‘Straight-up confused Pikachu face’: Electronics store employee kindly helps customer choose a new laptop, only to later reveal he doesn't work there at all

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
May 18, 2025 1:00 PM EDT

It's always funny (or sad, depending on how you're looking at it) to walk into a store and realize you're dressed like the employees. This gives you the opportunity to do some really funny things in that store, and possibly get away with it. I wouldn't be surprised if some Targets out there do not allow people with bright red shirts to walk into their store, for fear that they would attempt to run the store and confuse some shoppers in the process. 

Either way, we've all been confused for a random store employee by people at some point in our lives. Whether it is wardrobe-related or simply because we look like we belong there, it happens. How you react to those moments, however, is completely up to you, and some people do not settle for the classic 'I don't work here, lady'.

The man in the Reddit story was approached by a customer in an electronics store, and was asked for help choosing a laptop. Instead of immediately clearing up the mix-up, this guy decided to play along, and it led to quite a hilarious reaction eventually. 

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    HOME CINEMA HI-FI "I rolled with it and sold him a laptop" 736
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    Customer mistook me for staff... I rolled with it and sold him a laptop.

    This happened last year. I was heading home from work, still in my office getup like blue button up, black slacks, dress shoes, the whole corporate misery package. Stopped by an
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    electronics store with my brother since he needed some last minute stuff for a trip. I'm minding my own business in the laptop aisle when this older gentleman, probably late
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    50s or early 60s, walks up to me. Without missing a beat, he starts firing off questions about laptops like I had a name tag on or something. I guess the business casual outfit gave off "tech guy" energy.
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    Honestly, I was bored, and I love nerding out over tech, so I leaned in. Gave him the full Best Buy Geek Squad experience. Talked processors, SSDs, graphics cards, how his
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    son could use it for work, casual gaming, Netflix marathons, or pretending to work while watching cat videos. I was on a roll. I even started using hand gestures like I was
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    pitching a used car. I was out here acting like I was about to earn commission or something. After like 30 minutes of me basically hijacking the sales floor, the guy's like, "Awesome,
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    I'll take it. Can you check me out at the counter?" Cue awkward pause. I go, "Sir, uh... I don't actually work here. I'm just shopping.” Man looked like I told him his dog was actually a cat. Straight-up confused Pikachu face.
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  • I find it sweet that this guy decided to use his knowledge and skill to help a random stranger, because he knew he could do a much better job than the actual employees. The customer's reaction is also awesome, so keep scrolling to read all about it.

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    He asked why I helped him for so long then, and I told him, "Because if you talked to the actual salespeople here, they might've upsold you on some
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    overpriced paperweight. I just didn't want you to get scammed." He laughed, said thanks like a hundred times, and even tried to buy my brother some
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    earphones as a thank you. I was like, "That's sweet, but no worries, it's cool. Plus, I already spent enough of your time pretending to be an employee."
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    Funniest part? Some actual employees walked by while I was in full salesman mode, and they didn't say a word. Probably thought I was their coworker they hadn't met yet
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    or some new guy from a different shift. Anyway, 10/10 experience. Hope his son loved the laptop. Maybe next time I'll start charging consultation fees.
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    bbycoward The employees probably thought you were a company rep for a computer brand lol
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    Girls4super Honestly, as a salesperson if someone is doing my job for me they can just keep talking. If the customer notices I make a lame joke about "this guy should work here"
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    Late-External3249 Haha. Reminds me of a time I walked into Target in a red button down and khaki pants. I happened to see a buddy who was the manager there and a sweet old lady asked us to help her load something in her car. We went out and gave her a hand.
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    Dizzy_Chipmunk_3530 Walk him to a sales guy, act like you run the place, and say "ring up this gentlemen, and give him the $200 off"
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    DaughterOLilith A good friend of mine and myself are both very out going and avid thrift shoppers. We love encouraging our fellow shoppers to make outlandish purchases. I once convinced a college kid that he really needed a very colorful polyester button down. He totally rocked it, though!
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    Option Recent I got up to go to the restroom in an airplane right next to the beverage cart. Had one of the passengers give me their trash and ask for a water and crackers. I was able to give them the water. I was not dressed at all like the flight attendants. My friends had fun with this the rest of the flight.
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    Katsmiaou I always tell my husband that he should be a freelance salesperson. He loves talking to people and telling them all the great things about this thingamajig or that widget. He literally sells people on computers or mops or whatever.
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