What the Store-employees really mean...
Don't touch that, I just spent an hour folding it and I don't need your hands messing it up again.
2. "Do you need help with anything?"
Quick, my manager is coming around the corner and I need to look busy.
3. "Welcome to < 4. "Have a nice day!"
5. "Thank you for shopping at < 6. "Do you need a shopping cart to help you carry your items?"
7. "I love your shirt! Where did you get it?"
8. "Can I help you get something down?"
9. "Don't worry about folding it, I can do it"
10. "No, we don't have any more in the back"
Good, another customer to mess up my entire store just to buy a pair of socks.
Now that you ruined mine
Thanks for emptying your wallet with us!
The more you can carry, the more you can buy!
Your shirt is much nicer than the clothes we sell here, why are you even shopping here?
I'll get a ladder and put it up for you since this other nice customer put in the absolute wrong place.
You would just mess it up again if you folded it.
I just don't want to check
Originally published November 14, 2002.
