Mistaken for a worker, ..have you? Options

[maia_dc]

Have you ever been at a store, and then people just come up to you asking for help? For some reason, I get mistaken for a worker whenever I go to Urban Outfitters. I never know what to say, except I just apologize and walk off feeling stupid.
Haha...

So have you ever been mistaken for a worker or anyone else?

[*Azarel*]

Once. At a shoe store. I stood there confused, "Um. I don't work here." And then I left.

[Kenado]

I had a gap shirt in gap that looked like the ones the poeple that were working there and people were asking me for help and I just stared at them and walked away

[Hiphop d[-_-]b]

yes. if i know what theyre looking for i'll just show them where its at or if i dont i'll say "uhh... i dont work here"

[glit_gal]

nope but i've done that to someone else, it's the most embarrasing thing

[lilliannnn]

Yeah, I have. I have no idea why though.. It's not like I was wearing a name tag or anything.

[Eryi]

I've mistakened somebody else as a worker before. Lmao.

[HongKongDong]

Happens all the time when I go to anchor blue since I shop a lot there and for some reason when I go i'm wearing anchor blue clothes, since all the workers wear are the clothes people think I work there. Its always
"Uhhh... I don't work there but (insert whateve here) is over there"

[elmogurly]

nope, thankfully!

[acidophilus]

A few times. Upon which I direct them to the completely wrong thing or start picking out random items they didn't ask for. MUAHAHAHAHA.

[kaB00M]

Yep. I was with a friend and we were browsing around a shoe store, I was eating some chips and some guy comes up to me and ask, "do you have this in size 9?" and put the sample shoe right in front of my face. Lmao, it was so funny.

[MetalChick77]

Yeah I was in charlotte russe with my friend, then this lady comes up to me all pissed like "EXCUSE ME MISS" I was like eh? and she was like IVE BEEN ASKING FOR HELP and i was like "sorry i dont work here" and she was like "oh..sorry"

[Looow]

Ahh all the time.

I do remember once at Target this lady was like " Miss miss!!" I was wearing red so yeahhh.

[lilJdawg]

Nope, but my aunt wears red a lot. So everytime she goes to target, she always get asked. I find that funny.

[jeSs1cA]

When I went to JCPenny's.. none of the workers there have a special uniform.. maybe an name tag but that's about it. I was walking around, browsing some clothes.. and this lady comes up to me and says, "I'm not sure if this is on sale because the sale isn't for this brand of clothing." (or something on that sort). I just looked at her blanky and said "I'm sorry.. but I don't work here "

[*reflection*]

one cuz i was talkin to my friend who works at the store

[dao]

yeah.. a target worker cuz i was wearing a red jacket... it was pretty funny

[dahding]

that never happened to me...i'd be rather embarassed about it if it did tho.

[mocassinsx29]

Yes. Quite a few times around Queens Center at random clothes store. I'm just like, "No, sorry, I don't work- err... ;)" and then they go "Oh, sorry" and we both walk away feeling awkward.

[jaeman]

It has happened to me loads of times.
I think it was circuit city, but I was wearing a red pull on shrit with the polo type collar and black slacks with it.
Anyway, the workers there were wearing the same exact thing, the only difference was that their red shirts had 'circuit city' embroidered on it.
And everytime I was looking at the computers, cameras or games, customers would come up to me asking "how much is this?" or "could you recommend me a good one?".
It was pretty funny, I apologized to them and said I didn't work there.
It also happens at pet stores for some reason.

[[Scr3amin][Horro...]

I always do that to other people lol. Like at London Drugs this lady was wearing a white shirt and she looked like a worker but she wasnt. It was embarassing .

[toodlepops.]

Yeah. I just told the guy I didn't work there and both of us laughed it off. (;

[slipper]

yah. i laugh & say i dont work here, i dont just ignore them.

[shutupnlissenx3]

yeah. when i went to nordstrom when i was in the kids shoes waiting for my aunt because she works there then a kid went up to me and asked me for the shoe then i just told him that i didnt work there

[x-klutzibabi-x]

Yes, once. I was at Sears looking at pillows and this elderly couple asked me if I worked there.

[*anubis*]

yeah. at clothing stores. i think it was aeropostale and a|x or something. silly people.


"hey do you guys have this in a smaller size?"

