why does everybody think i work in shops?

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whenever i am in hmv or wh smiths on my dinner-break i get asked by someone whether i work there. this has happened on at least 6 occasions within the last couple of months. during the summer it was possibly understandable as i work in an office and wore a blue shirt and tie but now it is winter and it's still happening. i had a tracksuit top on yesterday yet still looked like a member of staff. can anyone explain this phenomenon?

― michael wells (michael w.), Tuesday, 12 November 2002 13:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Stop looking so knowledgeable. That'll stop 'em.

― lol p xx, Tuesday, 12 November 2002 13:46 (twenty-three years ago)

This happens to me a lot when I'm at certain book or record stores. I think it's because I've spent so much time browsing that people assume that I must be working there to be dawdling around for that long.

― Nicole (Nicole), Tuesday, 12 November 2002 13:53 (twenty-three years ago)

stop standing behind the counter.

― MarkH (MarkH), Tuesday, 12 November 2002 14:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh this happened to me at the weekend, at a *really* ganky cheapo record stall. I was most put out.

― Tim (Tim), Tuesday, 12 November 2002 14:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Its them little plastic name badges you wear. Dead give-away.

Ha ha - Hopko = Del-boy.

― Pete (Pete), Tuesday, 12 November 2002 14:39 (twenty-three years ago)

My brother sometimes takes a clipboard when he goes down the local supermarket just so that he can stand around directing people to the wrong aisle.

― James Ball (James Ball), Tuesday, 12 November 2002 15:01 (twenty-three years ago)

In the absence of a guard on the train the other day, I fielded no fewer than three train enquiries from other customers.

― Gordon (Gordon), Tuesday, 12 November 2002 15:04 (twenty-three years ago)

My girlfriend works at a cinema, and I'm quite friendly with a lot of the people that work there. Sometimes, when I'm wearing dark clothes, I'll stand next to the person who's working doing ticket-tearing and converse with them whilst tearing customers tickets and directing them to their cinemas. It's actually fun, if you don't have to do it for more than 10 minutes.

― Andrew (enneff), Tuesday, 12 November 2002 15:13 (twenty-three years ago)

so you think i should turn it to my advantage for giggles?

― michael wells (michael w.), Tuesday, 12 November 2002 15:16 (twenty-three years ago)

That's the answer to everything in life, isn't it?

― Andrew (enneff), Tuesday, 12 November 2002 15:16 (twenty-three years ago)

i'm going to print that off and laminate it.

― michael wells (michael w.), Tuesday, 12 November 2002 15:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Happened a few times at Noise Noise Noise when I'm yakking with Dave about something. Yay me and my long hair and obsessive music knowledge or something!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 12 November 2002 18:19 (twenty-three years ago)

I have found this at clubs, presumably because I am old and therefore can't be there because I love drum & bass/techno, etc., so must be staff.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 12 November 2002 19:40 (twenty-three years ago)

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