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Originally Posted by giz2000
The women who snap their fingers and hiss at us here are not what I would consider from the "third-world." These women have $25,000 Rolexes and Hermes Birkin bags. They are usually very wealthy, supposedly educated South American women who are used to calling "the hired help" that way. They see sales associates the same way...that's why we ignore them!! I guess money doesn't buy you class...
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I used to live in South Texas, and I would go shopping at the San Marcos Outlet Malls. Now, I was a customer there and I was shopping around a lot of different kind of people. One time, I was in the Crate and Barrel Outlet with my fiancé and these reaaaaaaaly rich people from Mexico (Rolexes, Gucci clothes/shoes, Birkin and LV bags, Armani sunglasses *worn* in the store) were shopping in the store with me. They were having amazing sales…and my boy and I were getting some drinking glasses, that completed a set of glasses we already had.
Now this woman, is wearing nasty clothes that don’t fit her (she thinks she’s a size two, but more like a ten) comes up to me and tells me in her thick accent between her big ole fake chicklet teeth that I have to give her the glasses I picked out because she was trying to complete her selection of 100 million glasses for her party etc. etc. and she was there before me, so she had a right to my glasses. I was like…uhh..”Sorry..I don’t work here? I’m buying these…” Thinking that she thought I worked there and that her English wasn’t good. But no, she told me, “I don’t care those are my glasses, the ones I picked out and I don’t care that you want them, they are mine!”
So she went to go get a manager to try and make me give up the glasses to her! (What a bitch, right!?) Well, apparently the managers were like WTF?!? too, and didn’t do anything about it. So, I’m getting in line to check out with MY glasses and lordy, she barrels up to me and wants to take the glasses again! I was like..wtf….and as I was checking out, she pulls her greasy husband/man up and tells him to make me give her the glasses. It was ridiculous.
So, I was next in line, and right before I go up to check out her husband gets in front of me to ‘check out’ with all their crap. Before I know it, they are trying to make the people who work there get more glasses like the ones I had and wouldn’t budge until they had them. To make the rest of the loooooong story short, I sat in line for almost an hour. The managers tried to explain that there were no more glasses, I had the last four, and if they wanted them, they could check the website etc. They ended up leaving all their crap on the counter and walked out cursing at everyone in the store. For real! Listened to them bitch to the people who worked there about my glasses (that I got and are proudly sitting in my cabinet! All 12 of them!) Unfortunately I ran into the couple again all day. It was miserable, because every time they saw me they cursed at me and screamed. Talk about NO class. Yucky!
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Originally Posted by pixichik77
But the WORST, EVER thing I have EVER encountered is the numerous women who out of nowhere while we are discussing makeup suddenly say to me, "oh, and when ARE you due?" I am in no way pregnant, nor do I look it, and most seam to be unapologetic when they are corrected. next time, I'm saying it's a tumor, biotch.
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OMG. That is SO rude! But, I’m right there with you. I’ve been asked inapropreate things too. When I’m with my fiancé people ask me if we are married and we say no. They automatically assume that we are living together…
and start to lecture us on the sins of living together and
sex! Ugh. Really…it’s none of your business and you don’t know us to f-off.
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Originally Posted by smellyocheese
LOL!!! I can totally relate to this. I get SOO annoyed when customers come in telling me that she only wants to use natural products with no chemicals. HELLO! even water is a chemical so u better not use water to wash your face. and the air that your skin is exposed to everyday? guess what? chemicals. hahaha. they're ridiculous sometimes. and the preservatives thing. ANY store-bought cosmetic will have preservatives. you gotta make your own cosmetic if you want it free of preservative. another funny thing is that the customer expects a shelf life or 2 years for her cosmetics without preservatives. eck...
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Ugh. I know someone personally like this. My mother in law. :shudder: she is a pain pain pain pain pain in the ass to shop with. Like, mindblowingly embarrassing. Like hide under a rock somewhere, just anywhere to get away. I was out shopping with her the first and ONLY time, for clothing for a bridal shower and a new shirt for her son and my fiancé. I found a nice dress for my shower and she screeched “IS IT ORRRRGAAAANIC!!!!?!?!?!?!?!/1/1!!!?”
I was like…”it’s a dress?” she started screaming at me that if it wasn’t organic I could get a skin tumor from chemicals and other random shit used in cotton etc.
I was like…”uuuh…ok” and I thought we were done when I put the dress back (only to go back later and buy it!) Then we started looking for shirt in another store. Lordy. This was the worst shopping experience ever. She yelled at me, she yelled at the SA and yelled at the managers. She wanted a blood red, wrinkle free, organic, button up, dress shirt with two pockets (not just the regular one!) and when they looked at her like she was nutso
(which she is) she turned to me! And told me to handle it. I was just like…uuh…I’m sorry?
