Some customers can be too intrusive and personal.

In this story, a woman runs her own retail business.

She looks young, so customers often think she’s just one of the employees.

When a pushy customer kept asking about personal questions, tension quickly erupted.

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AITAH for making fun of a guy for asking, what I thought, was a rude question?

Retail business owner here.

I’m the sole owner, but I never tell people that.

I’m in my late thirties, but I am often told I look like I’m in my twenties.

I listen to a lot of crap due to people thinking I work there.

This woman politely entertained a customer.

A guy comes in with his family. He’s annoying right off the bat.

He has fifty questions and then wants a ton of samples.

I get the hint he might be one of those people who is a pain in the head.

He thinks I can’t do anything other than smile and kiss his bottom.

I don’t know, but I am polite, smile, and try to be nice.

The customer was being pushy with his questions.

I notice he is looking me up and down. Then, he asks me if I own the business.

I tell him it’s a family business.

He starts in with questions about how long we have been open and who started it.

Then, he asks if I make a lot of money here. I don’t respond.

Then, he asks if I made a lot of money today. I don’t respond.

I try to change the subject. He asks more benign questions.

She finally told him she wouldn’t answer his questions.

Then, when my head is down, he asks, “What percentage of the business do you own?”

I pretend I didn’t hear that because my head was down getting another sample.

He asks me one more time. Then again, for the third time.

The third time, I look up, look him dead in the eyes, and say:

“I don’t answer that question. Do you want my PIN code and social security number, too?”

She added that he’s being intrusive and rude.

He says he was just curious because it seems like a busy business.

He seems a little startled by my response.

I tell him I think it’s an intrusive and rude question.

I say, “I’m just wondering, because I get the question or other similar questions trying to figure out how much money I make or have.

Why do you feel entitled to know?”

Now, she’s also being called rude.

People are pushy about it.

He says I am very rude.

Of course, he buys nothing and leaves.

Let’s read the responses of other people to this story.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

That’s none of your business, says this one.

Here’s a similar thought from this person.

Yes, indeed.

Finally, this one makes sense, too.

Not all customer questions are meant to be answered.

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