Browsing the beauty counters, is it too much to ask to be left alone to browse in peace?

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I know that SA’s have to make sales targets etc. but it’s so off putting when I am browsing and just want to do it in peace. It quite literally puts me off buying.

Our Boots are like it too, tumbleweed zones, virtually no staff to be found, I find it a depressing experience, but I've always like the human interaction aspect of shopping.

This happened to me in Space NK the other day whilst I was with my DD9, she is going through a skincare phase so she was asking the shop assistant all sorts - it kept them away from hassling me so I could shop in peace and she left the store with around 15 free samples 😅

They're doing their job, give them a break. Retail staff can’t get it right according to MN. Helpful and they’re seen as pushy. Leave you alone and they’re rude and inattentive.

When I want to browse before I buy or just browse I am not left alone but woe betide me if I actually want to buy anything!! Totally ignored then!!!

Yip, every time. If you pick up a product 'oh what moisturiser are you currently using?' etc and it would be rude not to answer. I just avoid them, do my research online and buy there.

If I say 'I'm just browsing thank you' and then get left alone it's fine, but I have had occasions where they continued to try the sales thing with me and I got stressed and left. I think good sales assistants will sense if somebody wants help or not.

Ps Obviously sometimes it's just company policy and it's not the assistants' fault.

@Hayley1256 I think I need to borrow a 9-year old to take with me next time!