This reminds me of a story at a Mercedes dealership also in the mid 90s, there is a hardware chain here, biggest on the island ( and this is a tourist island, só there are s**t loads of 4 and 5 star hotels ) the owner of the store was a self made Millionaire, started from nothing, só he had a very humble style, once he went to Mercedes to buy a few Cars lol, the Sallesman ignored the old man and told him to talk to his coleague, a young salleswoman ( back in the day women didn't had much respect in the car business ) só the oldman goes to talk with the girl, end up buying 2 C class Mercedes to hi two sons, One E class for him, and 2 Actros Trucks, totalled around 300 000€ or só ( well the equivalent i mean, at the time we still used the " escudo " ), and to add insult to injury lol he just wrote a check... Girl got happy She made a small fortune in comitions from 5 cars.

Was in a fancy Italian restaurant in New England when this guy walked in looking disheveled. Paint on his clothes, messy hair. I actually waved to him because I knew he was a very well known artist in the area. The hostess did not and neither did the bartender or server. Mind you this place didn't have a dress code. I was wearing jeans and a tshirt. They ran this guy out and he didn't even object. He just said he'd make sure none of his friends ever eat there. They made a snide joke. So after they kick him out I say to the bartender, "You just kicked out one of the most well known painter/artists in this city. The friends he's talking about are all big money people. You had better hope your boss doesn't find out." Just then the guy comes walking back in with the owner of the restaurant, one of his friends. LOL. The owner introduces the guy to the three who kicked him out and the owner said, "Don't bother remembering their names, they don't work here anymore."

I have a story about when I bought my first new car. I had my heart set on a 2003 Mercedes M-Class. I had an appointment. I pull into the Mercedes dealership driving my old 1989 Honda Civic. The salesman must have seen me drive in, because he greeted me, and then ditched me saying he had a call. I waited for 30 minutes, but never saw him again. I walked out. I get a call the next day from the dealership asking about my experience. I said I never got one because I was ignored. The manager asked me to come back. When I got there, I met with the manager, and the salesman from the day before walked over, with a disinterested look on his face. I said nope- not you. Get me another salesperson. I told both of them I didn't appreciate being ignored. I bought the top of the line car, and the junior salesman got the commission. I said I'll buy it only if the Jr got the FULL commission. He did. Hard lesson for the other guy!

Oh I've got so many similar from working a high pressure sales job. I worked in a home theater department and One of my favorites was when this really nice gentleman who dressed how he damn well pleased and didn't waste money on clothes to impress you got to ignored by every salesman accept me. He said he had been in a few times and no one would so much as approach him or say hi. He went on to Lm guide him towards a whole house system that I had to get custom design involved and cost over $20,000 lol my commission was outrageous and there were other stories just like it. Point being some people that have money don't care to waste it on fancy clothes to try to impress you by dressing the part. Most of the snobby salesman didn't learn their lesson quick enough and I snagged some killer sales by helping people that the snobby salesman wouldn't. I'm not an a-hole so I helped everybody even if they came in in rags and wanted the cheapest everything.

My grand mother had ordered a Mac desktop pc, went with her to pick it up and the younin who helped bring it to the car said "that is a lot of computer for a little lady". All 4'10" of her told him to bring it back into the store and spoke to the manager for a full refund and why. Do not mess with proper little British Nans, they will tear you down without breaking a sweat, cursing or raising their voice.

Not too long ago I went car shopping. I knew what I wanted and knew how much I could afford. I go into a dealership and a young salesman starts talking to me. I tell him what I want and he starts going on about how that's not the car for me. What I really need is some other upsold car that I didn't want and couldn't afford. I tell him, I wasn't interested and really wanted the original car. He says something along the lines of "well I haven't lost a sale yet" and starts in on the upsold car again. I stand up and say "well your worries are over. You just lost your first sale." And walk out the door with him chasing after me until I drive out of the parking lot. I went two towns over and bought the car I wanted at a price I could afford with no hassle.

2 instances - We went into Macy's furniture after a day at the beach. No young sales people wanted to help us, just ignored us. Boomer sales rep comes over. Wrote a check for 15k of stuff. Hope he waived it in their snooty little faces. Went to buy a truck, salesman wanted hubs to do paperwork, but we told him I would. He insisted hubs needed to. So we walked...half way out the door the manager came running up and was gracious to me, we bought the truck from him.

My husband told me a story like this about Joe Hardy, when he worked for 84 Lumber. Joe when into a store to buy a suit, wearing much the same as the OP, and no one helped him. He came back in the next day, suit, tie, the whole package, and people were falling over themselves to help him. That's why you don't judge a book by its cover. That book might be a multi-millionaire, ready to make someone's day.

I Retail is all about customer service..you are supposed to provide customer service regardless of how the person looks or if they buy anything at that time. You never know if that one person will be a life long customer for you. I have literally have had customers follow me to other stores because of the customer service provided. And I have had one customer who told every manager every time she saw them, I needed a raise with benefits. This was back when wages was $8.75 for my state.

Happened to me at Tiffany's in King of Prussia mall about 20 years ago and I was dressed for work at a big corporation. ONLY came to buy a $300 necklace.

