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friendlyneighbor

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #120 on: September 24, 2013, 11:03:42 am »
Laging nangyayari to sa amin ni hubby, di kasi kami mahilig mag dressed up. we went to an appliance center, usually pagpasok mo palang, marami na yung salesmen na lalapit sayo, but that time they are just staring at us at wala talagang lumapit, so we went directly sa section na bibilhin namin, it took a while before may lumapit na SA, binili kaagad namin, cash. Tapos nagsilapitan kaagad yung nag ignore sa amin at pabirong sinabi dun sa SA na qouta na daw siya... buti nga sa kanila.. >:(

Reassesiren

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #121 on: September 24, 2013, 12:45:58 pm »
^^store talaga sa china town. sobra ngang inis nmen nun kc sobrang nabastos kami kc may mga tao din n bumibili kami p napahiya.

may12

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #122 on: September 24, 2013, 02:49:35 pm »
^Sis, wala bang katabing stall na may binibenta ding sumbrero?
Sana nung sinabihan kayo, bigla kayo lumipat sa kabila sabay bili nang walang tawad-tawad.  ;D

sima

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #123 on: October 28, 2013, 03:13:45 am »
naku parati -- hindi naman kasi ako mapormang magshopping kaya kung tignan ako, simpleng jeans and shirt at tsinelas lang or sneakers -- kaya ayun... mula ulo hanggang paa ang sweep ng mga mata sa amin ni hubby -- twice over pa!  LOL!  OK lang -- di naman nakakamatay ang mga tingin nila eh hahahaha

abbeydasassy

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #124 on: October 28, 2013, 07:38:25 am »
this happen to us with hubby last year ata, simpleng casual shorts and tees plus flipflops lang kami non. hindi rin kasi siguro kami mukhang may pera kaya parang nabastos din kami sa SA asking us about our capability to pay kasi sabi mahal nga daw [textspeak!] binibili namin. nairita si hubby ko tinapat na niya yung SA sa inis niya na na may pera daw siya at kaya nyang bayaran yon kahit di pa kami bigyan ng discount. tapos ayun sabi niya ayaw nya mag pa assist sa SA nila and he wants the manager so si manager ang nag assist sa amin hahahaha

chicafabulosa

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #125 on: October 28, 2013, 08:54:37 am »
Recently sa Blade megamall. I was out there to check for new steering wheel. So i asked the saleslady for this momo wheel inside their glass shelf. Sabi ko how much tong isa na to, kasi yun lang ang wala g price dun and i think kasi bagay sa car ko. Sinagot ba naman ako "mahal yan". Sabay pinuntahan ko and ask for her manager. So nung andun na sabi ko sa manager, i asked her magkano to since eto lang walang price. Sabi nya mahal daw to. Then i told the manager, i know mahal yun while staring sa saleslady nila, kaya nga Momo ang brand eh kasi mahal. I told the sales lady exact words " i know its expensive my dear because its momo. And i can afford it. Baka ikaw hindi, may kotse ka ba? i bet wala, tingin ko pa lang sayo, di mo afford" ( sorry girls ha i know mean pero sobrang bastos kasi naman nung SA on top of her voice habang maraming tao sa store nila, tama ba yun?)

So ayun, binili ko sya together with the adapter. And pinakabit ko sa kanila rin. Aba di porke naka short at tshirt ang tao, wala ng pera. Mga SA na ganun di dapat ganun work nila. Makapangmata sila ng tao akala mo sino. Eh di pinatikim ko rin yung SA ng blade ng sariling dose ng medicine nya
« Last Edit: October 28, 2013, 12:15:11 pm by chicafabulosa »

un1z

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #126 on: October 28, 2013, 10:40:57 am »
^LOVE IT!

px17

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #127 on: October 28, 2013, 12:30:08 pm »
^^nakakaloka naman yun. Baka ang basehan ni ate ng may pera kapag bili lang ng bili without looking the price. haha

Hindi mo alam kung dapat mo bang pagpasensyahan mga ganyan eh. Kaso pag pinalagpas naman gagawin at gagawin nila. Pero pansin ko ha kung sino pa yung walang pera yun pa yung malakas mangmata.

chedz.03

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« Reply #128 on: October 29, 2013, 02:39:02 pm »
Hahaha naalala ko tuloy yung sinabi ng boss ko dati na puti. Bakit daw tayo mga pinoy pag tinanong it's either yes or no lang ang sagot pero kung ano ano pa sinasabi. Just like that SA, price ang tinatanong hindi naman kung mahal or mura eh. Tsk.

