I hate it when salespeople follow me around!

Yes god I hate that!!! I know exactly how you feel before my good job shut down I used to go to Wal Mart every Friday or Saturday and always spend 100 dollars or more and they would just follow me around like I was going to steal something!! I stopped going to that certain one because I feel I was VALUED CUSTOMER THERE AND IF i WANT SOMETHING i PAY FOR IT i AM NOT A THIEF!!! I shouted it out the last time I was there and also yelled I spend to much money here to be followed a stalked like a criminal and I won't be back here!!!

Sales people will follow you around the store like a little lost puppy looking for attention. It makes me uneasy when a sales people is on my heels. You would think i was shoplifter they were trying to catch. All i am doing is shopping in their store. it can be annoying and unnerving. When you really do need their assistance, they are too busy to be bothered by you or else they can't be found at all. what are we to do?

oh yeah.. they ahve the tendency to just follow you around and you feel as though they are thinking you must be planning on getting something.. shoplift of some sort. haha but it annoys me more when i ask for a person to help me out, get a size or another stock and no one would bother! arghh

I'm very much the same, they run on the fair of not being home money though so I do sort of understand it. I think the companies should actually give a wage, as I'm sure it would help to reduce this type of behaviour and yes I hate when it happens to me. I generally walk away from them before I get close to where they are, which is funny sometimes as I shield myself behind someone. Not very often I get stopped or approached but when I do I just wished that they would take no for an answer.

I get irritated at times. Sometimes I just ignore them, but when it gets really annoying or I'm having a bad day I just talk to them and tell them not to follow them around. I don't want to appear really rude, so I try to tell it to them as nicely as I could though I'm really annoyed.

Salespeople definitely need to take note of this. I would venture to guess that 99% of people are turned off by this behaviour. I know if that happened to me, I would tell him politely that I am just looking and will ask him if I need assistance. If he persisted, I would leave the store or if I really needed something from that particular store, actually go to ANOTHER salesperson when I am finished shopping so they can get the credit.....only if the original one is being a real pain in the you know what.....

First of all I believe they work on sales commission, so he is not about to move on and let another sales person step up and you buy from them. Second, yes it is like they are keeping you from putting that washer/dryer/stove/refrig, in your purse and walking out. I like you want to look and if I have a question or am interested in something them I will ask, if you push, I am gone to another store. Most of the time I will just say, I'm just looking to see what you have, and will call you if I decide to buy. Most of the time they will back off. If they don't I leave and go some where else, I know they are going to try and pust the higher priced one on me because they get more commission for that sale. Why can't store just pay the people a salary like other places. I sold furniture in a furniture store once back in the 90's and there was several of us, I would just stand back and watch them attack the people as they came in the door, lots of times they would come to me when they was ready to buy because I wasn't on their heels pushing them. I don't know how people in sales make a living, your whole existance depends on sales and if the people don't come in, then you can't make a sale. A better way of doing it I think would be to pay the people a decent salary, them give them a bonus for what they sell, rather than just say your paid on what you sell, that is why they hound you so bad, and push you to buy.

I also do not like people following me around most especially when they are offering something. Often, when I am in the mall, or in a departments stores, attendants usually approach me and I politely tell them that I will just call their attention if ever I need assistance. I cannot choose well if someone is telling me this or that. I want to choose something without the influence of someone. But when I am interested on something, then that is the time that I call their attention to know more about the product.

Hi, jonnifc. I would have been quite annoyed too if a salesperson would follow me in every step that I would take. I would get annoyed that is for sure. I don't like it when someone invades my personal space at all. It makes me feel very uncomfortable. I understand that he wants to make a sale, but he should grant you your own personal space. No wonder you didn't want to purchase the washing machine. He killed this moment badly!

There is an easy solution to this problem - smile sweetly, open your mouth and say, "I'm just looking and really do not need your assistance at this time. Perhaps you could help someone else. Thank you." Works for me every time.

