Comments on: When to help http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/18/when-to-help/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:10:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/18/when-to-help/#comment-19237 Grannymar Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:51:49 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1862#comment-19237 Morning Dick and welcome. There is no substitute for good service. As we all know bad news travels fast and when a customer is not looked after properly they seldom keep it to themselves. Morning Dick and welcome.

There is no substitute for good service. As we all know bad news travels fast and when a customer is not looked after properly they seldom keep it to themselves.

]]> By: dick http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/18/when-to-help/#comment-19233 dick Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:43:36 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1862#comment-19233 wisewebwoman has it right. I used to live in a lovely town in New Jersey, USA. the local men's shop had a salesman who had my style and size figured out the minute I walked in. After my first couple of times there I would just walk in and tell him what I needed and he would pick out 3 or 4 things in my size that would suit. He never missed. A couple of years later the owner sold the store and I lost touch. I really miss having George to straighten me out. He made life so much easier for me since I really hate to shop at the best of times and so having one place to go and one man to go to made it very easy and quick. Then I had the rest of the day to do what I wanted to do. Whatever happened to sales people like that. When I was a kid back in the Eisenhower days they were all over the place. When you went into a store you told them what you were in the market for and they helped you pick the right stuff. Now they stand then chewing gum and popping bubbles and act as if they are doing you a favor just waiting on you at all. What they don't seem to realize is that people like me will remember how we were treated by them and go elsewhere and they will end up losing their jobs and losing commissions. I always think of that scene in Pretty Woman where Julia Roberts walked back into that shop where she was treated so badly and let the woman know that she had made a big mistake in treating her as she had. I feel like doing the same thing but I just don't go back. Why should I. If I am going to spend my good money, I am going to be treated as a valued customer or I will go else where. When I bought my last computer I decided to have it made for me. I knew what I wanted and that I wanted to use Linux. I ended up getting this small company to make it for me because they listened to me and answered my questions directly. I could not be happier. I ended up with exactly what I wanted and needed and have been using it now for 3 years with no problems at all. The others that tried to palm me off with half-truths and just plain lies lost out big time because this was not a cheap little computer I was buying. Goes right back to your point about the saleswoman. She was actually screwing up the business for her boss by her attitude whether she intended to or not. wisewebwoman has it right. I used to live in a lovely town in New Jersey, USA. the local men’s shop had a salesman who had my style and size figured out the minute I walked in. After my first couple of times there I would just walk in and tell him what I needed and he would pick out 3 or 4 things in my size that would suit. He never missed. A couple of years later the owner sold the store and I lost touch. I really miss having George to straighten me out. He made life so much easier for me since I really hate to shop at the best of times and so having one place to go and one man to go to made it very easy and quick. Then I had the rest of the day to do what I wanted to do.

Whatever happened to sales people like that. When I was a kid back in the Eisenhower days they were all over the place. When you went into a store you told them what you were in the market for and they helped you pick the right stuff. Now they stand then chewing gum and popping bubbles and act as if they are doing you a favor just waiting on you at all. What they don’t seem to realize is that people like me will remember how we were treated by them and go elsewhere and they will end up losing their jobs and losing commissions. I always think of that scene in Pretty Woman where Julia Roberts walked back into that shop where she was treated so badly and let the woman know that she had made a big mistake in treating her as she had. I feel like doing the same thing but I just don’t go back. Why should I. If I am going to spend my good money, I am going to be treated as a valued customer or I will go else where.

When I bought my last computer I decided to have it made for me. I knew what I wanted and that I wanted to use Linux. I ended up getting this small company to make it for me because they listened to me and answered my questions directly. I could not be happier. I ended up with exactly what I wanted and needed and have been using it now for 3 years with no problems at all. The others that tried to palm me off with half-truths and just plain lies lost out big time because this was not a cheap little computer I was buying. Goes right back to your point about the saleswoman. She was actually screwing up the business for her boss by her attitude whether she intended to or not.