Years ago I had spent much of a Saturday cleaning house. I needed an outfit for a special occasion and went shopping still wearing my sweatpants, tee shirt and head rag. The sales associate in a fairly high end clothing store followed me around and watched me like a hawk. Never asked if I needed any help. I finally asked what she was doing and she told me they keep an eye on possible shoplifters. I was livid. I went elsewhere to shop and I brought my receipt back to snooty shop so I could show the manager how much I WOULD have spent there if not for their rude employee.

Reminds me back in the day when I worked for a guy who was best friends with a guy who owned a huge profitable construction co. So the construction owner was older and walked around in bibs and T-shirt with dirty boots. Because well he didn’t give a s**t what anyone thought. So he tells my boss he needed 3 new company pickups so he went to the closet dealer with about 70 grand in his bib pockets. So you can guess what happened. They wouldn’t even talk to him. So he went next door to the other dealership and they did wait on him. He bought the 3 pickups and promptly went back to the first and showed them the invoice which he paid in cash. He was whistling.

I'm not a label shopper, but coach will (or used to), repair/replace an item if it wore out. Sometimes expensive is worth it vis a vi "the Commander Vimes boot theory!"

Is this real or just a story with the script stolen from Pretty Woman ?!

Been there. Two times I can think of off the top of my head were both BestBuy. First time I was looking to replace my laptop. Being a woman of color, I watched three associates walk around me to white customers who were buying 300.00 Toshiba laptops (probably for their kids). When a different salesman FINALLY paid attention, I told him the specs I was looking for and took about 20 minutes to settle on an Alienware rig. Back then those sold for more than 10X the price of the Toshiba entry level laptops. Second time I was looking for a new laundry pair. Replay the scene above. This time I got management involved. Walked out with a new high end Samsung pair at a reduced price due to the rudeness of the staff. The worst experience I’ve had with this sort is thing was at Men’s Warehouse. It’s tradition in my family to have the male’s first big boy suit fitted. I took my 12 year old son into this store and “Chewbacco Charlie “ totally ruined what should have been a special time

Went to get a bed frame from big lots found the one I liked around $500 I was ignored for 20 mins when a young kid came up and told him what I needed he goes to the back another 15 mins comes back and tells me they have no queen mattress. I told him no thats not what I asked about so he went back to look and never saw him again. Left and found and even nicer sleigh bed frame that Ashley's had for half the price. Same big lots before Thanksgiving (2022) got to the register the girl is on the phone keeps talking finally puts them on hold and tells me I'll be back and walks away to answer the person on the phone question. I said out loud therse another cashier ringing up a customer did she really just walk off. The other lady looks and jaw drops as she sees this girl walking off. Left my stuff at the register and walked out. Ive worked enough retail so you know the customer at the register is your priority. You put the person on hold and call for another person to take the call. No acknowledgement from her

I've had a shoe salesman walk away from me at Macy's before, I wouldn't try on the boots that she kept trying to force on me. I went to the manager and he happily helped me, especially after I pointed out which one walked away from me.

When I was a realtor, they told us in training class that the richest home buyers often don’t look rich in order to keep a low profile. The guy driving a cheap car, dressed in jeans might be a multi millionaire so treat him or her with due respect. They usually pay cash too.

In the late 90s I was working with an MD, he was a highly regarded Anesthesiologist, and had been a professor teaching at a Medical School. He was a regular guy in his day to day encounters with everyone. Burly, red haired, full beard, and always wore jeans with a flannel shirt in cool weather. He had decided he wanted a high end sports car, Honda NSX iirc, which the local luxury sports car dealerships had. $50 k. Doc got the cash, and headed to the dealership with the intent of buying the car with cash. Gets on the lot, and was pointedly ignored by every salesman. So, doc walked into the showroom, still being ignored, and goes to the service desk and asked for the sales manager, who reluctantly came out to talk with him, and was abrupt with him. Doc introduced himself, and say I'm "DOCTOR so and so" and came to buy that NSX with CASH, but have been ignored since I walked into your dealership. Guess what? You just lost a sale! " Was chased by every salesman to his car, to no avail.

Went to circuit city years ago, before I had children. I had a chevey super sport that I babied for years, cherry red, had the spoiler, was my first car that grandpa took me and paid cash for when I turned 16, so I loved it. Anyway, my brother and I went to Circuit City because I wanted my trunk fitted with the largest speakers it would hold, which ended up being a couple of 15's in a huge custom box, and the manufacturer stereo replaced with one I liked. Anyway, we ended up having to literally walk in the car shop where they work on the cars and get a manager there because we were both ignored. I spent 8k that day on car stereo stuff and installs... manager was quite happy we came to him though. I just look at it like one person's loss is another's gain and oh' well.

More than likely the salesman mostly likely didn't care and probably won't change a thing. I like it like going to the casino; sometimes you hit and sometimes don't. However, stand a better chance at winning if you only blackjack and roulette than pumping dollars in a machine. If that salesman focuses on the people that look like potential "buying" customers then more likely than not he or she will get a sale. The I get your "hooray for the underdog" story, but reality is nothing gonna change & to think you taught that salesperson a lesson or you checked an immodest person is showing your own arrogance or more so a delusional interpretation of the event. 🤷🏽‍♂️