I think that he would be ok with the regular red cotton shirt with one pocket…omg. She had an adult temper tantrum and stormed out, leaving me in the store holding a shirt with the SA and SM staring at me. It was humiliating beyond words.
I don’t think I can ever go back into that store again.
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Originally Posted by Karen_B
Do they teach their children to behave this way, I wonder?
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I hate shopping or going to movies some times. Brats are every where these days. I’ve had kids literally attack me only for their parents to ignore them while on cell phones/shopping or get mad at me! Uggggh….seriously, keep your monster child on a leash. I had a pair of white pants ruined at Ulta.
Brat attacked me with some sort of red crap on his hands and rubbed them into my butt. He laughed, screamed at me and preceded to tell me that I had shit on my pants. Duh, you little monster you just put that there. I was like…omg….something needs to be done. I didn’t want to complain, but I told a SA, and she was rude. (yay Ulta) and the mother then got mad at me for harassing her child.
Yeah, my pants totally jumped out at him and attacked his grimy makeuped fingers.
I hate even going into the movies now. Parents taking their kids to adult movies and ignoring them when they get upset…yikes. Young, irresponsible children with cell phones….uuuugh.
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Originally Posted by Kiseki
Most men are curious as to what makeup feels like and want to try it. I have been using concealer, foundation, pressed powder for years and always looked natural. Of course it always has to be sheer formulations like tinted moisturizer, otherwise it looks obvious and odd, but I never had any problems at work and usually asked to give advice on products and so on and so forth. Outside of work I'll use liner, mascara some gloss and don't have any trouble with it and the occasional smoky eye with Carbon when I'm up for it.
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I actually know lots of guys who wear makeup! I dated this guy who wore foundation, concealer and eyeliner and dark black/blue shadows! I thought it was totally hot. *melts* So, I think that dudes can totally rock makeup! My boy right now just recently started using a face routine (cleanser, toner and moisture) but I don’t think he will rock the makeup any time soon. I think that men should be welcomed to makeup counters more, because I think it’s becoming way more fashionable for men to wear makeup. Some can, some can’t. Just like women. I know some women who hate makeup and think it’s awkward. :shrug:
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Originally Posted by MissMarley
I like my male customers so much because they seem to be more responsive to advice, they like to ask questions, they like to know how products work...and because I really like the line I work for, I love to talk to them!
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My fiancé is always like this in the hair salon and when I buy makeup with him around! He is SO curious and loves to talk with the MAs. Hehe…I love him so much!
I’m glad to have a boy that is so curious about the things I love too!
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Originally Posted by MAC_Whore
Client: "I noticed that you only put the foundation on my face. I used to sell Mary Kay. I know that you should carry it all the way down to the bottom of the neck so it blends in."
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You needn't explain further. I was friends with some Mary Kay women…although I like some of their products, they were wwwwaaaaaay scary and pushy women.
I hated the way they wore piles of orange makeup and ALWAYS made *ME* look orange. Yucky! Oh, and they aren’t MAs and even if they are, they told me they aren’t allowed to apply makeup.
So….I think MAC (or any other brand) MA would have better knowledge and experience.
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Originally Posted by iheartcolor
Have you guys ever seen/heard of restaurants whos "gig" is that they are "rude" to the customers? And people love it and go to the restaurant just to have a "bitchy" waitress 'cause they think it is funny?
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I’ve heard of those! Although it sounds interesting I think I might keep going to places where people are nice.
I used to work as a waitress. Omg. Worst gig ever.
I worked in a high end place (which is why people were so snotty to me all the time) and although did get a lot of tips, I once got a really crappy tip left for me in an upturned glass of water.
(yes it is possible to leave a full glass of water upside down on a table)
L I just thought that was rude but came no where near the crazy lady who would come in drunk every night requesting ‘square” pizza. We were an Italian restaurant, but all our pizza was hand tossed (I have yet to see a cook who can toss a pizza square
) and she would always find someone to scream at, and one night it was me. She yelled that I was a liar and that I was hiding her square pizza in the back to take it home with me for free. :\ She found the manager (on her own in a drunken daze) and yelled that I was a bitch and liar for taking her pizza and requested that he fire me on spot in front of her or she wasn’t leaving.
Manager tried to work it out, but she was unreasonable. He ended up calling the cops to take her home, because she was not only driving drunk, but becoming a real problem because she was all over the place and starting to get physical. That was the worst customer I’ve ever had. Other than that, I’ve only had shitty co-workers trying to get me fired because I weight 300lbs less than them and have a successful life/career and they are old fat cows.
