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226. Gap Stores

Tue Aug 7, 2012, 03:15 PM

Aug 2012

I did something similar at the Gap and other clothing places. I've been walking in asking to see everything available Made in the USA. The salesperson always gives me a shocked expression and freezes. When I'm been asked about it I explain the list of reasons, job creation, quality control for products etc.

There seems to be a big gap in knowledge for people under 35. They do not remember anything being Made in the USA nor understand why it matters. It's the 40+ group that seems to care and that makes it harder to explain since it is typical to "not listen to adults."

I don't have answers that will change the attitude of the youth other than making America "cool." If the young designers keep their products in the USA and promote that fact the association will creep back into the youth consciousnesses.

--Sherry Holdridge, CEO
http://www.ohsayusa.com

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unbelievably frustrating shopping experience at Lowe's yesterday [View all] tpsbmam Aug 2012 OP

Nice job! nt Teamster Jeff Aug 2012 #1

I did the same thing. I am really delighted that tsuki Aug 2012 #2

Very happy with my Bosh, wonderful product! watercolors Aug 2012 #65

I think it would have been kind of you not to lecture him and to accept his shortcomings and move on NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #3

Sometimes people in the service industry bring it onto themselves. NutmegYankee Aug 2012 #5

OK then. Please watch this short video: NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #7

And they never know what their customers are going through.... tpsbmam Aug 2012 #9

If you're even asking this question, it's doubtful I can explain to your satisfaction. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #12

I "get it" and usually practice "it" but there's a time and place.... tpsbmam Aug 2012 #20

Good for you for not putting up with the crapola from the Lowes salesperson. As for Bosch, byeya Aug 2012 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author femrap Aug 2012 #203

This is off-topic Bertha Venation Aug 2012 #36

I checked it out, it's pretty funny! smirkymonkey Aug 2012 #212

Be sure to visit the sister site, all about customers Bertha Venation Aug 2012 #213

I "get it" and usually practice "it".......ya right. crazyjoe Aug 2012 #179

first to be peaceful, last to be angry: doesn't seem to explain why you attacked the OP in post #3. DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2012 #94

Check post #3, pre-edit. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #95

thanks for the clarification n/t DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2012 #102

The customer is always right. I didn't think the "Made in USA" request was out of line in this MADem Aug 2012 #117

Cute video, doesn't address this scenario. NutmegYankee Aug 2012 #38

We only got her side of the story. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #96

In addition to admitting her name calling in the OP, she expanded upon her name calling in post #12: AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #121

Very subjective... NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #122

Seriously.... Kalidurga Aug 2012 #40

This is great! This is a great way to convey how fragile we all are at times... midnight Aug 2012 #130

Thank you. It's a universal lesson we should all remember. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #134

A rude customer may just be an arsehole. A rude salesperson... TheMadMonk Aug 2012 #137

I really enjoyed this. Thanks! kellytore Aug 2012 #184

Just like Union Cops Pizz Aug 2012 #63

If only that were true. (nt) harmonicon Aug 2012 #113

Nice rule. midnight Aug 2012 #126

I think this is quite different dsc Aug 2012 #6

"No right?!" You cannot read into someone's mind. old soul Aug 2012 #46

no, she didn't get angry at him for decisions made by corporations but his response to her JI7 Aug 2012 #72

Totally disagree that it's a hard and fast rule in every instance.... tpsbmam Aug 2012 #8

It happens on both sides of the aisle IMO lunasun Aug 2012 #18

Some one in the service industry rolls their eyes at me Autumn Aug 2012 #49

I hope you are kidding because it sounds like you're saying that you're better than them. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #67

I have to agree. I guess it feels good to get someone in trouble or even fired... Walk away Aug 2012 #88

Doesn't sound like that to me. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2012 #90

Just remember we are hearing just one side of the story, the one from the person who... NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #92

Very true. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2012 #93

You can bet I'm serious. Autumn Aug 2012 #218

I don't care if it's a SERVICE WORKER or the CEO, you get rude with me and it's on. 100%. Zalatix Aug 2012 #110

They don't give two shits if you buy something from them. harmonicon Aug 2012 #116

it's one thing to not care, another to be rude and roll eyes JI7 Aug 2012 #144

+1 Thought that looked like a familiar link... Sherman A1 Aug 2012 #59

"I found particularly disturbing the comment about using the electric cart as a weapon." demwing Aug 2012 #105

Yeah, let's bash the OPer for thought crime, not the person who was being incompetent and rude! Zalatix Aug 2012 #111

Having known of it having actually occurred Sherman A1 Aug 2012 #168

Piss on THAT demwing Aug 2012 #104

Were you there? NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #106

Like demwing said... PISS ON THAT. Zalatix Aug 2012 #109

Fine. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #112

+1 n/t tammywammy Aug 2012 #145

well, we aren't discussing names , it's not like this is some trial or something JI7 Aug 2012 #147

