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my first mooncup hurdle: running commentary from cheery - male - check out assistant in boots...

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thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat · 13/09/2006 17:03

...not sure if he didn;t totally didn;t hear my mumbled response to his first q ("what are these things" "mumble mumble an alternative to tampons mumble") or if he was totally unembarrassed and unphased. "they're expenseive aren't they.... they're so light....I couldn;t believe it the first time I sold one.... I thought the box was empty...but they must be good if people buy them at this price...." good job I was having a good day...

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Flamesparrow · 13/09/2006 17:05

lol

Sounds like a bloke I worked with when I was pregnant - hurling very very detailed questions about birth and breastfeeding at me across Boots!

Flamesparrow · 13/09/2006 17:06

we were in boots shopping, not working and talking round customers...

Northerner · 13/09/2006 17:09

How embarassing. I always cringe when shop assistants comment on our purchases, in ASDA just before Easter I was buying a home preg test, as the till woman scanned it she said 'Oooh, it's happy easter then is it?'

Just shut up and do your bloody job woman!

brimfull · 13/09/2006 17:14

How embarassing,bet he's one of those people who waffles on and has know idea what he's saying half the time.
Hate when shop assistants comment on my purchases.Shut the fuck up you dithering tosser!

sheepgomeep · 13/09/2006 17:21

chhers i'm a shop assistant and now and again i'll pass the odd comment on a customers shopping (although never on sensitive purchases)

I'll just shut the fuck up and be a miserable cow . nice to think i'm a 'dithering tosser' by some

Flamesparrow · 13/09/2006 17:23

There is the odd comment SGM and the running commentary on all your shopping - I am quite happy to have a chat about the odd thing, but when I am being questioned about all my shopping and my plans with it, I tend to get annoyed iyswim.

Pregnancy test comments are very out of order though - you never know the situation!!

sheepgomeep · 13/09/2006 17:24

a lot of customers like it btw especially the older ones. The trick is knowing when to shut up

sheepgomeep · 13/09/2006 17:28

I can see that flamesparrow, I remember getting served by one young girl in asdas that just wouldn't shut up and I found it instrusive.

I'd never comment on pg tests or condoms

I remeber on our training once.. our store trainer told us the cringworthy story of a checkout girl who after passing through loads of beer wines etc, said to the customer, ooh is it a party, can I come!' only to be frostily told @it's for a funeral. oopps

Enid · 13/09/2006 17:29

if i met you in a shop I would say 'I LoVE your mumsnet name'

sheepgomeep

love it

sheepgomeep · 13/09/2006 17:30

cheers enid!

brimfull · 13/09/2006 17:31

well there are a lot of shop assistants that are tossers,either they're miserable as shit and don't even look at you,or they talk endlessly and don't know when to shut up.I'm sure you're neither.

Californifrau · 13/09/2006 17:31

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sheepgomeep · 13/09/2006 17:35

sorry ggirl I've just had a really crap day with some equally as rude customers and there are as many of them out there as there are rude shop assistants.

brimfull · 13/09/2006 17:41

My best friend works in waitrose and she's always got a story about nightmare customers,so I know what you're on about.
Sorry you had a crap day

donnie · 13/09/2006 17:56

FWIW I always think it's nice when shop staff chat to me and I always chat back!

anniediv · 13/09/2006 18:14

When buying nappies, formula and a pregnancy test, I've had "ooh, you've been busy"

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thewomanwhothoughtshewasahat · 13/09/2006 21:49

I was actually very entertained by this guy, but I did think to myself that someone of a less robost disposition might have found it cringey in the extreme. He was very sweet.

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morningpaper · 13/09/2006 21:51

hahaha how hilarious

Hallgerda · 14/09/2006 07:50

I agree with sheepgomeep about rude customers. When I was in Boots buying a mooncup to replace the one I lost in the Dordogne (can I join the middle classes now, please?) I was in a queue behind someone who chatted away on her mobile phone and completely ignored the shop assistant, except for the odd grunt and handing over the money.

moondog · 14/09/2006 07:55

lmao at this and losing mooncup in Dordogne.
I hope yu were wearing Boden Hallgerda?!

Hallgerda · 14/09/2006 07:59

'Fraid not, moondog. I'm more the last year's clothes from M&S that haven't gone into holes yet type.

FoghornLeghorn · 14/09/2006 07:59

We have a checkout assistant in our local sainsbury's who is renowned. There are often times when every single till is queing back up the isles and her till is empty and no-one will go to her till. You often notice people giggling if someone unsuspecting has gone to her till thinking they have skipped the queues

Bucketsofdinosaurs · 14/09/2006 14:32

Our local Morrisons employs a learning disabled (?) lady who packs your shopping, generally rushes about a lot and sings all the time. She is ace and local celeb but glad I don't have to buy anything sensitive there as she is likely to launch into song about it

kickassangel · 14/09/2006 15:50

i don't mind shop assistants making polite conversation, it's when they're so busy chatting to their mates that they don't even notice you!
As a customer, i would always try to be polite but friendly. Surley it's just manners - which would includeNOT gossiping about moon cups, pregnancy tests, condoms etc. Perhaps a comment about nice weather for the time of year?

liquidclocks · 14/09/2006 15:58

I think the shop assistant who said "interesting combination" while I was buying condoms and a pregnancy test may have had a point...

TWWTSWAH - he sounds like my ex who would gleefully call out "d'you want the green ones or the purple ones" whilst holding up a few packs of sanitary towels at the other end of the shop - I thin some men just have too many sisters to be embarrassed...