@kryswyn916 wrote:
I just smiled and walked on. 36 years later I married one of them.
@SteveSoCal wrote:
Like I said, cynical....I didn't expect much else for a response.
@texthinker wrote:
"Home improvement" means different things to different people.
I am kind of curious though about the geography of the OP, and some of the responders. I'd never do that to a customer, unless I knew them well, but it does seem to me in the South there are less touching boundaries...a Southern hospitality thing)
@LisaSTL wrote:
This summed it all up.
"Admittedly, this is coming from a male perspective"
@SteveSoCal wrote:
Admittedly, this is coming from a male perspective, but the outrage at the employee's action does seem kind of cynical to me. It seems like it was done in a caring/friendly manner, even if was overstepping a personal boundary.
If you are there on assignment, you are, in a sense, co-workers. Seems sad to me that in this age, we consider reporting a worker for that. Perhaps just a reaction of, "Wow, that was really uncomfortable for me. You should be careful about touching people without consent."
I grew up in a world where older ladies would pinch my cheeks when I was a kid. I had long curly hair well into my 30's and people would regularly take it upon themselves to touch my hair. I chose to take no offense where none is intended. You have to consider the spirit of the action when considering if someone needs to be reported for their behavior.
@LisaSTL wrote:
Steve, I actually expected better of you, in both your posts. You have always been a male who I believed truly understood what women go through in terms of harassment and intimidation and would understand why our physical autonomy is of supreme importance.
@ChrisCooper wrote:
If an unknown sales representative came over to you and buttoned up your shirt or tucked your shirt in "for you" without warning, would you consider that caring/friendly? Or would you be shocked, demeaned, embarrassed by those actions.
@ChrisCooper wrote:
Mystery shoppers and employees are co-workers??? Where'd that come from?
@spicy1 wrote:
Having lived in Hawaii for over 30 years, I would have found the behavior normal and acceptable. Now, living in the SouthWest people are creeped out if you tell them they have a booger in their nose or their gas tank door is open. What's the matter with people?
@sassymmmm wrote:
I had an odd unacceptable (in my opinion) experience while doing a shop at a home improvement store today. I had to go to the appliance department, check the signage and see if the associate mentioned the credit card. When the associate approached me, she reached out and took some hair that was dangling in my eyes and moved it out of my eyes before she said anything to me. I'm in my late 50's and she was probably about 5 years older. I was stunned that that a store salesperson would take it upon themselves to touch me without even a greeting let alone an excuse me. If I had been a regular customer I might have talked to the manager. Since I was only evaluating whether the associate mentioned the credit card, not her behavior in general, do I mention this in my report? The report doesn't even ask for the associate's name (although I do know what it is). Any guidance out there?
haha@spicy1 wrote:
I told the Deli guy, while on a shop, that he had a booger in his nose. He was all pissy. I don't care, just don't slice my meet then!
Here's how most of us have solved that.@sassymmmm wrote:
Shoptastic what a lot of questions!!!! .
@spicy1 wrote:
PS, they could give a rat's arse about your total interaction with Associates, only the circumstance upon which their product was "sold" to you, as a customer. Not understanding the shop itself really freaks me out about so-called shoppers. But, as a grown person who doesn't know how to say "Whoa, that was awkward" along with that certain look it takes to get the point across and having to ask a "mommy" on a forum what to do about it says you absolutely need someone to help you get that hair out of your face! You should go back to the store and thank her for helping you to better understand the world.
Good for you, they didn't delete the word arse, i put in a letter and got deleted....@eyelove2shop wrote:
@spicy1 you sure are a spicy little firecracker!
@spicy1 wrote:
PS, they could give a rat's arse about your total interaction with Associates, only the circumstance upon which their product was "sold" to you, as a customer. Not understanding the shop itself really freaks me out about so-called shoppers. But, as a grown person who doesn't know how to say "Whoa, that was awkward" along with that certain look it takes to get the point across and having to ask a "mommy" on a forum what to do about it says you absolutely need someone to help you get that hair out of your face! You should go back to the store and thank her for helping you to better understand the world.