A few ramblings of Shorty's mind.

[felinefan]

I also occaisonally get asked too, and I wear clothes that look nothing like any concievable uniform anywhere. I think they ask For one of two reasons: 1., they didn't really look that closely at you to see if you were an employee or not, or 2. they were wondering if you'd happened to see or by chance knew where the item they're looking for is. Sometimes store staff can be either busy or unavailable, some people can't/won't take the time to look for an employee, so they ask the nearest customer.

[biscuit_meeko]

oh my husband & I got stopped by a dad and his kids at MK when we went to the Mickey's Not so Scary Halloween party a couple weeks back, asking if we worked there (we were looking at the park map to see what attractions were open). We were wearing Disneyland NBC shirts and black jeans.. I guess that's enough to make one think we work there at the Magic Kingdom. =P

It's not really a complaint so much as a weird observation. I don't think much of it when it happens at DLR, but this was the first time at WDW. =)

More on topic, though, I get stopped in all sorts of attire at places like Target or WalMart looking like crap asking if I work there, and I"m like "um, no.. just shopping for some shampoo.." (and at the time looking like I really need some). Don't those folks wear vests or something?? (not to mention the nametag thing)

[Main Streeter]

Kinda back on topic. > Last sunday I was in TL having a smoke when another guest asked me for a cigarette. Then he asked if I worked there? I'm thinking why,when he said my jacket looked like a uniform coat. (it's 'very' green) Of course I'm thinking,"Yeah,I'm hammering a nail on-stage,I've got a mustach, and wearing sneakers".

darph, you back on topic? What a PERFECT oxymoron! :hysteria: You had on a green jacket & now have a mustach?? I SAW YOU!!! Passed within feet of you. Didn't see your shirt, oh damn! Can't believe this miss. :(

[leftcoaster]

You had on a green jacket & now have a mustach?? I SAW YOU!!! Passed within feet of you. Didn't see your shirt, oh damn! Can't believe this miss. :(

:hysteria: :useless:

[Shorty82]

Don't those folks wear vests or something?? (not to mention the nametag thing)

At WalMart employees wear blue vests. At Target they wear a red shirt and kahaki pants. That's why I try to avoid Target when I'm wearing my AutoZone uniform, people see the red shirt and assume I work there.

[Princess Susi]

I was working at a big Pet Food warehouse some years ago and we wore black smocks with the words *PET FOOD EXPRESS* in huge red letters on the front, over street clothes. I had to go next door to the Payless Drugs to get some bandaids and went into the drug and first aid section. Now, at that time Payless employees had bright blue smocks. I am standing there in front of all the bandaids and a guy talking on a cell phone comes up and starts hovering around me. He is yakking away on his phone and keeping one eye on me. I was chuckling to myself, cause I KNEW he thought I worked there. I had my back to him and he could not see the letters on the front, just that I was wearing a black smock. I KNEW he was going to ask "Do you work here? or "Where could he find such and thus product?" I moved around to the other side of the display to some other first aid products I did not need and sure enough the guy followed me, still yakking on the phone. :twitch: I swear for 5 minutes this guy just stayed with me and was on the phone. I was howling with laughter inside. :hysteria: Finally I get ready to take my purchase to the front and he sees me moving away and says "I gotta go." to whomever was on the phone and he calls to me, "Where can I find the Aspirin?" I turn around, give him the full frontal view of my smock that says *PET FOOD EXPRESS* and say, "I don't know, I don't work here!" Then I turned and walked away. His look was priceless. :bugeyes: This doofus wasted time just lurking, waiting to ask who he thought was a cornered employee and he then had to go find the damn aspirin himself or find a blue smock to help him. Oh, I am so vicious, I just let him hover and think he had a Payless employee who was stocking the shelves who would be right there just for him when he got off the phone, but he did NOT want to get off his phone and just ask sooner :twisted:
One other time I had a phone instance of customer service was when I worked at Walden Book's. A customer came in and was yakking away, loudly, the kind of self important cell phone user whose behavior is saying "Hey Look at me! I'm more important than you!" He finished his call and came up to me and was asking about a book. I was taking him to the aisle and his cell rang again. He put his finger up to me as if to say "Wait while I get this." I looked at him and said" When you are done with your phone calls, come find someone to help you." And I walked away. His face dropped to the floor :dropmouth that I was not going to stand there and wait for him to finish his call and then help him find his book. What a jag-off! I hated shoppers with cells, they expected me to wait for them to finish their calls and got pissed if you walked away to help someone else while they were yik-yaking away with some douche on the other end. Gad, I hated that! And, I was lucky enough to have managers that backed me up on that. They told us we did NOT have to wait on folks while they were talking away on a phone. It was a waste of time and other customers needed our help who were not trying to carry on two convos at once.
Susi "mean ass sales clerk" slicker

[BRWombat]

I have a medium blue knit shirt (in fact, it's one of my matching "Dallas to Disney" embroidered shirts from my 2003 WDW trip) that I was wearing with khakis, and I went to Best Buy.

I haven't made that mistake again.

[Big Wallaby]

Passed within feet of you.

You passed within feet of him, gave him the Shocker and neither of you noticed? Wow! Now that's impressive. :hysteria:

[DisneyMom]

I was lucky enough to have managers that backed me up on that. They told us we did NOT have to wait on folks while they were talking away on a phone. It was a waste of time and other customers needed our help who were not trying to carry on two convos at once.
Susi "mean ass sales clerk" slicker

Not a lot of times, but a few, I've had to deal with teenagers who take cell phone calls or kids playing hand-held video games while I'm trying to take their vital signs and interview them for the Doctor's benefit. Most of the time the parents would tell them to quit(I'm just waiting and staring at them)but there was one boy with earphones in his ears that even the Dad was too clueless to stop. Everytime I asked him a question I had to "Interrupt" his game. I finally told him,"I think you should put that away when the Doctor comes, he is going to want to ask you questions." THEN the Dad says, "Oh, he will"
I guess the nurse isn't important enough to pay attention to, but the Doctor is :mad:

[hobie16]

A customer came in and was yakking away, loudly, the kind of self important cell phone user whose behavior is saying "Hey Look at me! I'm more important than you!" He finished his call and came up to me and was asking about a book. I was taking him to the aisle and his cell rang again. He put his finger up to me as if to say "Wait while I get this." I looked at him and said" When you are done with your phone calls, come find someone to help you." And I walked away.

I ran a corporate demo room that was focused on customer visits. We had a goor reputation about finding the visitors level of understanding and adjusting our pitch so anyone could understand the product. We were asked on occasion to present to other visitors so they had an idea of what the company did.

One day I had a contractor who was doing some lame video for marketing storm into my cube and demand I give him and his crew a product overview. I was about ten minutes into a half hour pitch when his cell phone went off. He gave me the one minute sign and took the call.

After waiting five minutes I walked out and went back to my cube. A half hour later he reappears and demands to know when I'm coming back. I told him I'd be back when he turned off his phone.

Thud!!