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...The last time this happened (yesterday,) I had no name plate on like thee store employees, just a badge from my 9-5 job with sodas in my hand, and three women asked me. ....
They aren't reading the badge, just see that you have one on and assume you're an employee.
Back when I used to work in the financial district downtown, I'd sometimes shop at the department store at lunchtime in my clean white shirt and tie. I guess I looked like a manager because people would ask me where stuff is. I always tried to help them.
If I had no clue, I'd say with a smile "I don't know. I don't work here." And they'd laugh and say, "Oh, sorry!"
It's nice to have a bit of social interaction on one's lunch break. Where's the harm?
You are missing a perfect opportunity to have some fun when someone asks you that. You could start to help them, acting like you work there, then become rude and insulting. It would be fun to watch them go to the manager and complain about his "rude employee". Think how funny it would be when he explains that he/she doesn't work there !
Everyone who works retail would love watching you do it !
What a load of fun.....insult a total stranger and get them upset and angry.
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Originally Posted by tnff
They aren't reading the badge, just see that you have one on and assume you're an employee.
This is why.
You don't have to be in the store's 'colors'. Managers typically are not in the same uniform as regular workers.
Do an experiment. Take the badge OFF before going into a store and see if you get the same assumption. If one cannot take a second to take off their badge, then one should not complain that they get mistaken as an employee.
You don't have to be in the store's 'colors'. Managers typically are not in the same uniform as regular workers.
Do an experiment. Take the badge OFF before going into a store and see if you get the same assumption. If one cannot take a second to take off their badge, then one should not complain that they get mistaken as an employee.
One could also take a second to observe what employees of the store actually wear, before just assuming that the closet available person is available to serve them. It's just not that difficult.
If one can't take a moment to do that, one has no right to complain about getting a rude response in reply.
I personally don't respond rudely if this happens unless the other person gets rude to me first, but I can understand why someone would.
I'm an upper 30s male and I often go to walmart or target at lunch. I get asked for help all the time at walmart and every now and then at target. I wear business casual to work.
People at walmart assume anyone dressed halfway nicely is an employee. I'm not sure why though because most employees aren't dressed that nicely. Maybe it's a combo of my business casual and a badge (even though it's obviously not a walmart badge).
I made the mistake a few time of wearing khakis and any shade of red to target. I had to get out of there quick!
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