Feeling Hassled in Shopping Centres

Northernrobm

and so the solution is to wear a pair of earphones walking past while shouting back the words I don't speak english in spanish and irish giving them a menacing look with slit throat actions combined with scratching my arse and muttering to myself all before i sign myself in because i feel guilty for not stopping in the first place. Liffey Valley here i come

Too Tough To Die

Too Tough To Die wrote: »

Scum of the earth.

Yup **** everyone that dosent do your job

Plates

Sounds like a stall selling self confidence classes with a side order of social engagement is needed for a lot of posters on this thread.

littlelulu

I just tell chuggers or people that want a chat about a charity that I'm already signed up and making donations. They stop instantly and think you're a great person.

I tell anybody selling stuff that I already bought some from them. It confuses them and you have time to vanish

MonstaMash

'Entschuldigen Sie, aber ich spreche kein Englisch', works better than fook off I find

Canard

Best reaction to one of those people was by a friend of mine in Jervis one day. Had I not been there I would never have believed she'd said it, but she did! she has long, REALLY curly hair and this day she'd straightened it but it wasnt dead straight, just nice and wavy.

Salesman: Hey, come over here and ill fix your hair
Her: what's wrong with my hair you bitch? I'll give you something to fix your bald spot ya cünt

His face was priceless :pac:

daRobot

[Deleted User] wrote: »

can beggars afford earphones?

They can indeed, but there is only one pair to choose from.

Teyla Emmagan

Canard wrote: »

Best reaction to one of those people was by a friend of mine in Jervis one day. Had I not been there I would never have believed she'd said it, but she did! she has long, REALLY curly hair and this day she'd straightened it but it wasnt dead straight, just nice and wavy.

Salesman: Hey, come over here and ill fix your hair
Her: what's wrong with my hair you bitch? I'll give you something to fix your bald spot ya cünt

His face was priceless :pac:

She sounds like a lovely young lady.

UCDVet

I never understood why people get a free pass for their actions, so long as it is 'their job'? To me that just makes it worse.

LynnGrace

Some of them are very pushy, in my opinion. I know they are trying to sell a product, but they are over the top. I say no thank you, and they say 'have a nice day', but I get the feeling they don't mean it :rolleyes:...

Ahoy Ahoy

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Maybe he was referring to the hand cream and not the sellers.

Assuming he is male? As people alluded to-a firm no thanks will do the job.

Menas

When i am lonely I go to liffey valley in the hope they will hassle me...just so I have someone to talk to.

Sniffle.

Miss Lockhart

I find "sorry I'm in a rush" to be most successful at stopping them. They are only doing a job so I don't feel bothered by most of them. But blocking somebody's way and following someone who has told you to leave them alone is obnoxious sh1tty behaviour and "just doing a job" doesn't excuse it. I have no problem with such people being labelled scummy.

Ahoy Ahoy

Miss Lockhart wrote: »

I find "sorry I'm in a rush" to be most successful at stopping them. They are only doing a job so I don't feel bothered by most of them. But blocking somebody's way and following someone who has told you to leave them alone is obnoxious sh1tty behaviour and "just doing a job" doesn't excuse it. I have no problem with such people being labelled scummy.

I guess some over the step the mark-I wouldn't be in shopping centres all that often to be fair but it's not as if they follow you up the escalators from the bottom floor,chase you though marks and spencer trying to sell you some naff product. If you feel that strongly maybe a compliant to the shopping centres customer services or secturity maybe,if it's an every day occurance. Parents with prams annoy me more personally,I've found they think they can just barge though you and block the isles.

Miss Lockhart

Ahoy Ahoy wrote: »

I guess some over the step the mark-I wouldn't be in shopping centres all that often to be fair but it's not as if they follow you up the escalators from the bottom floor,chase you though marks and spencer trying to sell you some naff product. If you feel that strongly maybe a compliant to the shopping centres customer services or secturity maybe,if it's an every day occurance. Parents with prams annoy me more personally,I've found they think they can just barge though you and block the isles.

