My Fault, I Broke The Unwritten Rule :P

[Seraph]

As the title states....partially my fault. But actually it was my fault more in the "why did I do that when I should've KNOWN better!!"

I went to Target tonight wearing a red shirt. Target employees, start groaning. (Yes I know that was idiotic of me) I went straight to the one section I needed to hit up, and started looking for the item I quested for. Woman comes up behind me.

SC = Total Idiot Woman Who Blows The Mind
Me = "Geehh I hate clothes shopping..."

SC: Excuse me, can you help me find something?
Me: Um, no.
SC: Well why not?!
Me: I don't work here.
SC: Well you should still help me!
Me: ?!
And why the eff should I?
SC: You're wearing a red shirt!
(cue me realizing this and /facepalming)
Me: I'm also wearing jeans. Have you not realized that?
SC: All I want to know is where this one item is!
Me: Lady, I haven't worked at a Target in over three years, let alone work at one in this STATE. Even if I felt inclined to help you, I couldn't.
SC: WELL YOU'RE WEARING RED.
Me: Yeah, I think you've covered that point already.
(turns back to searching)
SC: YOU SHOULDN'T WEAR RED IN A TARGET. THERE'S LIKE A RULE FOR THAT. YOU'RE WEARING RED, YOU NEED TO HELP ME.
Me: Only help I'd give you is finding mental help.
(proceeds to mentally say "Welcome to /ignore!")
SC: ARE YOU NOT GOING TO HELP ME?!
Me: (mental Rammstein music player, go! Hmm....now where would I find this...)
SC: (snorty huffy hissy noise) (stomps off)
Me: (now has Rosenrot stuck in her head)

I hurried my arse to finish shopping before I ran into any other similar customers... Cripes I can't believe I was dumb enough to do that. Next time though...I'm going in wearing khaki pants and a red shirt. And I'll be prepared.

[mattm04]

If I say I do not work somewhere, it means I DO NOT work their. I have been asked by a fellow shopper to help them when I am in a t-shit ans shorts and that particular company's uniform is black dress pants, black shoes, white shirt, and company smock.

[bainsidhe]

You should've told her you do consulting for $100.00 an hour with a one hour minimum charge. Then ask if she'd like to "hire" you to find the item in question. Oh and cash up front please. As she gives you a bug-eyed stare, wander up to an ACTUAL employee and politely ask if the he/she can help you find <item>. Note this <item> has nothing to do with what the SC is looking for, you do it simply to see the expression on SC's face. Yeah, I'm petty like that

[powerboy]

I got that once, when I wore a blue muscle T-shirt into Walmart.

[NightWatch]

Try non-verbal cues. I wear head phones everywhere, mostly because I tend to freak out in really busy places (like malls), and music usually keeps me calm. People will still ask me stupid questions, like if i work there. The first time they ask me if I work there, I glare and stand there, not moving or blinking. If they persist in asking questions when you're wearing head phones, shouting "WHAT?!" like you can't hear can be effective... I've gone grocery shopping wearing head phones that weren't even attached to anything and still played the 'Gee, I can't seem to hear you game.'

[Arucard]

Tsk, you should have waited until she came back with a manager to find out why you wouldn't help her.

[karath]

Try non-verbal cues. I wear head phones everywhere, mostly because I tend to freak out in really busy places (like malls), and music usually keeps me calm. People will still ask me stupid questions, like if i work there. The first time they ask me if I work there, I glare and stand there, not moving or blinking. If they persist in asking questions when you're wearing head phones, shouting "WHAT?!" like you can't hear can be effective... I've gone grocery shopping wearing head phones that weren't even attached to anything and still played the 'Gee, I can't seem to hear you game.'

I usually do that no matter where I go...but that's more because, while I do consider myself a people person, I'm not very fond of humanity en masse Headphones work wonders at keeping the horrors of humanity at bay!

[Lingering Grin]

I was made a mistake like that, only I was the one asking.