"yeah. ask that guy over there that works here! "

"oh... haha. my bad. sorry"

[xXMomoBubbleTeaX...]

No, someone who looks this good gives the impression to people that I definitly don't work I'm a shopper..(lol)..

-Not cocky, but confident

[vampireduster]

at target i am

[enyceXaddiction]

no but people mistaken me as a worker.

[angel-roh]

Ooh. That happened to me when I was in Morning Glory. Because I was waiting for my mom to get out of work because she's only the person that I can get back home. Since I can't ride buses because I have fear of riding on them. anyways ---- i stayed there for like 4 hours since i knew the lady...she didnt mind that i was there. hehh and like 8 people so far came tp me and asked me few questions about stuff and i was like "oh i dont work here" hehh... i kinda felt stupid while they feel stupid too.

[osidepinay33]

yeah that happened to me b4 to me... and other stuff to.. lyk some old couple will come up to em and ask me my age.. and ask me questions lyk.. "I have a granddaughter ur age.. wtu do you think she'll lyk.. wut size do you wear cuz she's about u size" and then i respond.. lol and then after i'm done helpin them i leave..lol

[heyyfrankie]

nope...never.

[EmmalieV]

All the time I have to say " I dont work here " in spanish.

[*incoherent*]

nope. id feel embarrassed.

[SMiLEEFORMEE]

i'm not very sure cause i look quite young (well i AM young haha) but maybe once i think but i don't remember where. but i mistake a lot of others for workers and then i feel sooo embarrassed lol

[Teesa]

Ooh, good topic.

It's happened to me quite a few times. Most of the time, it's in clothing stores and they ask if I know where a certain brand of clothes are located. I kind of blush and say I don't work there. And then one time it happened at a grocery store, which was weird since I obviously wasn't wearing the store's uniform. People these days =]

[ghjgfkgfk]

totally. a lot of people think that manical 13 year olds work wal mart

[lKVNiiKINKYl]

I was in Chinatown and I was going to the bathroom in one of the resturants. Some lady was like...WAITER! WAAAAITTTER! YES YOU COME OVER HERE! That was a horrible day...

[rx_azngirl]

yes! i think it as at a grocery store.

[aeyungg xd]

this ALWAYS HAPPENS TO ME. no matter where i go, cheap korean jewelry store in flushing, m.a.c. in macy's, coach, abercrombie GOSH. ahahhas. those are a few on the list. my friends tell me i look so professional or whatnot. stupid friends.

[kill me please]

man all the time. im like wtf i dont work here. i dont know why they think that.

[*xcaitlinx*]

nope. never happened to me. the only reason is that i look like a 12 year old and people would more likely  asked me if i was lost and need help to find my mommy.

haha!


yeah, it's happened to me a few times. it isnt that awkward ... it's more on the funny side. i dont really care..especially since i do it to people all the time.

[sunissed14127]

That happened yeasterday...I was in American Eagle & this lady was like "Ma'm, do you have these jeans in a size smaller?" & I looked & her funny & was like "Um....I don't work here. That happens to me a lot in Claires too. But that's probably because my mom works there & I'm always helping her put stock up on the walls & stuff.

[Looow]

All the time I have to say " I dont work here " in spanish.

I never knew you spoke spanish.

Ohh the other day at American Eagle I saw someone asking a girl about this cami and the girl looked all confused and looked around then said "Ohh sorry I don't work here!"

[*salcha*]

Nah, I probably look too young (14?). Or I have a pissed off look on my face.

[nopattern]

Yeah, a couple times and I really don't know why.

[Winter]

Ohmegosh. I was at the French supermarket with my guy friend and we were in our school uniforms. And this lady walks up to us and asks us where the eggs are! Our uniforms were identical to the uniforms the workers wear. Yellow button up and dark blue bottoms. ><

[KiddyKid]

YEAH* in IKEA when a woman just asked me where the exit is XD

[sw33t_rouge]

i was wearing polo shirt and heels, at polo jeans (thats wat the workers kinda wore) then this lady came to me and asked.."excuse me do u have this shirt in S?" HAHA..i dont work here xP (i wish i did)

[jue]

not in my parents store. They know im the worker since i look litterally the same as my parents. But in other stores people have asked me for help and im just like ". . . . sorry i dont work here"

[parallel]

No. But I've done that to someone else before.
It's kinda embarrassing.

