I don't like it, either. I tend to say "I'm just browsing" almost instinctively.
It's also a flawed question. Until they know what you want, there's no guarantee they can help you. And until you tell them, you don't know whether they can help you, either. So saying "Can I help you?" is like asking someone to predict the future. What they should say is, "May I try to help you?" which doesn't imply that they can or cannot but merely asks your permission to let them try. Either way, my answer would still be the same. I'm just browsing.
lol WHY THANK YOU! You know what i mean though. You walk into the store maybe wanting to loook for clothes. Maybe not buy but LOOK. You know where your favorite sections are so you dont need help. When you say no and keep walking they always look at you as if to say " i knew you were going to be an asshole before i asked... this is why i am going to quit and get a new job somewhere else." lolol. I usually try to be mean because thats the only way to make them leave you the hell alone. straight face "no" is all they get. Sometimes if i am ACTUALLY in a bad mood i frown and say nothing in the most arrogant of ways which REALLY gets me my peace and quiet. Then i dont have to worry about them telling me that i can get.00000000000000010% off on my transaction if i am willing to open a charge card, bring in 77 friends who all have to spend $100.00 or more and if i subscribe to their live feed web cam and let them fill my email up with reminders about their special where you can get .0000000000000020% off LOL
Hehe, you're more than welcome. Nobody on IIN would know this (for obvious reasons) but I'm quite an eye rolley person myself.
If I get those really persistent assistants who won't leave me alone, I do sometimes give in to sarcasm. When they ask if they can help I'd say "Yes, I'm hoping to recommend your shop as somewhere where I don't get pestered much. Maybe you can help with that. Hint hint".
Dappled really seems to ponder life's unacknowledged mysteries, though I totally agree. Sometimes you get a shop where the staff know exactly when and how to volunteer their assistance so that you feel valued as a customer, yet not pressured to buy, if only it was the rule rather than the exception...
You've got me pegged. Having a bit of a ponder is probably my favourite activity. I'm now pondering why the word "favourite" is underlined in red in my web browser. I know it's not the way some people spell it, but it's the way I spell it. Why should I be bullied into spelling it a different way?
i feel the same way, in my job im pretty much ;payed to do it, even though i dislike it myself.
i was told by manager the other day i was hired because im not hard on the eye and to flirt with woman to get returning customers, i found this a lill disrespectful but not suprising no one wants to se a big hairy man making their coffe and waiting their tables.
is this harassment at all can i make money off this?
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I don't like it, either. I tend to say "I'm just browsing" almost instinctively.
It's also a flawed question. Until they know what you want, there's no guarantee they can help you. And until you tell them, you don't know whether they can help you, either. So saying "Can I help you?" is like asking someone to predict the future. What they should say is, "May I try to help you?" which doesn't imply that they can or cannot but merely asks your permission to let them try. Either way, my answer would still be the same. I'm just browsing.
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I love it!!! lololol. So true though. I always say " i dont know...here's what i'm looking for though."
Plus if i say "no" they get all irritated and eye rolley. Not my fault
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Hehe, I love that you described someone as eye rolley. I'm going to start using that in everyday life. :)
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lol WHY THANK YOU! You know what i mean though. You walk into the store maybe wanting to loook for clothes. Maybe not buy but LOOK. You know where your favorite sections are so you dont need help. When you say no and keep walking they always look at you as if to say " i knew you were going to be an asshole before i asked... this is why i am going to quit and get a new job somewhere else." lolol. I usually try to be mean because thats the only way to make them leave you the hell alone. straight face "no" is all they get. Sometimes if i am ACTUALLY in a bad mood i frown and say nothing in the most arrogant of ways which REALLY gets me my peace and quiet. Then i dont have to worry about them telling me that i can get.00000000000000010% off on my transaction if i am willing to open a charge card, bring in 77 friends who all have to spend $100.00 or more and if i subscribe to their live feed web cam and let them fill my email up with reminders about their special where you can get .0000000000000020% off LOL
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Hehe, you're more than welcome. Nobody on IIN would know this (for obvious reasons) but I'm quite an eye rolley person myself.
If I get those really persistent assistants who won't leave me alone, I do sometimes give in to sarcasm. When they ask if they can help I'd say "Yes, I'm hoping to recommend your shop as somewhere where I don't get pestered much. Maybe you can help with that. Hint hint".
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And are you aware that i am going to be taking that line and using it every chance i get?
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You are more than welcome to it. I'm not often brave enough to say it, anyway. Maybe when I'm an old man and tell everyone what I really think. :D
Dappled really seems to ponder life's unacknowledged mysteries, though I totally agree. Sometimes you get a shop where the staff know exactly when and how to volunteer their assistance so that you feel valued as a customer, yet not pressured to buy, if only it was the rule rather than the exception...
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You've got me pegged. Having a bit of a ponder is probably my favourite activity. I'm now pondering why the word "favourite" is underlined in red in my web browser. I know it's not the way some people spell it, but it's the way I spell it. Why should I be bullied into spelling it a different way?
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i feel the same way, in my job im pretty much ;payed to do it, even though i dislike it myself.
i was told by manager the other day i was hired because im not hard on the eye and to flirt with woman to get returning customers, i found this a lill disrespectful but not suprising no one wants to se a big hairy man making their coffe and waiting their tables.
is this harassment at all can i make money off this?