Keeping my shopping related theme going:
Stores that are really over zealous about their rewards programs or credit cards. I've shopped here before, I've heard the pitch, if I was interested I would have signed up.
If I say 'no thank you' then we are done. A couple cashiers at our Target just won't shut up about their credit card no matter how many times I say no. They just keep pausing on scanning items to tell us more about the credit card. It is bad enough they keep repeating the same pitch over and over but they stop working every time they do it!
I've pretty much stopped shopping at Sears because if you aren't a rewards member they blow a gasket.
After waiting in line for around 5 minutes we got to the register and the cashier decided to use his tablet to ring us up rather than the register that was right there. But the tablet just seemed to scan the item and bring up the web page for that item rather than running a total. He spent way too long trying to get it to work. Finally he gave up and switched to the register. Once it got to the membership phone number question he just kept asking 'are you sure you don't want to sign up'. After saying 'no thank you' several times it devolved into him looking at us like we were crazy and saying "I can't understand why anyone wouldn't want to save money?" and he just stood there staring at us and not completing the transaction. I decided to really save money and left without the stuff.
The last visit to Sears back before Christmas went like this:
"phone number?"
- "we aren't in the rewards program"
"would you like to join"
- "no, not today"
"are you sure, it is free"
- "I'm sure"
"it doesn't cost anything, we just need a some basic information"
- "no"
"but I can save you money if you do"
- "no"
"I may have a coupon here we can use if you do"
- "no"
"how about a phone number for a friend or relative that may be in the program?"
As we walked out, leaving the item on the counter:
- "We just wanted to buy one thing, that's all. Why is that so hard?"
He yelled after us: "But I have to ask!"
do they flog these people if they don't get you to sign up?
And stores wonder why people go on-line for their shopping.