[yukichan]

That happened to me before..Except it was for an after school program thing..I was talking to a leader and then another leader came up and called the other leader, and asked who I was..And ya..It was kind of embrassing..

[silentxcries]

haha.. nope.. but if someone does that to you you should act like you do and tell them like the totaly wrong thing and then leave..lol

[katssso]

I often get mistaken for working at wal-mart, but i don't mind cuz my mom works there

[*mona lisa*]

Yep. Haha, it's happened to me several times.

[alduhkneel]

Too many times, actually. I don't know why, but people just think I work everywhere. Once, I was in JcPenney's kid section and a lady was like "Hi, do you have this in size blah blah and this color blah blah", I swear she was rambling there for 10 minutes, and I finally got a word in, saying "Er, I don't work here" and she got all smart with me.

[*lolita kitty*]

^ ahahahaha that sucks

Once, at capiezios (sp?). This woman was trying to buy her daughter a leotard and was like "OMG WHERE THE HECK AE THE SMALLS???? (to me)"
I was like err... I dont work here

[sense.n.style]

only on the phone. ^^

[ecargnmyst]

yeah...when im standing near any product or shelf theyll just assume im working there and that im reorganizing stuff O.o

[xmkaex]

once i was at Office Depot and i was wearing a red shirt and some black pants.
(the people working at the store wear the same colors except sometimes khaki pants i think)..and so this one lady came up to me and ask me where tha markers were.. ...i told her that i didn't work there. she laughed and i just smiled and walked away

i haven't started working anywhere yet...it'd be cool tho

[*StanleyThePanda*]

haha I hate when that happens...
Someone asked me in target once
and I was thinking "I have no name tag, Im not wearing a red shirt nor khaki pants...you tard"
but yeah I was just like "no" haha

[*jooleeah*]

I've mistakened somebody else as a worker before. Lmao.

Yeah, Same. Very embarassing.

[Hiphop d[-_-]b]

Before i start asking people where things is i look inquiringly at them and say "Are you a worker/Do you work here?"

Ive been mistaken for a worker quite a lot of times. Usually in clothes stores. If I know where the item they are looking for is i direct them to it, but if i dont i just tell them im not a worker.

[dennisfyfe]

I work at Pizza Hut and our place is located in the lower levels of a hotel. Someone thought I was one of the janitors and asked me to clean up a mess they made on the upper level of the hotel. =/

[Tribal J_Rome]

No. But I've done that to someone else before.
It's kinda embarrassing.

lol i've done that too before, i feel hella dumb when that happens

[*Libertie*]

I carpool with my boyfriend, so I hafta show up early a lot to work. On days when I'm there up to an hour early, I'm walking around the mall in my dress pants and whatnot, so in most department stores I look like an employee. So yeah, it happens a lot. It's embarrassing sometimes, but mostly just amusing.

[*liquidize*]

<-- too well dressed to be mistaken for worker. dont body ya self

[Aoiro]

Lol, just once.
But I totally forgot which store it was.

[misoshiru]

actually, thank god, no. but i've mistaken other people to be workers X_x.

[Rachel]

Just a few times. I think it is funny and I usually just say "Oh, I don't work here!".

My boyfriend once got asked at Walmart for help. It was hilarious, esp. because he was wearing a red shirt and kahkis-which is Target colors.

[loljuliana]

once at foot locker; i think it was because of the fact that i was wearing black. i went to put a shoe back that i took, and some guy comes to me and goes "do you sell the black ups?"
and i just stood there.. and said "i dont work here.."

[-lana]

Nope, I probably don't look old enough to work anywhere, anyway. o_o

[BOOGERSHAHA]

no, i'm always the idiot who mistakes people for workers.

[iced__cappucino]

always .
particularly at dollar stores. T_T my goshh!

[The_AZN_Godfathe...]

I think I have once.

Which is pretty weird considering I'm young as 13. And actually, if I'm thinking right, it was way before I turned 13. That person must've been lost...

[ANG33ZY]

yeah when i was in best buy cause i was wearing this blue top.

