• riodoro1@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Why?

    They are human beings, and I want to buy stuff, not get undivided attention.

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      8 months ago

      Well you’re supposed to be at work. To your employer or to customers it might look like you’re distracted and unprofessional, which would reflect badly on the store.

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        8 months ago

        I (a customer) was in a deep chitchat with a bike mechanic about some other outdoor hobby in a big US outdoor gear chain. For like 30min :-) Then I chatted about learning foreign languages (!) with the casheer.

        I definitely found the experience memorable and have great association with the store’s brand!!!

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          8 months ago

          I don’t. I think chitchatting with your boyfriend the whole day and being forced to stand (not a thing where I live) seem fairly separate.

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      8 months ago

      If you don’t like the owners need for you to put in 40 hours of work then you can both separate ways like was done here.