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In the discussion thread: unbelievably frustrating shopping experience at Lowe's yesterday [View all]

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Sat Aug 4, 2012, 05:34 PM

cottonseed (2,917 posts)

60. The sales person is an "american product" and you shit on him.

and apparently your next move was to purchase a product from a overseas based corporation.

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226 replies	Author	Time	Post
unbelievably frustrating shopping experience at Lowe's yesterday [View all]	tpsbmam	Aug 2012	OP
Nice job! nt	Teamster Jeff	Aug 2012	#1
I did the same thing. I am really delighted that	tsuki	Aug 2012	#2
Very happy with my Bosh, wonderful product!	watercolors	Aug 2012	#65
I think it would have been kind of you not to lecture him and to accept his shortcomings and move on	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#3
Sometimes people in the service industry bring it onto themselves.	NutmegYankee	Aug 2012	#5
OK then. Please watch this short video:	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#7
And they never know what their customers are going through....	tpsbmam	Aug 2012	#9
If you're even asking this question, it's doubtful I can explain to your satisfaction.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#12
I "get it" and usually practice "it" but there's a time and place....	tpsbmam	Aug 2012	#20
Good for you for not putting up with the crapola from the Lowes salesperson. As for Bosch,	byeya	Aug 2012	#29
This message was self-deleted by its author	femrap	Aug 2012	#203
This is off-topic	Bertha Venation	Aug 2012	#36
I checked it out, it's pretty funny!	smirkymonkey	Aug 2012	#212
Be sure to visit the sister site, all about customers	Bertha Venation	Aug 2012	#213
I "get it" and usually practice "it".......ya right.	crazyjoe	Aug 2012	#179
first to be peaceful, last to be angry: doesn't seem to explain why you attacked the OP in post #3.	DisgustipatedinCA	Aug 2012	#94
Check post #3, pre-edit.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#95
thanks for the clarification n/t	DisgustipatedinCA	Aug 2012	#102
The customer is always right. I didn't think the "Made in USA" request was out of line in this	MADem	Aug 2012	#117
Cute video, doesn't address this scenario.	NutmegYankee	Aug 2012	#38
We only got her side of the story.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#96
In addition to admitting her name calling in the OP, she expanded upon her name calling in post #12:	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#121
Very subjective...	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#122
Seriously....	Kalidurga	Aug 2012	#40
This is great! This is a great way to convey how fragile we all are at times...	midnight	Aug 2012	#130
Thank you. It's a universal lesson we should all remember.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#134
A rude customer may just be an arsehole. A rude salesperson...	TheMadMonk	Aug 2012	#137
I really enjoyed this. Thanks!	kellytore	Aug 2012	#184
Just like Union Cops	Pizz	Aug 2012	#63
If only that were true. (nt)	harmonicon	Aug 2012	#113
Nice rule.	midnight	Aug 2012	#126
I think this is quite different	dsc	Aug 2012	#6
"No right?!" You cannot read into someone's mind.	old soul	Aug 2012	#46
no, she didn't get angry at him for decisions made by corporations but his response to her	JI7	Aug 2012	#72
Totally disagree that it's a hard and fast rule in every instance....	tpsbmam	Aug 2012	#8
It happens on both sides of the aisle IMO	lunasun	Aug 2012	#18
Some one in the service industry rolls their eyes at me	Autumn	Aug 2012	#49
I hope you are kidding because it sounds like you're saying that you're better than them.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#67
I have to agree. I guess it feels good to get someone in trouble or even fired...	Walk away	Aug 2012	#88
Doesn't sound like that to me.	Lizzie Poppet	Aug 2012	#90
Just remember we are hearing just one side of the story, the one from the person who...	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#92
Very true.	Lizzie Poppet	Aug 2012	#93
You can bet I'm serious.	Autumn	Aug 2012	#218
I don't care if it's a SERVICE WORKER or the CEO, you get rude with me and it's on. 100%.	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#110
They don't give two shits if you buy something from them.	harmonicon	Aug 2012	#116
it's one thing to not care, another to be rude and roll eyes	JI7	Aug 2012	#144
+1 Thought that looked like a familiar link...	Sherman A1	Aug 2012	#59
"I found particularly disturbing the comment about using the electric cart as a weapon."	demwing	Aug 2012	#105
