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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