OT: yes, may mga times ng naka-experience ako ng discrimination from SA's. Minsan yung mga tingin na akala mo wala ka pambili or magnanakaw ka ng items. Minsan may natatarayan ako pero usually ginagawa ko lalo pag sa department store ngyari lumilipat ako ng ibang brand para makita padin nung SA na bumili ako pero di nga lang sa items nya hahaha...

I once worked in SM as CSA pero only once lang yata ako pumatol sa customer dahil sya ang ngbastos sa akin pero never ako ngdiscriminate. I always treat each customer na lumalapit sakin as my "boss". Kasi if not for them may ipapasweldo ba ang employer sa amin. Kaya inis din ako sa mga SA na akala mo kung sino kung umasta sa mga customers lalo if maganda naman ang approach sa kanya.

Dito nga sa Saudi, while nagtitingin tingin ako ng damit eh natural gagalawin ko yung mga naka hanger. PAlibhasa puro naka abaya mga babae dito akala nunh isang pinoy na SA eh local ako. Bigla ba naman nagsalita nung dumaan sa area ko "oh, inayos ko na yan wag na guguluhin". Duhhh... sabay tingin ko ng matalim sa kanya. Ayun narealize nya na pinay ako. Sorry daw akala nya arab. Sabi ko "ingat ka kabayan, baka makatapat ka ng local na nakakaintindi ng tagalog eh biglang pag uwi mo sa airport na derecho mo pauwi ng pinas." Ayun panay sorry. Ayaw pala nya magulo un mga inayos na damit eh di sana wag sya magpapasok ng customer hahahha
« Last Edit: October 29, 2013, 02:43:00 pm by chedz.03 »

inluvewithmikewesten

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #129 on: October 29, 2013, 03:05:31 pm »
Sana lahat ng SA katulad mo mag isip....

Kainis nga mga SA na kung umasta sila may ari ng store. Yong buntot ng buntot nakakainit ng ulo. Pero madami din naman mababait na SA.

chedz.03

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #130 on: October 29, 2013, 03:37:53 pm »
^Pansin ko nun sis ang mga may sungay na na SA yung mga beterano na or palipat lipat nalang ng store. Yung mga bata pa at baguhan mababait pa hindi pa tinutubuan ng sungay. Saka yung mga pasosyal na SA akala mo bongga na dahil sa kapal ng make up hahaha.

Kaya nga rin ako umalis as CSA/tel optr dun sis kasi di ko kinakaya yung stress from galit na galit na customers dahil minsan kapag sobrang delay na ng advantage cards nila sa mga CSA sila nagagalit at kung ano ano masasakit na salita talaga nadidinig namin dun. Kahit di naman namin kasalanan yun syempre mas di rin naman kasalanan ng customers kundi sa sistema. Kaya usong uso samin ang salitang sorry. Kapag mga sobrang galit na customers na ang pinapaharap namin yung visor or mga senior CSA kasi sila yung sanay na sanay sa pasok sa kanan na tenga labas sa kaliwa hahaha...

