The shop I had to do today was so easy to remember the 10 associates since they were all over 5'5", wearing their hair up or had it so frizzy it was difficult not to stare, and they were in perfect uniforms. I felt out of sorts since everything was so easy to check off. Did they smile - yes. Did they acknowledge you - yes. Did they bring you to the item instead of pointing - yes. Everything was so on key, I was wondering what I was doing wrong that the location needed to be shopped twice in one month.

That sounds a little creepy, actually. Like it's the Stepford Wives Store.

Yes, it happened to me once when mshopping a ladies fashion. The associate who assisted me, the cashier who processed my purchase and even the manager who assisted the associate were young female in their 20s with long black flowing hair, around 5'4" in height and all of the same skin tone. There was no feature that would stand out. They were even wearing black pants and a top of dark colour. Not one had a name tag.

I had a similar experience. All, and I mean ALL the women working, were Hispanic, 5'5", long black hair, same uniform etc. It was weird for sure, hahahah. I had to describe 5 of them and my report was accepted.

I did two shops in an airport once, in separate terminals. I walked from one directly to the other. Both women had the same name, were the same apparent race, about two inches different in height, different hair color. I wondered if I had made a mistake with name tag. Walked back to the first one, and she was still there. Right name. I only had to report the name. The MSC questioned me about the same names for the same store in different terminals. I provided the descriptions (I always record descriptions even if I am not required to provide them). Both shops were accepted.

I did a shop once at a chocolate store, and ALL the employees were about 3 feet tall, had orange faces and green hair and wore white overalls. None wore name tags. They would randomly break out into a coordinated song and dance when a customer came into the store.

But by golly, my shop was rejected because I got stuck in the chocolate intake pipe.

Jaymo Wrote:
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> I did a shop once at a chocolate store, and ALL
> the employees were about 3 feet tall, had orange
> faces and green hair and wore white overalls.
> None wore name tags. They would randomly break
> out into a coordinated song and dance when a
> customer came into the store.
>
> But by golly, my shop was rejected because I got
> stuck in the chocolate intake pipe.

Did they stand, with grimaced faces, striped long-john's, singing "We are the Lollipop Kids"

Try doing five grocery stores up on the Navajo reservation some time. In 35 interactions, pretty much the only thing that varied was the gender. Except for one bagger who inexplicably was 5'8" and thin and had rainbow hair, and one deli clerk who was tiny and petite and middle aged, they were all about 5'5" to 5'7", all appeared to be around 30 (it's not easy to judge the age of Navajos, at least not for me), all had black hair, all but those two were stocky/heavy-set, all had long hair tied back (yes, even most of the men). Luckily they also were all wearing their name tags!

SunnyDays2 Wrote:

> Did they stand, with grimaced faces, striped
> long-john's, singing "We are the Lollipop Kids"


Different shop. I got banned from THAT store for throwing a pail of water on the (witchy) manager, then stealing a pair of shoes.

Jaymo Wrote:
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> SunnyDays2 Wrote:
>
> > Did they stand, with grimaced faces, striped
> > long-john's, singing "We are the Lollipop Kids"
>
>
>
> Different shop. I got banned from THAT store for
> throwing a pail of water on the (witchy) manager,
> then stealing a pair of shoes.

Did her feet curl up while she was trapped under the house?

myst4au Wrote:
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> I did two shops in an airport once, in separate
> terminals. I walked from one directly to the
> other. Both women had the same name, were the same
> apparent race, about two inches different in
> height, different hair color. I wondered if I had
> made a mistake with name tag. Walked back to the
> first one, and she was still there. Right name. I
> only had to report the name. The MSC questioned me
> about the same names for the same store in
> different terminals. I provided the descriptions
> (I always record descriptions even if I am not
> required to provide them). Both shops were
> accepted.

LOL! I am reminded of the many shops I did at the airport where the descriptions were all the same. And since some names were extraordinary and hard to remember, I was forced to find the nearest washroom so I could write their long names. But the descriptions never bothered me except the occasional glasses. And true, just like in North America, in their countries, they also have very popular common names. I had encountered them on few occasions. The only saving grace was I did not have to get confused with the hair colour. They were mostly black and long, worn tied up in a bun or behind. It was the easiest part.