[Babi3xFoOlish]

i had a dentist apointment at 8am. noone was there yet wen i came, so i waited outside n there was also this old couple. when i walk up they was like hi mam, are u a dentist too? im like OH NO. lol
man do i look that OLD. =P

[Smoogrish]

Yeah, it was pretty weird.. I was at Circuit city, and I was wearing this Google shirt (don't ask.. haha), and this mom and her kid came up to me, and they were like, "Excuse me, but do you know whether you stock any sort of typing game?" and I was like "Ehhh?"

[ParanoidAndroid]

Yup in Walmart...i was walking with a box of popcorn and this lady asked me where the canned food section was

[faded23]

I went into Ross once and I still had my nametag from work on and this lady is like....Do you work here? I was all confused and I was like no?? and then I realized like and hour later that I still had my nametag on. I laughed really hard.

[ParanoidAndroid]

^LOL yeah when i forget to take off name tags, i feel like a special ed student taking a field trip or something

[vash1530]

i get that all the time in gamestop and other gamestores. ppl ask me wheres this and whats that. ive gotten used to it tho.

[cLinT_wEStw0oD]

nope...but i've done it lots of times.

[*suddenly she*]

yeah, at the adidas outlet. it was goofy.

[m.ar.i.a]

I'm not sure, but i think once :P ... it would hav been funny if i can remember.. i think >.<

[Socialite]

That happened to me at home depot.
I was wearing the orange apron cause it was hanging on one of the displays.

This lady came up to me and said, "Hank could be please tell me where I can find sprinklers?"

Hank was the name on the apron.

I was confused at first, then I realized why this was happening. So I explained to her, she laughed and walked away.

[cLinT_wEStw0oD]

actually...yea once at the element store in times square

[endofstory]

Yes. I've also been mistaken for a college student (Im 16 and a Soph in HS), a janitor (I was just dusting my locker) and a mom (I was at my younger brothers football practice).

[sweetabandon]

Often! I don't understand why! I'm carrying around my bag/purse. What more do they need? I guess it's because I take my time when i look at things and when I put it back I like putting it back nicely. But come on! I'm wearing a bag!

[talcumpowder]

Yeah.... I was wearing a maroon shirt at Target once and this lady comes up to me and asks me what kind of memory stick her camera takes. So I explained it to her and then she noticed I wasn't wearing a name tag. XD
At Best Buy and Border's too! It's because as I look through the DVD's and books, I put them back in order. Completely random people come up to me and ask where the whatever section is... And I just stare at them, explain it, and go back to what I'm doing.

[K1D]

never.

[Just_Dream]

Almost every time that I go to Papaya or Forever 21, someone taps my shoulder and asks if I work there. I remember being at WalMart and some old lady asked me if I could do a price check on something.. wth.. I wasn't even wearing the walmart workers' vest, much less a blue shirt. I believe I was wearing black... Yea... weird.

[WHOngos144]

Yeah. I just told the guy I didn't work there and both of us laughed it off. (;

[chocolateaficion...]

Hah, yeah.
I specifically remember ordering something from Cinnabon and the guy asked if I worked in the mall. Does that count?
Someone thought I was a Target worker, hah.

[lilnatcat]

I was looking through a pile of photo albums to choose to buy and a guy asked me where something was. I just said "Sorry, I don't work here."

Another time was at a Chinese restaurant, I was on my way to the bathroom when an elderly lady asked if she could put 2 tables together to form a bigger table. I told her I didn't work there..... and realising that i was wearing the same colours as their uniforms

[sm0kinm0nky]

I was at a manga store once and a few white folks came to me with products and asked me stuff. I just said.. "I don't work here"

[sharpandcuddly]

all the time, and it's really weird, cause i have pink hair.
-everywhere i go-
people must think "hey that girl with the pink hair, she must work here at claires/target/kroger"
c'mon, sheesh.

[Stephire]

One time I was waiting at the front of Claires and this lady cam up and asked why I didn't shake her hand we she entered. I was like "What?", then she said "Worst greeter I've ever seen". I just looked blankly until she walked away.
:/

[Levy2k6]

some of the cops at school think we are district employees..

because one time, we had ID's and we were going around fixing cables and stuff for teachers and their pc's...

so now, when the cop sees one of us at jack in the box, he's like hey, what's up... but when it's someone else, he gives them d-hall or something.. lol

[mzbbc]

^hahahah that's really funny.

just the other day i was at wet seal and this girl mistook me for someone who worked there. i got embarassed.