to want to tell a shop where to go!

[Dawndonna]

Friend of a friend takes a dress into the changing rooms.
Assistant says to friend that there is no point in her trying on said dress as you had to be slim and confident to wear it, and the person trying on the dress was not.
WTAF! How dare she! Not the sort of place for those with low self esteem.

I'm on the fence. Had the shop have googled their name before it was deleted then this thread would have shown up. It is a lesson to everyone, and has been said time and time again, once it is posted it is out there for all to see!

Maybe she's upset Ashoething?

We have all heard about police becoming involved in internet posts on social meida sites so, as she said she is dealing with other RL issues at present and may well feel vulerenable now.

OP you haven't said anything that bad...you asked for comments on how your friend was treated and that is nothing to worry about.

Perhaps the company will reply, maybe they won't but either way you haven't done anything wrong if you are simply recounting details accurately

The pack mentailty of some posters to belittle others and score points beggars belief at times, and the double standards

So, some shops are fair game and some are not

"Bloody hell, people slag off shops all the time on here."
Yes they do. Big shops, multinational-type shops like B&Q or Parcelforce who our slagging can't damage. Not small independent retailers who could be seriously harmed by a slagging. Which came via a friend-of-a-friend (a.k.a hearsay).

IMO there's really not a lot of difference between an independent retailer and an individual person. That business is like an extension of that person, with their family's financial security dependant on it. Endangering that should not be done lightly.

There MNer who emailed the business did so openly; informing the thread that she had done so. IMO she was in the right, I found the 'naming & shaming' sat badly with me. I also find the OP's over-reaction to the shop being emailed confusing. Why would the shop knowing about this thread affect the OP in the slightest? Why lose sleep over it? Sorry, but that smacked to me of being happy to say something behind a person's back that you weren't willing to say to their face. And that also sits badly with me.

Well emailing the shop sat badly with me.

Really the police would be interested in one womens comments to another in a clothes shop really?

At worst it could be seen as libellous if the shop refutes what happened but even then would be a civil matter. Hardly something for the poster to lose sleep over?

Mnhq haven't deleted the thread at op's request either which makes me even more

I did wonder if it would be deleted.

Oh god anyone who's been on mumsnet any length of time should know that you run the risk of posters trying to merge real life and what you post. Anyone remember Riven? And the massively unhelpful roller coaster of people tweeting, contacting journos etc? All before being asked personally. Baby Botd or something claiming to be in hospital with a baby - poster rang the hospital . Some hotel thread where the hotel came on and offered huge apologies for some credit card mix up? If the op hadn't posted the link, the poster couldn't have emailed.

I think all the posters that do the rl thing are wrong to stick their oar in without asking.

And yes, I have been here a long time.

Not saying its right, just an occupational hazard. And you can't expect people to ask your permission. Under another name I was cautioning a bit of restraint on Rivens thread, but lost in the enthusiasm. Just, don't post a limo to your real life if you honk it would matter to have the two joined up.

Or don't post a link if you think