Yeah, let's bash the OPer for thought crime, not the person who was being incompetent and rude!	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#111
Having known of it having actually occurred	Sherman A1	Aug 2012	#168
Piss on THAT	demwing	Aug 2012	#104
Were you there?	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#106
Like demwing said... PISS ON THAT.	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#109
Fine.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#112
+1 n/t	tammywammy	Aug 2012	#145
well, we aren't discussing names , it's not like this is some trial or something	JI7	Aug 2012	#147
Like anything else, if you hear just one person's side of an exchange...	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#151
yeah, but what if there i no worker, what if she never went to Lowes ? maybe she has a mental proble	JI7	Aug 2012	#157
it's not really a case of Bad SErvice either	JI7	Aug 2012	#146
Try rolling your eyes at a customer back in a department store in the 1980s	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#161
Whoa.... hold on here...	harmonicon	Aug 2012	#198
My point is, I worked in customer service back then. You didn't do that and keep your job.	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#200
Still, I'd like to try it for myself.	harmonicon	Aug 2012	#201
Or you could just take the word of someone who worked retail back then?	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#202
I have no problem with that.	harmonicon	Aug 2012	#220
I wish I could go back in time.	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#221
Kill Hitler:	harmonicon	Aug 2012	#222
You as a consumer have a GOD GIVEN RIGHT not to be treated like shit.	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#107
Please point out the bad service described in the OP.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#114
When I was a teenager working at Good Guys, I rolled my eyes at a customer once.	Zalatix	Aug 2012	#118
I blame the management, though I wouldn't want the kid fired over this.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#120
well, i have had people at Lowes, Home Depot who weren't able to help me	JI7	Aug 2012	#149
How do you know they rolled their eyes?	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#153
i don't know, maybe the OP never went to lowes and made up the whole thing	JI7	Aug 2012	#156
Why would the OP lie?	demwing	Aug 2012	#167
I think he must be	FlaGranny	Aug 2012	#174
Oh yes, Stupid old Dude is about to find	demwing	Aug 2012	#193
That's not fair.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#197
What's not fair is all the negatives you attributed to the OP	demwing	Aug 2012	#208
Absolutely right.	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#119
poor attitude	Angry Dragon	Aug 2012	#127
I've been on both sides of the sales counter	Duppers	Aug 2012	#155
If you are going to work in sales, you learn your products. You never, and I mean NEVER, roll your	appleannie1	Aug 2012	#160
I must go to a different Home Depot	Tribetime	Aug 2012	#164
I have two Home Depots, one sucks and the other doesn't.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#196
I posted a link there back to here.	crazyjoe	Aug 2012	#181
As someone who works in the service industry	xmas74	Aug 2012	#206
Wow you could have save that.	xxqqqzme	Aug 2012	#207
You gave him plenty to digest	lunatica	Aug 2012	#4
Wally World emplys American workers.	formercia	Aug 2012	#10
My Dad worked for GE for approx. 40 years......	kooljerk666	Aug 2012	#11
Are you an Amazon affiliate?	Doremus	Aug 2012	#91
no, i am not	kooljerk666	Aug 2012	#170
There was no affiliate code	Pab Sungenis	Aug 2012	#171
Bosch is a good brand.	Ednahilda	Aug 2012	#13
I have never had a problem with Lowe's.	RebelOne	Aug 2012	#14
Yep, that's a great service, hauling the old one away for free. I just	RKP5637	Aug 2012	#162
Try Craigslist for a TV	starroute	Aug 2012	#15
Here's a representative example of a good craigslist TV	lumberjack_jeff	Aug 2012	#28
I've been in the market too	The Second Stone	Aug 2012	#16
Plus, GE products are just not worth the money...	Tikki	Aug 2012	#22
You'll be happy with it	nadinbrzezinski	Aug 2012	#17
Perfect combination - German engineering, but made in the USA.	lady lib	Aug 2012	#19
I wish I could have been there with you...You, he and me would have learned a lot.	Tikki	Aug 2012	#21
Bosch	MI_State_Too	Aug 2012	#23
HI MI_State_Too....Welcome to DU...	Tikki	Aug 2012	#30
Can't buy..	12ZTR	Aug 2012	#24
What's the alternative? n/t	jtuck004	Aug 2012	#26
Insanity	12ZTR	Aug 2012	#223
