Overheard Hermès

[NanamiRyu]

She kind of just looked at her and then turned a little more the other way, away from the nosy lady lol.

One time at a conference a random stranger had the audacity to reach out and touch my Birkin, move it slightly back and forth, and say “cute bag”! I was so stunned I didn’t know what to say, and the speaker was talking, so I just moved my bag closer to myself.

Very first time I went to Paris, we were “flagged” with TSA. They took us to behind the gate and went through every items very throughly. A girl in her 20s made a happy shouting sound when she found a newly purchased LV bag in the luggage.

Then she started to try on the bag on her shoulder, running off to her co worker to show how it looks and so on. I personally didn’t mind so much, because she seemed excited to try it out. I was more upset to be kept in the area soooo cold for quite a long time and the fact this darn security flag felt like discrimination as the only other party going through same process was a Japanese family. It was as if French folks thought Asian families living in NY is an odd and suspicious thing.

In keeping with topic…

Was sitting in women’s shoes at FSH last week, waiting for our turn to be served.

Another Korean family was seated just few feet away, trying on shoes. The SA showed them a pair of furry Orans as one of the options.

Guy: “I don’t get it. When do you wear these shoes?”
Girl: “Huh?”
Guy: “What season are you supposed to wear them? Fur makes it feel like they are winter shoes. But they are sandals, so shouldn’t they be for summer?”

Some words were exchanged we did not hear.

Guy: “And wouldn’t the fur get flattened when you wear them around? What kind of person walks around in these kind of shoes?”

My sister turned around and looked at me, then looked at my feet, in tan colored furry Chypres.

Sis: “We should have him come over and check out your shoes. He can see how badly you flattened the fur on your pups.”

* She said the shoes remind of her the dog shaped van in “Dumb and Dumber” at the time of purchase last year, hence calls them puppies.

 

[FrenchNewbie]

She kind of just looked at her and then turned a little more the other way, away from the nosy lady lol.

One time at a conference a random stranger had the audacity to reach out and touch my Birkin, move it slightly back and forth, and say “cute bag”! I was so stunned I didn’t know what to say, and the speaker was talking, so I just moved my bag closer to myself.

Those are the same people who say you are being mean when you say something to them and correct them. Lol

 

[horselove]

Very first time I went to Paris, we were “flagged” with TSA. They took us to behind the gate and went through every items very throughly. A girl in her 20s made a happy shouting sound when she found a newly purchased LV bag in the luggage.

Then she started to try on the bag on her shoulder, running off to her co worker to show how it looks and so on. I personally didn’t mind so much, because she seemed excited to try it out. I was more upset to be kept in the area soooo cold for quite a long time and the fact this darn security flag felt like discrimination as the only other party going through same process was a Japanese family. It was as if French folks thought Asian families living in NY is an odd and suspicious thing.

In keeping with topic…

Was sitting in women’s shoes at FSH last week, waiting for our turn to be served.

Another Korean family was seated just few feet away, trying on shoes. The SA showed them a pair of furry Orans as one of the options.

Guy: “I don’t get it. When do you wear these shoes?”
Girl: “Huh?”
Guy: “What season are you supposed to wear them? Fur makes it feel like they are winter shoes. But they are sandals, so shouldn’t they be for summer?”

Some words were exchanged we did not hear.

Guy: “And wouldn’t the fur get flattened when you wear them around? What kind of person walks around in these kind of shoes?”

My sister turned around and looked at me, then looked at my feet, in tan colored furry Chypres.

Sis: “We should have him come over and check out your shoes. He can see how badly you flattened the fur on your pups.”

* She said the shoes remind of her the dog shaped van in “Dumb and Dumber” at the time of purchase last year, hence calls them puppies.

That’s why l never bring my husband to Hermes. He just doesn’t understand that some things they sell (which l buy) make no sense

 

[periogirl28]

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[misericordia]

In London a few years ago, I was paying for a scarf when a woman walked up to the counter and demanded to see some goods in a glass display cabinet - literally speaking over the SA who was talking to me while processing the transaction! The SA politely told the woman that she would help her in a moment as she was in the middle of helping me, and the woman huffed and was obviously annoyed. What did she expect, that the SA would rush over to her and leave a customer in the middle of paying?!

 

[addiCCted]

Then she started to try on the bag on her shoulder, running off to her co worker to show how it looks and so on.

Wait…the TSA lady tried on the passengers purchased goods??? Isn’t that abuse of power? That sounds really violating

 

[cravin]

Not overheard, but told. And pretty sure this tops them all.

SA said a customer came in and literally begged on their knees for a bag.

 

[horselove]

Not overheard, but told. And pretty sure this tops them all.

SA said a customer came in and literally begged on their knees for a bag.

Hermes really makes people do crazy stuff. I have seen it with my own eyes

 

[addiCCted]

Not overheard, but told. And pretty sure this tops them all.

SA said a customer came in and literally begged on their knees for a bag.

So sad….

 

[TankerToad]

I dunno, but this thread makes me sad on so many levels -
Not just the begging and pleading and the desperation of the overheard H customers; but also the lack of empathy of more fortunate H customers to said overheard H customers -
And the SAs: it must be hard to break people’s hearts daily …

 

[Muffin_Top]

I dunno, but this thread makes me sad on so many levels -
Not just the begging and pleading and the desperation of the overheard H customers; but also the lack of empathy of more fortunate H customers to said overheard H customers -
And the SAs: it must be hard to break people’s hearts daily …

It might be a lack of empathy.
But what would you answer to your child or teenager who's crying and begging for any superficial non-essential material good that you decided you wouldn't buy them ?
That they're not getting it, their lives won't change a bit and that's the way it is.
I cannot see why any grown-up couldn't handle the same situation properly.
PS: I learned it as a teenager, desperately begging for Nike trainers.

 

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Guy: “What season are you supposed to wear them? Fur makes it feel like they are winter shoes. But they are sandals, so shouldn’t they be for summer?”

Some words were exchanged we did not hear.

Guy: “And wouldn’t the fur get flattened when you wear them around? What kind of person walks around in these kind of shoes?”

Sometimes, like this exchange, I laugh out loud. Bc my DH has said the same thing to me in Hermes in front of our SA. I bought the Birkenstock version and wear them around the house lol

I have heard on two occasions, young girls looking at H windows saying one day they will shop there.
I remember thinking the same years ago (when I thought maybe one day I would buy one bag, a BBK28

 

[cravin]

I dunno, but this thread makes me sad on so many levels -
Not just the begging and pleading and the desperation of the overheard H customers; but also the lack of empathy of more fortunate H customers to said overheard H customers -
And the SAs: it must be hard to break people’s hearts daily …

Empathy? Broken Hearts? THEY’RE BAGS. SAs are retail sales specialists, not Oncologists. C’mon now. Perspective. I’m not trying to be confrontational but it’s also why one of my main mottos here is “you’re overthinking shopping. It really shouldn’t be stressful”

 

[papertiger]

Back to topic please, TY. Lots of hilarity and positive things heard at H stores I'm sure, not just 'begging for bags'

What have you overheard at Hermes?

 

[GabrielleS]

I overheard an SA encouraging her client to try and buy RTW.

With a smile the client nicely says, I will give this a try but management knows my weight goes up and down like a yoyo. They can’t possibly expect I will buy a lot of clothes. She and the SA had a good laugh.

I have seen at events so I know she’s a good customer. I saw her on the way out buying a lot of home items. She would be a beautiful woman at any size but I thought good for her for not being pressured.