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This one happened to me recently while on a grand quest. A quest for +1 boots of Doc Martens...
Ok, kidding aside, I was looking for a nice pair of Doc Martens and the following little sighting happened. It struck me then as being somewhat odd, but looking back I find it a good bit more funny than anything. It's a perfect example I feel, of the sales person who thinks they know everything.
In my travels, I had run into a gentleman at a Tractor Supply Company who suggested I try a local army/navy store. Given that the A/N store sold a large number of boots, the TSC associate figured that they might have the boots I sought.
Heading over there, I wandered into the small store only to notice that the owner/clerk was standing helping some young people decide upon what collector knife they wanted. His wife, a sweet lady who knows me quite well (and by default he ought know me) sat there eating her lunch. The man glanced over at me and asked if I needed help to which I responded that no, I wanted to look a bit. I wasn't entirely sure if they carried what I wanted, but since he was with a customer I wouldn't bug him right now. He just nodded assent and left it at that.
Heading back to the store, I look high and lo. Sure I see some things that look close, but nothing fit the right bill. Heading back up I stood aside and waited while he worked the other sale. This is the sighting that happened next:
He looked up from his other customers and asked:
AN (clerk)
R (me)
AN- Did you find what you were looking for?
R- Nah, I'm not sure if you carried it or not. I think you did at one time...
AN- What ya looking for?
R- Doc Martens.
AN- What? What's that?
R- Well, it's hard to explain, but they're technically a work boot. Probably the best made.
AN- Who makes them?
R- Doc Martens.
AN (He gets a bit huffy here) Well I've never heard of them, and I've been in the business fifty years! When did they start making them?
R- 1947.
AN (at this point he gives me a strange look and then repeats.) Well I've never heard of em.
His wife, however, looks up from her sandwich. After a second she nods and says
You know the ones he's talking about. They're our best sellers. Remember, that young boy came in yesterday and bought the last pair?
I didn't hang around long after that, but I can honestly say that if looks could kill, she would be long since gone.
Still, I have to wonder what was he playing at by saying that?
Ok, kidding aside, I was looking for a nice pair of Doc Martens and the following little sighting happened. It struck me then as being somewhat odd, but looking back I find it a good bit more funny than anything. It's a perfect example I feel, of the sales person who thinks they know everything.
In my travels, I had run into a gentleman at a Tractor Supply Company who suggested I try a local army/navy store. Given that the A/N store sold a large number of boots, the TSC associate figured that they might have the boots I sought.
Heading over there, I wandered into the small store only to notice that the owner/clerk was standing helping some young people decide upon what collector knife they wanted. His wife, a sweet lady who knows me quite well (and by default he ought know me) sat there eating her lunch. The man glanced over at me and asked if I needed help to which I responded that no, I wanted to look a bit. I wasn't entirely sure if they carried what I wanted, but since he was with a customer I wouldn't bug him right now. He just nodded assent and left it at that.
Heading back to the store, I look high and lo. Sure I see some things that look close, but nothing fit the right bill. Heading back up I stood aside and waited while he worked the other sale. This is the sighting that happened next:
He looked up from his other customers and asked:
AN (clerk)
R (me)
AN- Did you find what you were looking for?
R- Nah, I'm not sure if you carried it or not. I think you did at one time...
AN- What ya looking for?
R- Doc Martens.
AN- What? What's that?
R- Well, it's hard to explain, but they're technically a work boot. Probably the best made.
AN- Who makes them?
R- Doc Martens.
AN (He gets a bit huffy here) Well I've never heard of them, and I've been in the business fifty years! When did they start making them?
R- 1947.
AN (at this point he gives me a strange look and then repeats.) Well I've never heard of em.
His wife, however, looks up from her sandwich. After a second she nods and says
You know the ones he's talking about. They're our best sellers. Remember, that young boy came in yesterday and bought the last pair?
I didn't hang around long after that, but I can honestly say that if looks could kill, she would be long since gone.
Still, I have to wonder what was he playing at by saying that?
Steady stream of them used to come into Kinko's.
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