To wonder why people think they are so above others?

[LolaTheShowgirl]

I work in customer service, both over the telephone and in person. Most of our customers are wealthy people, but the majority are lovely. The other day a lady came in and she had the most gorgeous Radley handbag. She must have seen my checking it out, because as she turned to leave, she muttered 'this is a case of you can look, but you can't touch. on your wage, this kind of thing stays directly in the shop window, darling' and flounced off. I was nothing but my nice, smiling self to her so where that came from, I don't know!

Have you ever seen the shop called I Saw You Coming in the Harry Enfield sketch?

I have. It sums me up perfectly...

I really like the way the shop keeper's attitude changes the minute the sale is through... That is true in lots of stores...

Mulberry isn't like that, though...

Is'nt one store called 'Expensive Shit'.. I swear I've actually been there.

Oh, god, I must stop posting and go to bed.

Try After Noah on Kings Road in London.

The biggest load of overpriced tosh going (even for me!!)

snurks at paolo..

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uVvcD4Czx4Y[grin]

I'm sure I read somewhere that he'd based the shop on Mulberry, who are rumoured in fact to use Radley offcuts for their bags

try again!

Second clip works!!!

Believe me when I say I have the heads up on overpriced shit.

Check here

I love the idea that an over sized egg timer can be classed as luxury!

After Noah-tut tut!

Tis a car Boot sale online

Don't you just adore their mission statement - Here at After Noah, we always strive to be customer focused, but can hardly ever find our specs?

Perhaps if you did use your specs more often you'd see that you are selling tat.

What wags they are.....

can i just say, i haven't ever bought anything from there... but i did cross the road to go in once...

you can buy the same stuff on ebay at a fraction of the price

I'm afraid I simply don't believe you Santa. If someone spends a couple of thousand on a bag for their Russia bound husband to throw in the hold then AfterNoah will know about it, and will have a few special little items set aside just for you

Me thinketh thou doth protest too much

On the subject of expensive handbags - well if she had a Bottega Veneta, I could understand the comment (it would still be incredibly rude). But most people would not be able to recognize the bag in the first place.

I think Radley bags are lovely.

I wouldn't exactly smirk about having one though. (if I had one, which I don't, because I have other priorities for my money)

Oh I wouldn't take any notice of her. The make of bag is really irrelevant - she's so clearly not used to anything! I've never met anyone who had actual money that thought they were better than others.

Miaow!she was horrid ole snob

My old boss was like this. In fact made a comment to one much lower graded member of staff about how the bow on her shoe cost more than the MOS's dress. This was at a xmas party.

The woman is clearly deluded!

I know the type. Was she also quite rotund with really short, over- blowdried hair, orange face, long (probably acrylic) cardigan...?

For Mulberry - the outlets are a much better option, you can get bags from a couple of seasons ago (and frankly who cares what 'season' a bag is?!) for half price - sometimes less.

LoveBeing

Jeez, it was only Radley! Hardly Chloe, Dior or Marc Jacobs...

I like After Noah! Lovely board games, inexpensive bits and pieces and wrapping paper is fab. Ds has a framed sheet that is also a map of the world on his wall. Cost a couple of pounds.

Haha SeanBean, I think your probably spot on.

Early in my career, I handed in my resignation the day after my boss casually mentioned that he couldn't imagine anyone being able to live on less than 65 grand a year. He thought the sun shone out of my arse but failed to see the insensitivity of paying me less than a third of what he considered a basic living wage.

Boss certainly had 'orange' days