Comments on: No, I do not need help, thank you… http://www.mrbrown.net/2009/05/24/no-i-do-not-need-help-thank-you/ Musings of an Attorney Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:48:59 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mr. Brown http://www.mrbrown.net/2009/05/24/no-i-do-not-need-help-thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Mr. Brown Tue, 26 May 2009 00:03:59 +0000 http://www.mrbrown.net/?p=62#comment-68 Oh I can understand the "hard sell" thing completely - in the various restaurants I worked in when I was a teenager, we always had to push liquor sales on the customer... it was a little bit ridiculous. But come on... if I tell you I don't need help, leave me the hell alone. The girl got the right idea, the guy didn't. Oh I can understand the “hard sell” thing completely – in the various restaurants I worked in when I was a teenager, we always had to push liquor sales on the customer… it was a little bit ridiculous.

But come on… if I tell you I don’t need help, leave me the hell alone. The girl got the right idea, the guy didn’t.

]]> By: DiRT http://www.mrbrown.net/2009/05/24/no-i-do-not-need-help-thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-66 DiRT Sun, 24 May 2009 23:42:01 +0000 http://www.mrbrown.net/?p=62#comment-66 As a former OfficeMax and Best Buy employee I can pretty safely say that there's no commission paid to these guys. The problem is that the company wants them to hard sell EVERYTHING in the store, and frequently sends in "secret shoppers" to evaluate things like how quickly they ask a customer if they need help upon seeing them, if they ask every time they pass a customer, and if they try to add items on to every sale. It's part of the reason I quit working in retail chains and now work in a "mom and pop" store. But take it easy on the employee - they just don't want to get fired. It actually helps more if you complain to the corporate office about the the practices of floor employees in general. As a former OfficeMax and Best Buy employee I can pretty safely say that there’s no commission paid to these guys. The problem is that the company wants them to hard sell EVERYTHING in the store, and frequently sends in “secret shoppers” to evaluate things like how quickly they ask a customer if they need help upon seeing them, if they ask every time they pass a customer, and if they try to add items on to every sale. It’s part of the reason I quit working in retail chains and now work in a “mom and pop” store. But take it easy on the employee – they just don’t want to get fired. It actually helps more if you complain to the corporate office about the the practices of floor employees in general.

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