I absolutely hate it. I despise sales people. Their entire job is to get you to buy something, no matter what it is, and preferably the most expensive version of whatever it is. If someone were to follow me around, for even a minute, I'd ask for their manager, or I'd leave at that very moment. (or punch him in the face) Honestly, I'd rather go find someone who's replacing their washer and drier, and buy off them. It's cheaper, and you have no sale-people hassle, and if they are new enough, most manufacturers will honor the warranty. I almost never buy in the store anymore. It's simply not worth it to pay more money, for the privilege of being badgered by commission salespeople, who are ultra pushy. I specifically had this experience with my phone company. I get the optional unlisted number service, so that no sales people would call me. Guess what? I got sales calls from my phone company for more services. I was specifically paying the company a fee for a service to stop sales calls, and the very company I was paying the fee to, was giving me sales calls. And they were super-pushy sales calls too. Finally, I told the sales guy "if you, or your company calls me again, I'll cancel service completely, and you'll not only not get a sale, but lose a customer". They called again... I canceled. If people need me, they send an E-mail. I'm not going to pay money to get a service they use to bug the snot out of me.

I have to agree jonnifc! I know that they have a job of checking whether customers are really buying, looking or shoplifting but not to leave your side after minutes of walking is really irritating. Oh well, we have to respect their job no matter what. Besides, now that I'm laying low on shopping due to hard financial times, I miss those clerks hovering me. At this point, if they like to become my shadow, they are now most welcome. Miss it sooo much!

Hi jonnifc How are you doing today. No offence, I know how you feeling. But sometime I think we need to know, salespeople is just like us. They are human being after all. And sale something is them jobs. Maybe that person is weird. But he cant represent all salesman. I think if I met person like him, I will be irritating, too. But, trust me. Just forgot this as soon as possible. Do not hate anybody.

Yes, it happened to me several times as well. It is actually one of my pet peeves, I absolutely hate it! I have no idea why they do it, they must realize it puts people off?

I don't like it when sales people follow me around either. When sales people follow me it gets on my nerves and it makes me not want to shop there.

Yeah, I don't like that either. You walk in and they ask if they can help you...but when you need help... they are no where to be found! I know they make commissions and all, but to much will cost them their commission. Then if you ask, they don't know anything. I was in a makeup store once, and asked the same question about a hot air brush to three different sales people and got three totally different answers!

Sales people earn on commission so they think that if they shove information up our nose we will make their day. I completely hate sales people my thinking is, if and when I need the help I will certainly ask for it. Maybe go online and view several models this way you will have an idea of what you like and therefore limit yourself as to viewing so many. Good Luck!

i hate it. i barely get something new for myself and all i want when i'm looking for stuff for me or my girl, i want to do it in peace. sometimes these people keeps on following me around like i'm about to steal something or if these people comes up to me to recommend on what to get... it just ruins my mood. then again, it's their job and they're trained/instructed to do it. :)

I agree! I hate it too when a salesperson meets me right away at a store and follows me around telling me what to buy. It's really annoying especially when they keep on talking and promoting their product, telling me that it suits me. I just feel so uneasy and uncomfortable when somebody follows me around while shopping, I have my own choices and I'd really like to concentrate on choosing what products should I buy, but how could I do it when somebody I do not even know keeps on following me and telling me to buy this or that. I know it's their job to do that, but sometimes they're overdoing it and it's really annoying. I hope they could just give us some time and privacy while shopping, anyway when we need some help we will surely ask for their assistance.

I hate that too! One day i go department store looking for a TV, when i got there, a salesperson welcome me to the store, at that moment everything was, i was walking on the store then i stop to see some TVs, the suddenly the same salesperson where i don't where he come from, ask if he can help me, i say not thanks, i keep walking and stop to see one TV model for while, so i ask to the first salesperson that i see, and suddenly the same salesperson was stepping next to me. It's ok that you have to help the client, but if the client doesn't want your no insist so much, at the end you maybe don't buy the thing.