Like anything else, if you hear just one person's side of an exchange... NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #151

yeah, but what if there i no worker, what if she never went to Lowes ? maybe she has a mental proble JI7 Aug 2012 #157

it's not really a case of Bad SErvice either JI7 Aug 2012 #146

Try rolling your eyes at a customer back in a department store in the 1980s Zalatix Aug 2012 #161

Whoa.... hold on here... harmonicon Aug 2012 #198

My point is, I worked in customer service back then. You didn't do that and keep your job. Zalatix Aug 2012 #200

Still, I'd like to try it for myself. harmonicon Aug 2012 #201

Or you could just take the word of someone who worked retail back then? Zalatix Aug 2012 #202

I have no problem with that. harmonicon Aug 2012 #220

I wish I could go back in time. Zalatix Aug 2012 #221

Kill Hitler: harmonicon Aug 2012 #222

You as a consumer have a GOD GIVEN RIGHT not to be treated like shit. Zalatix Aug 2012 #107

Please point out the bad service described in the OP. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #114

When I was a teenager working at Good Guys, I rolled my eyes at a customer once. Zalatix Aug 2012 #118

I blame the management, though I wouldn't want the kid fired over this. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #120

well, i have had people at Lowes, Home Depot who weren't able to help me JI7 Aug 2012 #149

How do you know they rolled their eyes? NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #153

i don't know, maybe the OP never went to lowes and made up the whole thing JI7 Aug 2012 #156

Why would the OP lie? demwing Aug 2012 #167

I think he must be FlaGranny Aug 2012 #174

Oh yes, Stupid old Dude is about to find demwing Aug 2012 #193

That's not fair. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #197

What's not fair is all the negatives you attributed to the OP demwing Aug 2012 #208

Absolutely right. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #119

poor attitude Angry Dragon Aug 2012 #127

I've been on both sides of the sales counter Duppers Aug 2012 #155

If you are going to work in sales, you learn your products. You never, and I mean NEVER, roll your appleannie1 Aug 2012 #160

I must go to a different Home Depot Tribetime Aug 2012 #164

I have two Home Depots, one sucks and the other doesn't. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #196

I posted a link there back to here. crazyjoe Aug 2012 #181

As someone who works in the service industry xmas74 Aug 2012 #206

Wow you could have save that. xxqqqzme Aug 2012 #207

You gave him plenty to digest lunatica Aug 2012 #4

Wally World emplys American workers. formercia Aug 2012 #10

My Dad worked for GE for approx. 40 years...... kooljerk666 Aug 2012 #11

Are you an Amazon affiliate? Doremus Aug 2012 #91

no, i am not kooljerk666 Aug 2012 #170

There was no affiliate code Pab Sungenis Aug 2012 #171

Bosch is a good brand. Ednahilda Aug 2012 #13

I have never had a problem with Lowe's. RebelOne Aug 2012 #14

Yep, that's a great service, hauling the old one away for free. I just RKP5637 Aug 2012 #162

Try Craigslist for a TV starroute Aug 2012 #15

Here's a representative example of a good craigslist TV lumberjack_jeff Aug 2012 #28

I've been in the market too The Second Stone Aug 2012 #16

Plus, GE products are just not worth the money... Tikki Aug 2012 #22

You'll be happy with it nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #17

Perfect combination - German engineering, but made in the USA. lady lib Aug 2012 #19

I wish I could have been there with you...You, he and me would have learned a lot. Tikki Aug 2012 #21

Bosch MI_State_Too Aug 2012 #23

HI MI_State_Too....Welcome to DU... Tikki Aug 2012 #30

Can't buy.. 12ZTR Aug 2012 #24

What's the alternative? n/t jtuck004 Aug 2012 #26

Insanity 12ZTR Aug 2012 #223

So buying something assembled by workers in China is preferable? gateley Aug 2012 #78

? 12ZTR Aug 2012 #224

If the alternative were buying a Bosch machine made in Germany by union labor vs. one made by pampango Aug 2012 #177

Well said pampango 12ZTR Aug 2012 #225

It up to us to slowly and surely sprinkle Mira Aug 2012 #25

Excellent! 99Forever Aug 2012 #27

How did the salesperson's condescension reveal him to be a Tea Party member? Bertha Venation Aug 2012 #33

Did I offend Teabaggers? 99Forever Aug 2012 #37

Wow...how contrite... old soul Aug 2012 #48

I think stoopidity is best defined old soul Aug 2012 #44

Really? What do you think of... 99Forever Aug 2012 #80

You appear to spell your labels very well. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #128

Let me fix that for you friend. 99Forever Aug 2012 #136

On what factual basis do you claim that he is a "relatively new returning troll"? AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #139

