Car salesmen: Still sexist, still stupid

[Gormy Cuss]

8. My favorite shopping-while-female story involves trying to buy a refrigerator in a big box retailer.

My old fridge had died and I was ready to buy one that day. I found the department, walked around comparing features, and had picked my first and second choice. All I needed was for a sales person to talk about delivery schedules and take my money. There were five men jawing with each other about a sports event a few yards away and not one made an effort to see if I needed help even though I made eye contact with at least two of them. I was about to break in and ask if any of them could point me to someone working in that department when a saleswoman appeared out of nowhere and asked if I needed help. All five guys whipped their heads around and looked pissed when the saleswoman and I walked straight to the register. Yeah, buddies -- easy commission opportunity and you blew it.