'She avoided eye contact with me': Customer gets back at presumptive sales associate for judging them based on appearance

We're silently judging each other all the time. Like it or not, it's a part of being human. Most of the time, these are calculated judgments, and they're made for good reason in order to avoid conflict and preemptively determine whether or not it is a good idea to broach particular topics of conversation with the person you're talking to—like deciding whether or not a political conversation is appropriate at your family's Christmas gathering. Even the most tolerant saint-like individuals among us, who haven't ever intentionally passed judgment on someone for how they look or act, are making subconscious judgments about the people they meet all the time. 

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  • Still, even though we're our old monkey brains, we are wired to be judgemental and anticipatory of people based on their appearance, and it's bad manners. And if you're running a business and in the habit of being so judgemental of people based on their appearance that you're turning away potential customers, you're going to have a bad time… I'll add here, anecdotally, that the wealthiest person I've ever met in my life (a multi-billionaire) was wearing a holey T-shirt at the time. 

    This sales associate made a huge mistake in judging the original poster of this story when they first visited the designer clothing store where the associate worked. Because the original poster didn't dress the part of the store's usual clientele, the sales associate chose to ignore them, essentially refusing them service. So, the original poster waited until another associate was working to complete their purchase, robbing the sales associate of commission. 

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    r/pettyrevenge Posted by u/Prize-Break8433 6 hours ago Dressed overly casual at a designer store so that the sales rep wouldn't get commission . I don't typically buy a lot of designer clothing but when I do go shopping, I dress pretty casually. Last week I was strolling through the mall and there was designer backpack on display that caught my attention. I went inside the store (wearing a hoodie and ripped jeans) and went to inquire about the price of the backpack. I waited around for 10 minute
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    A few days later, I went back into the store. This time I made sure to dress a even more casually than before. I walked in with a pair of sweatpants, running shoes, a tank top and zip-up. The same lady was working that day and turned her back to me as I soon as I walked in. I went up to one of the other sales representatives (this guy was younger, smiling and seemed eager to help) and I told him I wanted to purchase the backpack and he gladly went inside and got for me. He even asked if I'd like
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    thanked him and he checked me out. The store manager was also by the cashier and I let him know that I came in last week and that the lady wouldn't let me see the product before purchasing it. He was upset to hear this and told me this wasn't the first time he had received a complaint about her. The item was a few grand and all the commission went towards the junior. He was so kind and grateful. She avoided eye contact with me after she got told off by her manager and I smiled at her as I walked
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    Three Dogs2022 · 6 hr. ago Big mistake! HUGE! 7.0k Reply Share 443 ... CptCroissant. 4 hr. ago I think it's somewhat common knowledge that if you're in a very expensive place, the more unkempt you look the richer you probably actually are because you've lost the will to give a and need to impress others. Reply Share
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    o ImpossibleFuel6629 · 3 hr. ago The wealthiest people I know (wealthy, not high income) dress the most casually, really just however they well please, no matter the context. Many meetings I've had with +$100m net worth folks in flip flops and tshirts. What's the point of having money like that if you have to dress for the benefit of other mere mortals? 238 Reply Share Crezelle 3 hr. ago That sounds like a chad dominance move. Everyone else here is polished up like a golden I for the event, whil
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    TheSilentSong - 6 hr. ago My mom was a hair stylist that took on a lot of mid to high class customers, but certainly didn't turn away anyone below those bars. She told me one day in her first salon, a man that looked somewhere between a construction worker and outright homeless guy came in. NO ONE wanted to handle him and actively pretended he didn't exist. Turned out the guy was rich. Became a repeat client. 2.0k Reply Share Federal-Ad-5190 · 4 hr. ago I ran a country pub for a while. The riche
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    hockeynoticehockey - 5 hr. ago . Many years ago, part time job in my city's highest end men's clothing store. High end, like I couldn't buy a pair of socks with a week's pay high end. It's Christmas time, my coworkers had their pick of new customers since we were so busy. I noticed a man enter who looked nothing like the other shoppers. Maybe in his 50's, wearing a well worn parka, just standing there. Not one of my money grubbing co workers would even look at him, so I did. 30 minutes later he
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    savealltheelephants · 5 hr. ago That woman obviously hasn't worked there long. One of my friends worked for a high end designer store in Vegas and said that the women who came in dressed to the 9s in designer stuff usually spent $ (like 2000-10000) but the BIG SPENDERS (20,000+) usually came in wearing sweats/casual clothes and looking like they were you know, spending the day walking around the mall shopping. 548 Reply Share
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    dbear848 6 hr. ago I did the same thing at a car dealership. I'm a computer nerd and I live in shorts and tshirts, but I'm paid enough that I could buy the car with cash. 458 Reply Share
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    BelaNorn 5 hr. ago My mom used to work for a money manager. She always said the people who came in dressed up and dripping in expensive items tended to have much less money than those who came in dressed in normal or casual clothes. Reply Share 46 Consistent-Annual268 "When you're so rich you don't need to care about putting up appearances." Reply Share 11 . 4 hr. ago
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