New at dillards: Ralph Lauren Ralph Wild.
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I like going to the local Dillard's to shop for perfume. It's close by and they usually have what I like there. Although some of the people working behind the counter kind of make me feel a little stabby with the snobby attitude *disgruntled expression* =0/
Just make sure you leave Mr.Pointy at home when you go! LOL!
Sales girls at the perfume counter kill me too, where *does* the nasty attitude come from? Is it part of the training or what? Are they trying to keep the riff-raff away? One day I'm gonna shake the answers out of one of them!
Trust me, I try to ignore sharp objects if I encounter one, hehe!
I used to work for Dillard's (in the home store section), and training is just a basic crash course on how to sell stuff (although they do place particular emphasis on shoplifting and racial discrimination =0\ That doesn't stop the ignorance though).
They always select certain people for certain areas of the store, and usually the stuffy, stuck up, and genetically blessed usually get to work the front. The last time I was cruising around Dillard's, there was this foreign woman working the counter. I was eyeballing the Chanels, and I wanted to try out Coco Madmoiselle. When I asked to try it out, she asked me in a rather condescending voice, “Do you even know what Chanel is?” Not only did I give her back the sample, I gave her a talk that she probably won't ever forget. I think she got fired a couple of weeks after that happened, because they've replaced her with someone new.
There are two blond girls that work the counter there that hate it when I come around. I'm always so sweet to them, and it makes them extra stabby and Lord forgive me I enjoy it! The taller of the two HATES that I know what I want! It's like she expects me to have NO CLUE as to what I'm putting on my skin!
Kill them with kindness and knowledge – that's a good plan! I would die laughing if someone asked me “Do you even know what Chanel is?” Shouldn't the question be *who* she *was*?! LOL!
You know, after you said that the snotty and genetically blessed are the ones up front, I thought – who does that sound like? Why, the cheerleaders and prom court from high school. *Maybe* all this attitude is just bitterness about having to work at all, being subservient to the public no less. Having never been on a pedestal, I can't imagine how shocking it must be to get knocked off and thrust into the real world. While this isn't the case with all SA's I'm sure, I think I'll start approaching them with sympathy and see how that works.
It always works like a charm! =0] I have to admit that it's somewhat amusing when I'm standing there smiling, and they're standing there scowling =0]
I think my whole problem is that I don't look like what they assume is the typical department store fragrance consumer, so they probably think I'm too podunk to tell the difference between No. 5 and Tabu.
And yes, the two blondes are fairly young, although the shorter blonde is in her early 20's and the taller one is a senior this year.
I've seen them get snotty with other customers as well, especially with this one fella who thought that their beloved Burberry Brit smelled awful. (Poor guy was looking for a perfume for his wife!)
I have to agree that perhaps a little understanding could go a long way =0] They might appreciate it =0]