Pretty Woman Moment

[JuliaRobHurts]

DH and I were at a homebuilding and renovation show yesterday as we're in the middle of an extension project. Specifically we 're on the hunt for a new front door and while looking around one of the vendors we had a "pretty women" moment.

We had a look at the various products on show before trying to get the attention of one of the representatives who appeared to be avoiding our gaze. Eventually she approached and I said 'hi, we're interested in bespoke front doors and quite like this one on show'.

Without asking our budget or any of our requirements she went into a spiel about how the doors were very expensive, how they were imported from Lithuania and the import charge was also expensive, all the while wincing as she was saying it. She then said we might be better off with a more mass manufactured door. I was absolutely stunned at her condescending tone. She hadn't asked a single question about what we were looking for.

I was so close to confronting her about her approach, but held back. DH calmly told her her sales pitch needs some work and we walked away, but I was fuming. We were both dressed smart/casually so the only thing I can think is she guaged our age (late thirties) and made an assumption we couldn't afford it (even though we can).

WWYD in that situation? I'm half inclined to email the company and provide feedback on our experience but I also don't know if it's worth the energy.

Would love to hear if anyone that's had a similar experience but DID confront the rude person as I'm still annoyed I didn't give her a piece of my mind.

Who pissed on your chips?

Quoted the wrong person, sorry!!

I wondered 😂

We're a scruffy jeans and trainers family. But my brother loves his gadgets and spends a lot on them. We were in Selfridges looking at phones and there was one so expensive it was on a pedestal under a glass dome. The shop assistant came over to move us on from the phone, usual spiel about how expensive it was and there were things more in our price range over theree. My brother casually pulled out exactly that model from his pocket and started to dial someone. Very funny.

Thinking about, I have so many examples of being treated like this, maybe I should start dressing smarter.

I've been in this situation when trying to buy a kitchen when in my late 20s. We indicated our interest in one kitchen and were immediately taken over to a cheaper one that looked nothing like it. Maybe the sales guy had a remit to try to get rid of the cheaper kitchens 🤷🏼‍♀️ I decided I didn't want him in the house to measure up and we went elsewhere.

Also when buying a car. I knew what I wanted, a make and model that I'd always planned to buy once I could afford it. The sales person at the first garage was very dismissive so we ended up buying from somewhere different on the same day.

That sort of profiling mattered to me then but it doesn't now at all. Ironically we had much more disposable income in our mid/late 20s than we do now that we take paying into pensions more seriously and have kids to get through university.

Moira and John does something similar in Schitt’s Creek.

lol. I’m sorry, too. You were inundated with unnecessary replies, including mine 😊

I know 2 millionaires and a few nearlys, the majority of them are scruffy gits.

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I used to work in a cinema. One up selling technique we were supposed to use is if the asked for small we give them the second size up without question. The smallest size (still massive) was officially a kids size. I would always do away with sizes and ask do you want this £2.20 one or this one for £2.70. I used to feel it was such a waste of money and I wanted people to make an informed choice. I did have a customer respond very rudely to this once asking which I supposed a small was.

So maybe the sales person thought the doors were a total rip off. Or maybe people are stunned and disgusted at the price. I wouldn't assume it was a judgement on what you could afford.