Everywhere I go people think I work there.

[mcaligiuri]

Does this happen to anyone? I could be dressed like a bum and people will still ask me where such and such is, or ask for help. I don't get why but find it weird that it happens in a lot of stores all the time. Most recently was i went with the wife to Michaels to get some art supplies for my daughter. I was changing a wheel bearing out on my focus right before so i'm in mechanic clothes. Some lady comes over and asks me where something is like I work there. happens at least once a week.

 

[CV355]

Not often, but it has happened to me.

I was on a visit to a customer's facility performing an audit on another company's equipment that was faulty. I had multiple managers come over to me and ask what line I should be working on, if I was coming to some meeting, why I wasn't on another line, and all sorts of company-specific questions. I'd no more than finish answering one guy when another would walk up and ask the same question. I wound up taking a sheet of paper, writing my company name on it, and taping it to my shirt (despite already having a company logo on my shirt).

Before I grew a beard and my hair went grey above the ears from stress, I used to get asked if it was "bring your child to work day." Walking through a facility where I designed half their machinery and everyone thinks I'm some high school kid on a tour. That was pretty embarrassing. "So, what do you think about this industry?" "Oh, it's pretty cool. I designed all of the systems you just showed me."

 

[Blk04L]

I made the mistake of wearing a red polo and work pants and going to Target once.

Non stop, "excuse me".

 

[hunterp]

I made the mistake of wearing a red polo and work pants and going to Target once.

Non stop, "excuse me".

"The lettuce? Sure, right next to the plumbing supplies. Can't miss it."

 

[hunterp]

People don't assume I work somewhere, but by virtue of my height (6'5"), I do often get asked to retrieve items from high grocery shelves by 4 foot something older ladies.

 

[Never_Enough]

I often get asked to leave because I'm so ugly.

 

[VegasMichael]

Yes. Our team spirit shirts we used to wear on Fridays at work were the same color and style as those that were worn at Best Buy and one day three different people asked me for help when I stopped in one Friday years ago.

Another time I stopped at J.C. Penny after work and was wearing a dress shirt and tie and was looking at shirts on the rack and was asked by two different people if I could help them.

 

[IronSnake]

Anytime I get asked if I know where something is, I just point to the opposite side of the store. By the time they figure out tooth paste in not in the electronics section, I'm long gone.

I like to slowly erode peoples trust in asking store employees for help. Be more independent random strangers!

 

[CV355]

I often get asked to leave because I'm so ugly.

#Metoo

And self-loathing is my schtick, buddy. This town ain't big enough for the two of us, so I'll go find a train to crawl under. You can stay. It's cool

 

[CobraBob]

It's happened to me on occasion. One recent incident was funny as hell. So my daughter was competing in a professional body fitness/bikini competition in Atlantic City late last year. It was decided that I would go down to the hotel/casino's auditorium entrance early, to reserve the best seats. I get down there and was the first in line. But for the next hour or so nobody else arrived to wait like I did. Next thing I know, the women competing started to show up, looking for the dressing area (which was in a smaller room in the auditorium). I knew where it was, so I started directing them to where they needed to go as there were no signs. So there I am, standing at the entrance to the auditorium, directing every competitor who arrived where to go. Pretty much every one of them thought I was an employee sent there to help. It was hilarious. When my daughter found out that I was serving as a "doorman", she couldn't stop laughing. Suffice to say, it was not a boring afternoon. LOL.

 

[03Sssnake]

I like blue polos, made the mistake of wearing a royal blue polo to Best Buy once, Jesus....recently I was visiting my father in law at the hospital and was asked for help by an older lady... I had track pants and a Metallica shirt on, that one still has me scratching my head.

 

[SolarYellow]

The secret is not to look friendly. People won't bother you if you have a scowl on your face.

 

[josephcostello]

Lol last night in Best Buy I asked someone in a chick fil a outfit to show me where the stereo equipment was, then I forgot employees in Best Buy where blue and not red.


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[PaxtonShelby]

Happens to me whenever I’m in Victoria’s Secret wearing my G-string and pasties.

 

[ssj4sadie]

OP Mrs. Obama knows your pain, but would blame it on something completely unrelated.

 

[AustinSN]

Used to happen to me all the time, I had to wear a blue polo and khakis for work and back when I was 19-23, all I ever did was work so I was constantly wearing my work clothes. The worst offenders were target customers, next was home depot, which makes no sense because the colors are no where near the same, I could understand walmart because it's similar in color but it never happened to me once. But with that said, a seasoned walmart customer knows that walmart empoyees are worthless.