anger from the clothin hangers

i truly and honestly hate sales associates at retail clothing stores!!! every time i walk into a store they hop right on me and who ever im with and give us what i call "the run-through." you know when they come right up to you and ask how you are doing and let you know "were having a buy one get one 50% off sale when you spend $100,000 or more and all our selected styles are and extra 10% off when you use your store credit card and our new arrivals and in the front of the store, just let me know if you need help with anything"

so soon as i walk in the store im ready to walk out because the sales associates done talked me to death with the "run-through speech"!!! so as i look around the store, it somehow seems like they are following me around. i want to think they they are doing a good job with helping me but something in the back of my mind just tells me that "because im an african american male i am 3x as likely to steel something and they need to follow me around to make sure i dont steel anything." so im highly pissed thinkin wtf can yall just let me look around the store in peace. but obviously thats too much to ask. every time i pick up something or just take a glance at it, they immediately say "thats one of our new arrivals, would you like to try this on? i can start a dressing room with this item for you? i like this item a lot, it looks perfect for you"



a lot of the time i say "no, im just lookin around, ill let you know if i need help" so they walk away for the time being, but soon as i pick up an item that im interested in buying, some sort of sensor goes off in their mind and they come runnin back over to say "can i take these to the register for you?" i always just let them and i think to myself that "at least i dont have to carry anything around, and i just hope that they not racially profiling me"

so if i walk to another part of the store another sales associate hops right on me and tries to give me the run-through but they stop when i start to complete they sentences and they say "oh, you must be familiar with our sales and promotions" and i tell them yes, im very familiar!! (seems like all the sales associates are trained like robots to say and do the same things)

so when i go to checkout with whatever items i got and it never fails that they ask "would you like to apply for our rewards program, for every 250 points you gain you receive $5 dollars in store credit" and i tell them i already have it....then they ask "would you also like to apply for our store credit card, you will receive ten percent off of your purchases today and every time you use the card".... like always i say no thank you.

so as you can see shopping lately hasnt been the greatest experience ,and im sure you have been through the same.