Ok, see Office Depot wears blue shirts, and Office Max wears red shirts. I was looking for something butl couldn't find it, so I decided to find an employee...

See I was in Office Depot, but thought I was in Office Max. Silly me walks up to this guy wearing a red shirt, and I ask [him wear to find something.

G = Guy
Me= super awesome.

G: "I don't work here..."
Me: "You don't?" *Takes closer look at shirt, realizes it's not company shirt. "OH! I am so sorry, I saw the red shirt, and just assumed."
G: "Actually Office Depot wears blue... Office Max wears red"
Me: "Oh really? HAHA, I'm an idiot..."
G: "Honest mistake... and actually, I do know something that would suit your needs. I'll show you."
Me: "Awesome! Thanks a bunch!"
G: "hehe, no problem man, least I can do after you made a fool of yourself."

and sure enough what he showed me worked PERFECTLY for what I wanted. (I was looking for Dog Tag chains, and he showed me one of the pens that's attach to the sticker circle-pad that you see at banks and supermarkets all the time).

[Samaliel]

Ah, the classic "Do you work here ? No I don't !" mistake... Sometimes I just wish it'd happen to me, just so I can have a laugh. Then I remember that if it did happen to me, it would when I'd be in the foulest of moods and wouldn't be able to enjoy it...

[LoneWolf]

SC: YOU SHOULDN'T WEAR RED IN A TARGET. THERE'S LIKE A RULE FOR THAT.

Aye, so now everyone has to watch what they wear? People have to change personal dressing habits because of a group of idiots? Heh. I can imagine the list of things you are not able to wear at certain stores. If you walk around a mall you wouldn't be able to wear anything.

Keep the stupid from getting confused, shop naked during a shopping spree.

Me: (now has Rosenrot stuck in her head)

Didn't this line make you smile when you heard it during the song: Sie will es und so ist es fein, so war es und so wird es immer sein?

Or: Tiefe Brunnen muss man graben wenn man klares Wasser will

Both lines can be in the mind of an EW

[Apathy]

What an EW.
Yeah, like I'm really going to help you. I'm not an employee, and you're a bitch. I really don't see anything happening here.

(Ich liebe Rammstein! Sie sind am besten.)

[marasbaras]

I prefer the Gordon Ramsey approach.

SC: YOU SHOULDN'T WEAR RED IN A TARGET. THERE'S LIKE A RULE FOR THAT. YOU'RE WEARING RED, YOU NEED TO HELP ME.

Me: No, there is no rule. And you need to fuck off.

[LostMyMind]

I prefer the Gordon Ramsey approach.

How did being blunt become an "Gordon Ramsey"

[Seraph]

Tsk, you should have waited until she came back with a manager to find out why you wouldn't help her.

I wish, but then that would involve being in the soft lines section for longer. /shudder

...I really really hate clothes shopping. Really.

I was made a mistake like that, only I was the one asking.

Yeah see, I've helped people out before if I know where stuff is. But this woman had no chance in heck from the start.

Didn't this line make you smile when you heard it during the song: Sie will es und so ist es fein, so war es und so wird es immer sein?

Or: Tiefe Brunnen muss man graben wenn man klares Wasser will

Both lines can be in the mind of an EW

Gotta admit I don't know ANY German...just love the band and its music. My friend knows German though (lived there for a year) so he's going to teach me some soon. That way, I can figure out what he's saying to me when we're playing Guitar Hero against each other.

..I have the bad feeling though I really don't want to know what he's saying...

[tollbaby]

SC: YOU SHOULDN'T WEAR RED IN A TARGET. THERE'S LIKE A RULE FOR THAT. YOU'RE WEARING RED, YOU NEED TO HELP ME.

At which point you look at her incredulously and say, "Lady, that is the stupidest thing I've ever heard!"... I mean, it's a free country isn't it? I can wear what I want WHEN I want and WHERE I want. The stupid is overwhelmingly strong with that lady.