]]> By: wisewebwoman http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/18/when-to-help/#comment-18961 wisewebwoman Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:05:19 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1862#comment-18961 A lot of the time, GM, people are not really interested in an honest opinion, they just want approval. So you're treading on dangerous ground with bluntness. I think we all establish our own style after the age of 30. I really do. We know what suits us. As to what some of my friends call 'retail therapy', I'm afraid I despise shopping and I always have to have a purpose to my venturing into a mall. Uninspiring soulless places to my way of thinking. Give me the good old shop on Main Street where the owner knows me. Now gone alas like our youth too soon!!!! XO WWW A lot of the time, GM, people are not really interested in an honest opinion, they just want approval.
So you’re treading on dangerous ground with bluntness. I think we all establish our own style after the age of 30. I really do. We know what suits us.
As to what some of my friends call ‘retail therapy’, I’m afraid I despise shopping and I always have to have a purpose to my venturing into a mall. Uninspiring soulless places to my way of thinking.
Give me the good old shop on Main Street where the owner knows me. Now gone alas like our youth too soon!!!!
XO
WWW

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/18/when-to-help/#comment-18960 Grannymar Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:17:18 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1862#comment-18960 Baino Certainly, once you know that I speak my mind. If I gave wrong advice then the trust and friendship would suffer. Baino

Certainly, once you know that I speak my mind. If I gave wrong advice then the trust and friendship would suffer.

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/18/when-to-help/#comment-18959 Baino Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:13:08 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1862#comment-18959 I hate shopping for clothes so generally run in, pick something without trying it then when I get home realise it's all wrong. I am the world's greatest 'exchanger' either that or St Vinnies get clothes with the labels left on. I could do with a wardrobe consultant Grannymar . . are you up for the challenge? I hate shopping for clothes so generally run in, pick something without trying it then when I get home realise it’s all wrong. I am the world’s greatest ‘exchanger’ either that or St Vinnies get clothes with the labels left on. I could do with a wardrobe consultant Grannymar . . are you up for the challenge?

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/18/when-to-help/#comment-18958 Grannymar Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:21:49 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1862#comment-18958 @Magpie - You slipped through there while I was distracted. Lately I bring the camera with me when I shop. I have asked a shop assistant to photograph the back of an outfit for me a time or two. @Steph - You would have to demo the magic knickers if I was on TV again. ;) A sure winner! @Judy - Nowadays I am careful who I go shopping with. @Magpie - You slipped through there while I was distracted.
Lately I bring the camera with me when I shop. I have asked a shop assistant to photograph the back of an outfit for me a time or two.

@Steph - You would have to demo the magic knickers if I was on TV again. ;) A sure winner!

@Judy - Nowadays I am careful who I go shopping with.

]]> By: kenju http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/18/when-to-help/#comment-18956 kenju Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:25:36 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1862#comment-18956 If she asked my opinion, I would tell her it was unsuitable. If she only showed it to me and didn't ask, I would say nothing. She, and others like her, should be grateful for your presence while shopping! If she asked my opinion, I would tell her it was unsuitable. If she only showed it to me and didn’t ask, I would say nothing.

She, and others like her, should be grateful for your presence while shopping!

]]> By: steph http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/18/when-to-help/#comment-18955 steph Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:18:08 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1862#comment-18955 Now there's an idea, Grannymar... You could have your own 'Trinny & Susannah' slot on The Afternoon Show and show the women of Ireland how it should be done! And NO, I'm not offering to demo the magic knickers for you! :D Now there’s an idea, Grannymar…

You could have your own ‘Trinny & Susannah’ slot on The Afternoon Show and show the women of Ireland how it should be done!

And NO, I’m not offering to demo the magic knickers for you! :D

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/18/when-to-help/#comment-18954 Grannymar Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:11:32 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1862#comment-18954 Lorna Please, please tell me if I get lipstick on my teeth. It can happen so easily. School boys will be school boys, glad you saw the funny side. Lorna

Please, please tell me if I get lipstick on my teeth. It can happen so easily.

School boys will be school boys, glad you saw the funny side.

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/11/18/when-to-help/#comment-18953 Magpie11 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:03:31 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1862#comment-18953 I have told you about my mother and hats before. As a fella I have been asked by women of my ken to accompany them on clothes shopping trips and have often wished I had an instant camera available! I'm afraid that these days I get impatient if herself doesn't listen to me! I'm the one who often has to appear in public with her! So..in these days of digital cameras...take pictures and show her! I think the real problem these days is my fellow males ....jackets with jeans! or Suits without ties....! Aaaaargh! I have told you about my mother and hats before. As a fella I have been asked by women of my ken to accompany them on clothes shopping trips and have often wished I had an instant camera available! I’m afraid that these days I get impatient if herself doesn’t listen to me! I’m the one who often has to appear in public with her!

So..in these days of digital cameras…take pictures and show her!

I think the real problem these days is my fellow males ….jackets with jeans! or Suits without ties….! Aaaaargh!

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