Today I went to the drugstore to pick up a few items. I was walking towards the cash register to check out, when an older lady stopped me and asked me where something was. The older gentlemen who was with her (I'm assuming her husband), told her that I didn't work there. I told the woman that no, I didn't work at the store, and that I had no idea where the item was that she was trying to find.

This has happened to me several times, when I've been in a store and someone confused me for one of the workers. Once when my mom and I were in a store in Florida getting groceries for our stay, I had someone ask me if I worked at the store. Of course, I told them no.

It cracks me up when this happens, because I don't understand why people tend to mistake me for a storeworker. It could be because both times that I was stopped and asked this question, I was kind of dressed up. But then again, at the stores I was in when this happened, I don't think even the managers get all that dressed up.

Has this ever happened to you when someone mistook you for a manager or someone who worked at the store? Feel free to share your story.

I usually just make up where things are though.



(Maybe.)

Sending people on a wild goose chase. Kind of like back in high school when you're a freshman and you ask an upperclassman where the lunchroom is, and they purposely give you the wrong directions. I actually had that happen to me once.

psychodelicide said:

You must always look very neat and profesional
I once wore a red short sleeved shirt with black jeans to IKEA once and I was practically chased around the store by desperate customers trying to get some help to find their way out of there!!!

often lol

psychodelicide said:

I get that though-people asking me where stuff is and they don't believe me for a sec when I say I don't work there.

I do that outside my job too.

Ocean said:

subhuman09 said:

People don't believe you even when you tell them that you're not an employee of the store? That's even funnier.

subhuman09 said:

"Yes of course, madam, you will find the feminine hygiene products you are searching for in aisle 9" the hardware aisle

psychodelicide said:

He wears a namebadge with "my name is subhuman09" I am surprised people even dare ask him anything!

charlottegelin said:

That or my other which simply says:

"1 2 F U"

They tend to just walk away quickly.

The hardware store always has the best products.

"Yes, it is standard to have a diaphragm made of metal."

subhuman09 said:

lady: "where are the tampons?"
subbie: "the kind you push in or hammer in?"
lady: " "
subbie: "oh I thought you said thumbtacks!"

charlottegelin said:

They've got to want them.

it happens to me whenever i go shopping before work, cuz i'll be in my office drag and people will just assume i work for the store. doesn't happen in winter so much cuz at least i can wear a coat and pass for a customer.

It's happened to me many times. The most memorable time was when I was walking through a teen/college girls clothing store and I was holding a pile of shirts I'd picked out. As I was walking through the racks of clothing, looking through the shirts, I noticed this woman and a younger girl who I assumed to be her daughter were staring at me, whispering to each other and inching ever closer. After about 15 minutes of trying to get away from them and getting really creeped out, the woman got mad and said in a huff "well can my daughter try these on or not?!". The daughter then hissed "what a bitch! She saw us here for how long, and she didn't ask if we needed help! What kind of store IS this?" I looked at them both for a minute, still in shock, and then just calmly told them I didn't work there. The mother replied "God, they'll say anything to get out of helping people. Teenage girls are so lazy these days." The real employees literally were standing behind the counter with the dumbest looks on their faces, letting these people yell at me just so they wouldn't have to come deal with their customers. So I put my shirts back and left, thinking that lady was right but I didn't deserve to get caught in the middle of it, especially since I'm not a teenager anymore and I'm NOT lazy. What a weird day.

Most of the other times I get mistaken for an employee, it's at familiar pet stores and I can usually help anyway.

charlottegelin said:

Hopefully you never did this on any given Friday after Thanksgiving.

yeah it happens to me, i try to help have been known if it's a old person to say you wait there adn I'll go and find it for you

I'm such a sucker

lollyp0p said:

Sucker!

RocknRollisalive said:

oh and...

People always mistake me for a male supermodel and offer me sex



Then I just wake up and have a cold shower.

podiumdancer said:

You know I love it when you're mean...

RocknRollisalive said:

I am really going to have to start being nice to you then as much as it pains me

podiumdancer said:

But I like that too.....

RocknRollisalive said:

u just want me to ignore you don't you

podiumdancer said:

Nope.... cos then I would be sad.....

.... Which I guess would make you happy

Oh well... can't win 'em all!

RocknRollisalive said:

wooooo hooooo ignoring you it is

podiumdancer said:

Did we just jack another thread?