“Smile and wave, boys!” is my go-to for any uncomfortable situation.

But not for this guy.

He had a lot to say to this retail worker about being “attacked” by employees asking if he needed help, and went on a full rant about it.

Let’s see what happened.

Odd experience

I’ve just got back into retail after being away for 6 years or so. Maybe my experience is a bit rusty, but this was just a weird experience.

The man walks in, I greet him from the till at the front, he shrugs it off.

I go about stocking things, ask him if he wants help finding anything, get a curt no in response.

It’s when he gets to the till that I find out why.

Him: “Listen, I’m tired of being attacked all the time.”

Strong choice of words there.

Me: “Pardon? I didn’t mean…”

Him: “Every time I come in here, you attack before I’ve even gotten in the door. If I need help, I’ll ask for it, okay?”

Me: “All right, that’s a change I can…”

Him: “Just let me do my shopping in peace. Me and my son, we come to a couple of your stores, and this is the one we get attacked at the most.”

Me: “I’m sorry that you see it as that aggressively, but I am genuinely trying to help.”

He didn’t budge.

Him: “Yeah, well, just let me shop in peace, okay?”

Me: “Okay, sir, I’ll make sure that happens in the future.”

His card takes two tries to get through before I quietly direct him to the “tap here” sign on the card reader.

This whole exchange was given in the tone of discussing the weather. Bizarre.

Who hurt him?

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this.

This is such a great idea.

Exactly. That was unnecessary.

Another retail worker shares their POV.

Common sense.

Another reader chimes in.

This person has a different take.

Then some people would complain if they didn’t ask them if they needed help…

This is a can’t win type of situation.

If you liked that post, check out this post about a rude customer who got exactly what they wanted in their pizza.