So buying something assembled by workers in China is preferable?	gateley	Aug 2012	#78
?	12ZTR	Aug 2012	#224
If the alternative were buying a Bosch machine made in Germany by union labor vs. one made by	pampango	Aug 2012	#177
Well said pampango	12ZTR	Aug 2012	#225
It up to us to slowly and surely sprinkle	Mira	Aug 2012	#25
Excellent!	99Forever	Aug 2012	#27
How did the salesperson's condescension reveal him to be a Tea Party member?	Bertha Venation	Aug 2012	#33
Did I offend Teabaggers?	99Forever	Aug 2012	#37
Wow...how contrite...	old soul	Aug 2012	#48
I think stoopidity is best defined	old soul	Aug 2012	#44
Really? What do you think of...	99Forever	Aug 2012	#80
You appear to spell your labels very well.	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#128
Let me fix that for you friend.	99Forever	Aug 2012	#136
On what factual basis do you claim that he is a "relatively new returning troll"?	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#139
You just backed a banned troll buddy...	99Forever	Aug 2012	#140
If you had any factual basis for saying that he is a "banned troll," you would post it.	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#141
You can thank me later.	99Forever	Aug 2012	#143
Interesting. Thank you for the information.	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#148
Now, McIntosh...	99Forever	Aug 2012	#195
1. You didn't denigrate teabaggers. You denigrated a minimum-wage worker who allegedly "rolled his	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#205
Hi, stranger!	Light worker on duty	Aug 2012	#211
Absolutely right.	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#124
I appreciate your position,	enlightenment	Aug 2012	#31
I think that a salesperson should accomodate the customer,	Curmudgeoness	Aug 2012	#42
You don't act in a rude manner	old soul	Aug 2012	#45
Trying to educate someone is rude now?	Curmudgeoness	Aug 2012	#51
I think that one	Lex	Aug 2012	#55
I think you're reading a lot into the situation	enlightenment	Aug 2012	#56
It is true we only have one side.	Curmudgeoness	Aug 2012	#57
Ditto. He's one of the workers the customer professes to care about.	Honeycombe8	Aug 2012	#71
he rolled his eyes before she got into the politics of it	JI7	Aug 2012	#150
Her comment that she was only buying American was a political statement of itself.	Honeycombe8	Aug 2012	#187
she was talking about a product she wanted to buy, i twas after he rolled his eyes	JI7	Aug 2012	#214
I don't wanna argue about this. Doesn't matter. But OP says he rolled his eyes when she told him	Honeycombe8	Aug 2012	#216
i have worked in sales for low wage also that's why i have no sympathy for this guy	JI7	Aug 2012	#217
Well done, tpsbmam!	Bertha Venation	Aug 2012	#32
Good job, and good for you for dumping the ignorant arrogant person!	DrewFlorida	Aug 2012	#34
You are awesome! Good luck! nt	Ilsa	Aug 2012	#35
Wow, you "totally skewered the asshole salesperson"	own your story	Aug 2012	#39
Well said.	AnotherMcIntosh	Aug 2012	#129
Keep in mind that something assembled here might be done by prison labor.	Spitfire of ATJ	Aug 2012	#41
they get paid, and frankly they SHOULD be working in prison.	progressivebydesign	Aug 2012	#64
"If we brought back labor in prison, we'd see a lot less people in prison."	Spitfire of ATJ	Aug 2012	#69
Prison labor wages are on the level of wages in China	eridani	Aug 2012	#86
Congratulations!!	SoutherDem	Aug 2012	#43
LOL	old soul	Aug 2012	#47
I feel a prerequisite to life should be	SoutherDem	Aug 2012	#50
So you don't believe he was being rude to her?	UnrepentantLiberal	Aug 2012	#53
Chances are	shawn703	Aug 2012	#62
Well, you sure told him, eh?	Robb	Aug 2012	#52
GOOD work!!	patrice	Aug 2012	#54
Magnificent!!!	calimary	Aug 2012	#58
The sales person is an "american product" and you shit on him.	cottonseed	Aug 2012	#60
Now, that's the ticket!	jamesatemple	Aug 2012	#61
We really like our Bosch dishwasher. Quiet, efficient, does a nice job. nt	Cognitive_Resonance	Aug 2012	#66
It sounds like you had simple and clearly defined preferences,	adamuu	Aug 2012	#68
Give the guy a break. He's just a working stiff trying to make a buck.	Honeycombe8	Aug 2012	#70
it would be different if he made a mistake, but this was his overall attitude towards someone	JI7	Aug 2012	#73
That's just how I think of it. I was a waitress for a while.	Honeycombe8	Aug 2012	#185
The OP went in there with a foreign-made-goods chip on her shoulder, ready to fight.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#77
I see it as one more self-congratulatory "I-put-a-Freeper-in-his-place" post.	AngryOldDem	Aug 2012	#79
Yeah, I saw that other one. Too bad that this kid didn't learn a thing.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#81