But then, kundi naman siguro katulad nung kaisa isang customer na bumastos sakin (matanda na walang pinagkatandaan) na till now di ko talaga makakalimutan eh wala karapatan kahit sinong SA na magdiscriminate or mambastos ng customers.

akthung

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #131 on: October 29, 2013, 04:12:51 pm »
Recently sa Blade megamall. I was out there to check for new steering wheel. So i asked the saleslady for this momo wheel inside their glass shelf. Sabi ko how much tong isa na to, kasi yun lang ang wala g price dun and i think kasi bagay sa car ko. Sinagot ba naman ako "mahal yan". Sabay pinuntahan ko and ask for her manager. So nung andun na sabi ko sa manager, i asked her magkano to since eto lang walang price. Sabi nya mahal daw to. Then i told the manager, i know mahal yun while staring sa saleslady nila, kaya nga Momo ang brand eh kasi mahal. I told the sales lady exact words " i know its expensive my dear because its momo. And i can afford it. Baka ikaw hindi, may kotse ka ba? i bet wala, tingin ko pa lang sayo, di mo afford" ( sorry girls ha i know mean pero sobrang bastos kasi naman nung SA on top of her voice habang maraming tao sa store nila, tama ba yun?)

So ayun, binili ko sya together with the adapter. And pinakabit ko sa kanila rin. Aba di porke naka short at tshirt ang tao, wala ng pera. Mga SA na ganun di dapat ganun work nila. Makapangmata sila ng tao akala mo sino. Eh di pinatikim ko rin yung SA ng blade ng sariling dose ng medicine nya

merong shop noon sa isang SM Mall, i can't remember, SM Annex ata or Megamall, sa Annex ata yun
kung hindi ako nagkakamali. I've always wanted a certain type of earphones (yes earphones), as of now i can't remember
the brand, basta it was Php15k, one of those very high end ones.

I went up to the guy and asked the price. he answered. I respectfully asked to see it. He ignored me.
I asked again. Same thing. But before i could say something, my driver blurted out to the manager.

"ganito ba kayo sa customer niyo? malay niyo kayang bilin yun? nasan yung manager?"

before the manager could act, eh di gumalaw yung sales person. pero kita sa mukha niya napilitan at asar.
then it was on sale pala. down to 11k.

my driver was talkative. pinahiya pa niya lalo. he said a lot of things pero one thing he said was, "kung ayaw niyo
ibenta, huwag niyo ibenta, huwag ninyo idisplay."

I actually enjoyed the moment kasi smart mouth tong driver ko (but can sometimes work against you)

tapos hingi pa ng ID si mokong. oks lang. e di nakita niya saan ako galing and hindi peso lengwahe ko. lalo siya napahiya.

either 11 or 15k, its good for me because here in my place its worth way more than that. hehe.

dami ganyan sa pinas sobra.

chicafabulosa

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #132 on: October 29, 2013, 06:37:04 pm »
True. Inis na inis ako bro dun sa SA. Price tinanong ko, sinagot ako na mahal yan. Kabwisit. Wala syang masabi nung binili ko right after ko binili and pinakabit ko sa kotse. Next time kahit kabilang building pa ang concorde dun na ako pupunta. Yun lang kasi ang malapit sa pinag parkan ko.

lisse

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« Reply #133 on: October 29, 2013, 10:45:53 pm »
sabi nga ng mom ko, maski hindi mo ugali yung magyabang or i-flash kung anong meron ka eh mapipilitan ka talaga because they will treat you badly. magpo-profile din lang sila ng tao eh hindi pa nila ayusin. lagi biktima ng mga yan mom and dad ko kasi dad ko kung pumorma parang family driver lang (well, driver lang naman talaga siya ng mom namin haha!) naka-tsinelas lagi kasi naiinitan paa niya magdrive. tapos si mommy madalas naka school teacher uniform kung mamili para nga naman isang lakad na lang.

joycefler

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #134 on: October 29, 2013, 11:46:41 pm »
hello girls!

