The cheek of it!

[sarajane]

I was in Bath with a friend yesterday. Sunny day so I wore seude boots, navy heavy linen skirt & navy & white striped top - felt pretty good. (You need this info for what comes next!)
We went into East for a browse & an older SA marches straight up to me & barks 'have you tried a belt? It would pull you in and disguise everything else'!
Not 'you look great but do you know what could make it look even better?' - subtext clearly was 'my god, you've a lot that needs disguising!'
I was so gobsmacked that for a minute I just stood there completely taken aback and then replied 'have you tried a gag?', tossed my hair, swung pink Hanover onto my shoulder & marched out!!!

 

[Flossie]

Good God was it Trinny or Susannah!

 

[sarajane]

Good God was it Trinny or Susannah!

Wouldn't have been so bad if it were! Just some jumped up East SA!!!

 

[Flossie]

Did she think you were trying on??? What a nerve!

 

[sarajane]

I had literally just walked in the shop & had just got to the first rail! My friend couldn't believe her ears! We were howling with laughter about it all the way down Milsom St!!

 

[Flossie]

Just who do they think they are ??? All budding stylists!

 

[Faithful]

oh my god, that is so awful. i would be seriously tempted to speak to her Manager!

 

[Flossie]

Actually SJ I went in there when I was in Bath with the princess and they do notice you , one woman shouted across from the till "There's more upstairs".I thought that was strange.

 

[riffraff]

Well at least she didn't grab your boobs and tell you you were wearing the wrong bra

 

[Whippet]

That's unbelievably rude! At least you managed to think on your feet and put her back in her place. Blimey! How dare she. Don't know how you stayed calm!

 

[Ali-bagpuss]

I think I would have grabbed the belt, said thanks and then slapped her with it!!!! God how rude. And I suppose she was "all that" was she??? Some people have no bloody manners at all!

 

[vicky]

lol @ "have you tried a gag" - thats exactly what she needed to hear, hopefully she'll think twice before insulting another customer with unwanted advice next time. Surprised they have any customers left.

 

[AudreyII]

Bloody hell, that's awful. Did they really just come out with that? No niceties at all?
Glad you had a retort though, if it had been me I would probably just have gone bright red and ran away...

 

[TropicalGal]

I am quite surprised...and yet not surprised at all. So many people are clueless. Just take a deep breath, and realize this is not about you, this is about her. (I'm channeling Oprah!). She is her own worst enemy.

 

[sarajane]

Bloody hell, that's awful. Did they really just come out with that? No niceties at all?
Glad you had a retort though, if it had been me I would probably just have gone bright red and ran away...

Yep, the first thing she said to me was the belt bit!