Actually that's just what some of them do. I have been followed up the escalator and back down, and from one end of a shopping centre to another. It is less common with those selling products than with chuggers thankfully, so not an everyday occurence.

Nothing excuses following someone or blocking their way. Just because you're doing a job doesn't make it ok.

Northernrobm

Its bullying. They think they can bully people into buying things. Its so difficult to walk into the jack and jones shop in liffey valley with one of these particular kiosks outside. They try stop you on the way in and then keep and eye on you waiting on you to come out again.

LadyBetty

These sellers are just trying to make a living, I find most of them grand with a "no thanks" response.

It's a tough job, commission-based, would say the sellers themselves hate doing it and from reading on here it's clear most people want nothing to do with them!

However one particular crowd I used to dread passing was some "Ocean Spa" (or something like that) brand of body creams, hand creams etc. located at the top of an escalator in House of Fraser, Dundrum SC. On your way up from cosmetics to the clothes. They would stand out almost blocking the top of the escalator, trying to make eye contact as you went the whole way up the escalator. And just start blabbering and holding out products before you even stepped off the escalator, sales method was way too aggressive.

BanAllFirearms

Aslong as they aren't trying to sell me a firearm I'm not too bothered by them

Frank Lee Midere

BanAllFirearms wrote: »

Aslong as they aren't trying to sell me a firearm I'm not too bothered by them

You're a one trick pony, now ain't ya?

Penny Tration

LynnGrace wrote: »

Some of them are very pushy, in my opinion. I know they are trying to sell a product, but they are over the top. I say no thank you, and they say 'have a nice day', but I get the feeling they don't mean it :rolleyes:...

I despise having to stop people as part of my job (I sell stuff and am told to do the hard sell). I do it as little as possible, and thankfully I have tonnes of regular customers so I don't need to do the hard sell much anymore.

However, I'll tell you straight out - when we say 'have a nice day,' we REALLY do mean it, because the vast majority of people look at you as though you're scum, rather than responding. A response, even to say no, is a rare abd wonderful thing, believe me.

TheGoldenAges

This is one of the advantages of Online Shopping

freshpopcorn

TheGoldenAges wrote: »

This is one of the advantages of Online Shopping

You have pop up ads online.

shruikan2553

freshpopcorn wrote: »

You have pop up ads online.

If only we could get adblocker in real life! Anytime someone tries to sell you something they get blocked by a wall so you cant see or hear them.

Kia_Kaha

I usually respond to them in a made-up language. Works every time.

Lawrence1895

I'm usually scratching my head and moan about head lice

sw33t_r3v3ng3

Kia_Kaha wrote: »

I usually respond to them in a made-up language. Works every time.

Lom li lom jom som kom vom wi see xzi retys retya wek

Something like that ^^^^^^

Toots

LadyBetty wrote: »

These sellers are just trying to make a living, I find most of them grand with a "no thanks" response.

It's a tough job, commission-based, would say the sellers themselves hate doing it and from reading on here it's clear most people want nothing to do with them!

However one particular crowd I used to dread passing was some "Ocean Spa" (or something like that) brand of body creams, hand creams etc. located at the top of an escalator in House of Fraser, Dundrum SC. On your way up from cosmetics to the clothes. They would stand out almost blocking the top of the escalator, trying to make eye contact as you went the whole way up the escalator. And just start blabbering and holding out products before you even stepped off the escalator, sales method was way too aggressive.

I hated that crowd! I go into HOF all the time, not cos I'm minted and just do all my shopping there, but I've got my son in the buggy and it's way easier to use the elevators in there than try and cram into the ones in the main centre.

