shop.

I don't know about you, but it sure feels unsettling for me.

I suppose when you go shopping, surely you do not like to be followed and kept a close watch on, especially when you are trying to make a decision?

It kills my mood entirely.

Stop following me around, so that I could have a clearer mind to look at your wonderfully displayed items which you took a long time to painstakingly lay out, and decide which one I want to purchase.

Think about it this way, dear.

I might do you a favour, if you don't hover around to annoy me with your silly sales talk.

I don't need recommendations.

I know what I want and what suits me.

It's just really annoying and uncomfortable to be watched. What are you, a human-alarm-bell system?

Do you REALLY, honestly think that I would grab a dress off one of your racks and run off with it...?

Argh.

Only the true professionals know how to deal with their customers.

1. Greet them from afar when they walk into the shop.

2. Do not follow them around the entire time.

3. Only answer when your opinion is being asked for.

4. And, smile positively if you are being complimented.
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I am exasperated with how some people think, really.

Some sense-less salespeople ought to be banished. 1 Comments