Except she didn't say he was a kid. Most appliance salesmen I've dealt with have been older. nt	Honeycombe8	Aug 2012	#188
The "buy 'Murican" is the freeper position, usually. That's what's ironic. nt	Honeycombe8	Aug 2012	#186
That's what I think, was the kid had absolutely no idea about American	RKP5637	Aug 2012	#135
True enough. Except she didn't say he was a kid. Most appliance salesman I've dealt with have been	Honeycombe8	Aug 2012	#189
She didn't did she. Somehow kid crept into the replies. Yep, same here,	RKP5637	Aug 2012	#192
You put the nail on the head what is wrong with businesses these days. I always worked in customer	jillan	Aug 2012	#108
great job	heaven05	Aug 2012	#74
We younger folks deserve more credit than that........	AverageJoe90	Aug 2012	#101
i bet he wouldn't have rolled his eyes if someone had asked the Same Question	JI7	Aug 2012	#75
Proud of you TPS!	BadGimp	Aug 2012	#76
I searched for US-made products to bring as gifts to China...	mainer	Aug 2012	#82
So rolling his eyes is such a hugely awful thing to do	SheilaT	Aug 2012	#83
Yes it is. I'm nearly 60 and have never had a salesperson / customer service type roll their eyes	progree	Aug 2012	#87
I am over 60 myself, and I have never gotten an eye roll response	SheilaT	Aug 2012	#98
I don't agree that she started out wrong - she might have, but I don't see that in the OP	progree	Aug 2012	#99
She got an eye roll response and jumped all over the salesperson.	SheilaT	Aug 2012	#138
I don't agree. Sorry. Like I said, I never have gotten an eye roll response or any such nt	progree	Aug 2012	#190
If the worker at Lowes doesn't know the requirements of the job, maybe he should...	BlueJazz	Aug 2012	#84
If you had already done your research why hadnt you gone online and have them	cstanleytech	Aug 2012	#85
high shipping cost ?	JI7	Aug 2012	#97
Nope, they ship the items to the stores then delivery them for free or atleast they did when	cstanleytech	Aug 2012	#142
she said she is disabled so maybe wants to see in person whether	JI7	Aug 2012	#152
I guess that could be it though its odd since dishwashers are pretty much the same in fuction	cstanleytech	Aug 2012	#166
So, you chose a German company instead of the Michigan company.	knitter4democracy	Aug 2012	#89
so many of us have held some kind of service job a good part of our lives.	mountain grammy	Aug 2012	#100
I am with you on this	Digit	Aug 2012	#103
I know that this is only a small part of what happened but Lowes has a reputation for being	jillan	Aug 2012	#115
And people complain about Walmart...	MyTwoSense	Aug 2012	#123
You bring up some really good tips about shopping.... I'm sorry to hear about this salesperson's	midnight	Aug 2012	#125
Poor guy might have been having a bad day, but with any luck, he's fired now	apples and oranges	Aug 2012	#131
in the chick fila case the guy started it, so even if she had been rude to him after he started it	JI7	Aug 2012	#154
oh, you're one of those people	snooper2	Aug 2012	#132
Sorry to hear you had a rough time at Lowe's. I recently bought a	RKP5637	Aug 2012	#133
He's probably making minimum wage with no benefits	Tribetime	Aug 2012	#158
Preaches about supporting American workers.	ForgoTheConsequence	Aug 2012	#159
being an American Worker doesn't excuse one for being an asshole	JI7	Aug 2012	#163
You're right.	ForgoTheConsequence	Aug 2012	#165
More American consumers need to have your resolve -- props to you!	pacalo	Aug 2012	#169
These are the kind of stories I like	B Calm	Aug 2012	#172
You went into an Ayn Rand style monologue against a wage slave? Nice Job!	alphafemale	Aug 2012	#173
I don't think a salesperson..	sendero	Aug 2012	#175
The Customer is Always Wrong	Iggy	Aug 2012	#176
Bosh makes good stuff.	Warren Stupidity	Aug 2012	#178
Bosch dishwasher	earthbone	Aug 2012	#180
I'd suggest you do all yr purchasing online and do an anger management course...	Violet_Crumble	Aug 2012	#182
You were right to go to the manager. I've been in sales and we all know that being rude is...	JVS	Aug 2012	#183
Doesn't matter if they agree with you or not.	Iggo	Aug 2012	#191
Hope you didn't tell him you are a Democrat. Perhaps your own computer searches BEFORE	txwhitedove	Aug 2012	#194
About that television...	MyTwoSense	Aug 2012	#199
This message was self-deleted by its author	femrap	Aug 2012	#204
I have been the victim of the "get me someone with a brain" request	WCIL	Aug 2012	#209
The more I think about it	Light worker on duty	Aug 2012	#210
Not sure, but why	demwing	Aug 2012	#215
both identities are PPRed.	NYC_SKP	Aug 2012	#219
Gap Stores	ohsayusa	Aug 2012	#226

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