As usual, out of curiosity na naman ang question ko. This often happens to me because most of the time when i shop, i dress in casual polo shirt, shorts and birks. For instance, i remember I went to an LV store in Makati. The moment I entered, the salesladies were staring at me from top to bottom. They ignored me when I asked them if I can take a look at the monogram galliera MM I saw in their display window. One of them said "I don't think we still have stock" (take note, in English, sabay irap). They attended to another customer instead. To my surprise, she asked for the same model and in seconds, ang bilis nilabas si galliera MM! They didn't even mind me, still standing there, watching them in amusement. I just walked away with my 500,000 Php debit card. Unspent. I thought maybe, pairing a  lacoste shirt with birkenstock is not enough to convince them that I'm a spending customer and not a window-shopper. Then again, I still think they have no right to judge customers based on their get-up dahil kawalan nila yun.

How about you, mga sis?

Oh gosh.. simple lang yan... SMILE and say... I would like to speak to your Manager please. Thank you. Minsan sasabihin nyan wala daw may meeting... sabihin mo, "that's okay, i have time..." sabay "I'm sure he will be back soon because he is, afterall, the manager... If he doesn't show up, I will contact the owner"

sugardrop

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #135 on: November 11, 2013, 02:13:12 am »
I've too many stories to tell since I rarely dress up when I'm just going to buy something at the mall. Though never naman ako pumasok sa mga luxury brands dito sa atin like LV since di naman ako mahilig sa ganung mga bags. Pero ang nakakatawa, kahit sa mga SM lang, madami ganung SAs. Meron ako nasusungitan lalo na pag wala ako sa mood pero most of the time, deadma na lang. Not worth my inis. :)

manhattanite

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #136 on: November 13, 2013, 06:42:23 pm »
Parang mas accommodating nga ang SAs abroad kesa dito.  I remember going into a Chanel store in HK and super friendly yung SAs kahit na simpleng shorts and shirt lang kami ni hubby and nagtingin lang ako kasi wala naman ako pambili haha.

pretty_in_white

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« Reply #137 on: November 13, 2013, 07:53:55 pm »
:) ^ they have quota here kasi, sometimes they size a person up talaga. What's important is they do not disrespect people.

engr_neechee

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #138 on: January 09, 2014, 07:23:58 am »
Not sa store/boutique.  Sa real property.  Kasama ko yung friend kong taga AAV sa isang high end subdivision sa Rizal (i live nearby).  Nung tinanong nung agent kung taga-saan ako sa baba (meaning baba ng bundok), ayun,,,,he didn't bother to give me flyers and business cards.  He just looked at me.

gypske

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Re: have you ever been stared at or discriminated at a luxury boutique/store?
« Reply #139 on: February 08, 2014, 02:45:30 pm »
Not my experience but my brothers'

Sa aming magkakapatid, siya yung tipong kung ano mahablot sa cabinet or kung ano yung nasa taas na damit, yun yung isusuot and most of the time, pag paborito niya yun lagi suot niya. Mahilig din siya sa sandals lang and tamad pumorma.

He went to National bookstore to browse their current novels and look for some wiccan and tarot card reading books. Then, biglang nagtext yung friend niya so he went out agad sa National bookstore. Aba, biglang hinabol ng SA and biglang hinablot/hinila yung bag. Kasunod yung security guard and di man lang nagpaalam/nagsalita binuksan yung bag ng brother ko. Syempre tinginan yung mga tao, akala kasi nila shoplifter kapatid ko. Nanginig sa galit brother ko. Bumalik sa National bookstore and hinanap yung manager. Nung kaharap na si manager, susme, di magkandaugaga yung guard at SA sa pagsosorry pati yung manager. Naintimidate yata dahil straight english ang pagsasalita ng kapatid ko. Tapos pinagsabihan din yung guard : You know what, I could have you fired. What you did to me is so humiliating. You can just approach me and ask me nicely if you want to see my bag. What, you think I'll destroy my family name for a few books? You have no right. Di ko maalala yung iba haba ng litanya niya eh. Pati ako nosebleed. Same rin with the SA, nireprimand niya ng todo. Then nung bumalik sila sa National, this time with the friend, sunod nang sunod yung SA and sorry ng sorry.

« Last Edit: February 09, 2014, 05:18:15 pm by gypske »

 

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