to think that shoe shop assistants...

[hatwoman]

...could at least acknowledge my presence? and the fact that I'm waiting? you know just a bit of a smile and an "i'm sorry to keep you, will be with you as soon as I can", that sort of thing. and just possibly a wee sense of urgency, not much , just the kind of sense of urgency that involves not standing around in a crowd all trying to decipher something the till's saying...that involves not putting sale signs out when you've got people waiting to be served, and perhaps not tidying unwanted shoes away cos you can do that later...just generally not looking like a fecking hungover zombie. at least they provide an example of why dds should work hard at school...

After 15 minutes of this I walked out and swore I'd never go back. dd cried because she really wanted a particular pair of shoes. poor love. I assured her other shops stocked them.

do you know what really annoys me? as I left I muttered something to dd about rude shop assistants and I can just imagine them saying "what was her problem? no-one was rude to her, no-one said anything to her...."

I know. I should get a life.

This is how most of the shoe shop assts round here behave. If you don't like the first pair they say are a good fit for your child they lose interest and sort of drift off mentally. That's when I start to ask for another pair and another ...

i thought this only happened to me... clearly I was wrong. Nope YANBU.

I had this, and the woman was the shop OWNER - it was actually really embarrasing. I walked into her shop, she was on the phone, fair enough, i didnt mind waiting a few minutes. I knew exactly what i wanted, but needed help finding the right size. So, i waited, and i waited and i WAITED, all the while i think she was on the phone to the hospital discussing in greusome detail some tropical disease she had contracted . I pretended to look at the other things in the shop, but this is a ridiculously overpriced childrens boutique and i wanted a pair of crocs that my mother was paying for, so obviously was not going to buy anything else. This made it look like i was trying to earwig her conversation.

I have also had this in a corner shop where the shop owner was on her mobile phone, she did not even look at me while she took the money, after not even telling me how much the item was, gave me the change and continued her conversation.

Needless to say, i will not be returning to either establishment again.

Don't even get me started about Clarks!!!

I was going to ask if it was Clarks!

did someone say clarks?

OMG, thought my Clarks experiences were just because of that particular branch, bloody awful place!

aha! Cryptic clue from hatwoman as to the offending shoe shop there!