One day I went in and they weren't there, I was ecstatic! I thought they'd closed down. Got into the elevator, got out on the ground floor and they'd only relocated to one of the stands near the Lingerie section. Now that day was not a good day for me, I was getting over a horrible flu, hadn't slept in days and looked like complete ****. The stupid wagon at the counter started her 'pitch' with "Oh my god what are you using on your skin?" and started trying to tell me how her products would totally sort me outl when my son did the loudest stinkiest poo ever (in his nappy, parents you'll know what I mean, it's usually that sound that makes your blood run cold and you just know the only way to clean the kid is going to be hosing the sh!t off with the shower). The sales girl totally heard it too, and even if she hadn't the smell was bad enough that there was no way you couldn't notice it. She looked like she was going to puke and she just stood there with her mouth hanging open. Honestly, my love for my son increased a billion fold right that second. If I had been a very cruel mother I would have encouraged her to continue waffling on about the sea salt facial scrubs while also forcing her to inhale the stench of toddler diahorrea, but instead I headed off to the baby changer.

Ahoy Ahoy

Toots* wrote: »

I hated that crowd! I go into HOF all the time, not cos I'm minted and just do all my shopping there, but I've got my son in the buggy and it's way easier to use the elevators in there than try and cram into the ones in the main centre.

One day I went in and they weren't there, I was ecstatic! I thought they'd closed down. Got into the elevator, got out on the ground floor and they'd only relocated to one of the stands near the Lingerie section. Now that day was not a good day for me, I was getting over a horrible flu, hadn't slept in days and looked like complete ****. The stupid wagon at the counter started her 'pitch' with "Oh my god what are you using on your skin?" and started trying to tell me how her products would totally sort me outl when my son did the loudest stinkiest poo ever (in his nappy, parents you'll know what I mean, it's usually that sound that makes your blood run cold and you just know the only way to clean the kid is going to be hosing the sh!t off with the shower). The sales girl totally heard it too, and even if she hadn't the smell was bad enough that there was no way you couldn't notice it. She looked like she was going to puke and she just stood there with her mouth hanging open. Honestly, my love for my son increased a billion fold right that second. If I had been a very cruel mother I would have encouraged her to continue waffling on about the sea salt facial scrubs while also forcing her to inhale the stench of toddler diahorrea, but instead I headed off to the baby changer.

Hahahaha. that's one way to stop them mid pitch.

moc moc a moc

That settles it. Next time one of these vultures tries to corner me, I'm crapping my pants.

Spunge

Plates wrote: »

Sounds like a stall selling self confidence classes with a side order of social engagement is needed for a lot of posters on this thread.

That'd be the pub.

peewee_44

I put my headphones in or as I approach them concern guys I call voicemail

Gyalist

Northernrobm wrote: »

Is it just me who feels hassled by sales people standing at kiosks in most of the big shopping centres, normal selling something like hand cream? Its virtually impossible to walk past them without having one of these sales persons shouting to you, can i ask you a question or saying something stupid to you like "i've been expecting you" just to get you to stop and talk. Personally if i wanted hand cream i'd stop and ask!

Wave a small Palestinian flag, it's their Kryptonite.

Or before they start the sales spiel ask them, "Do you support the two-state solution with Israel withdrawing to its pre-1967 borders?"

cerastes

Gyalist wrote: »

Wave a small Palestinian flag, it's their Kryptonite.

Or before they start the sales spiel ask them, "Do you support the two-state solution with Israel withdrawing to its pre-1967 borders?"

:eek::D

That or have a petition for them to sign
or your own products, I mean Avon or something like that, not something else
or chugg/shake them down some other way, charity sponsorhip of your own

Galwayguy35

Canard wrote: »

Best reaction to one of those people was by a friend of mine in Jervis one day. Had I not been there I would never have believed she'd said it, but she did! she has long, REALLY curly hair and this day she'd straightened it but it wasnt dead straight, just nice and wavy.

Salesman: Hey, come over here and ill fix your hair
Her: what's wrong with my hair you bitch? I'll give you something to fix your bald spot ya cünt

His face was priceless :pac:

Yes I'd say his face was priceless, he was probably shocked that he wasted his time speaking to your skanger friend.

Gmol

Deleted User wrote: »

can beggars afford earphones?

Yes but they can't pick the exact ones they want