You just backed a banned troll buddy... 99Forever Aug 2012 #140

If you had any factual basis for saying that he is a "banned troll," you would post it. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #141

You can thank me later. 99Forever Aug 2012 #143

Interesting. Thank you for the information. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #148

Now, McIntosh... 99Forever Aug 2012 #195

1. You didn't denigrate teabaggers. You denigrated a minimum-wage worker who allegedly "rolled his AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #205

Hi, stranger! Light worker on duty Aug 2012 #211

Absolutely right. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #124

I appreciate your position, enlightenment Aug 2012 #31

I think that a salesperson should accomodate the customer, Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #42

You don't act in a rude manner old soul Aug 2012 #45

Trying to educate someone is rude now? Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #51

I think that one Lex Aug 2012 #55

I think you're reading a lot into the situation enlightenment Aug 2012 #56

It is true we only have one side. Curmudgeoness Aug 2012 #57

Ditto. He's one of the workers the customer professes to care about. Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #71

he rolled his eyes before she got into the politics of it JI7 Aug 2012 #150

Her comment that she was only buying American was a political statement of itself. Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #187

she was talking about a product she wanted to buy, i twas after he rolled his eyes JI7 Aug 2012 #214

I don't wanna argue about this. Doesn't matter. But OP says he rolled his eyes when she told him Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #216

i have worked in sales for low wage also that's why i have no sympathy for this guy JI7 Aug 2012 #217

Well done, tpsbmam! Bertha Venation Aug 2012 #32

Good job, and good for you for dumping the ignorant arrogant person! DrewFlorida Aug 2012 #34

You are awesome! Good luck! nt Ilsa Aug 2012 #35

Wow, you "totally skewered the asshole salesperson" own your story Aug 2012 #39

Well said. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #129

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2014 #227

Keep in mind that something assembled here might be done by prison labor. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #41

they get paid, and frankly they SHOULD be working in prison. progressivebydesign Aug 2012 #64

"If we brought back labor in prison, we'd see a lot less people in prison." Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2012 #69

Prison labor wages are on the level of wages in China eridani Aug 2012 #86

Congratulations!! SoutherDem Aug 2012 #43

LOL old soul Aug 2012 #47

I feel a prerequisite to life should be SoutherDem Aug 2012 #50

So you don't believe he was being rude to her? UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #53

Chances are shawn703 Aug 2012 #62

Well, you sure told him, eh? Robb Aug 2012 #52

GOOD work!! patrice Aug 2012 #54

Magnificent!!! calimary Aug 2012 #58

The sales person is an "american product" and you shit on him. cottonseed Aug 2012 #60

Now, that's the ticket! jamesatemple Aug 2012 #61

We really like our Bosch dishwasher. Quiet, efficient, does a nice job. nt Cognitive_Resonance Aug 2012 #66

It sounds like you had simple and clearly defined preferences, adamuu Aug 2012 #68

Give the guy a break. He's just a working stiff trying to make a buck. Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #70

it would be different if he made a mistake, but this was his overall attitude towards someone JI7 Aug 2012 #73

That's just how I think of it. I was a waitress for a while. Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #185

The OP went in there with a foreign-made-goods chip on her shoulder, ready to fight. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #77

I see it as one more self-congratulatory "I-put-a-Freeper-in-his-place" post. AngryOldDem Aug 2012 #79

Yeah, I saw that other one. Too bad that this kid didn't learn a thing. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #81

Except she didn't say he was a kid. Most appliance salesmen I've dealt with have been older. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #188

The "buy 'Murican" is the freeper position, usually. That's what's ironic. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #186

That's what I think, was the kid had absolutely no idea about American RKP5637 Aug 2012 #135

True enough. Except she didn't say he was a kid. Most appliance salesman I've dealt with have been Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #189

She didn't did she. Somehow kid crept into the replies. Yep, same here, RKP5637 Aug 2012 #192

You put the nail on the head what is wrong with businesses these days. I always worked in customer jillan Aug 2012 #108

great job heaven05 Aug 2012 #74

We younger folks deserve more credit than that........ AverageJoe90 Aug 2012 #101

i bet he wouldn't have rolled his eyes if someone had asked the Same Question JI7 Aug 2012 #75

Proud of you TPS! BadGimp Aug 2012 #76

I searched for US-made products to bring as gifts to China... mainer Aug 2012 #82

So rolling his eyes is such a hugely awful thing to do SheilaT Aug 2012 #83

Yes it is. I'm nearly 60 and have never had a salesperson / customer service type roll their eyes progree Aug 2012 #87

I am over 60 myself, and I have never gotten an eye roll response SheilaT Aug 2012 #98

I don't agree that she started out wrong - she might have, but I don't see that in the OP progree Aug 2012 #99

She got an eye roll response and jumped all over the salesperson. SheilaT Aug 2012 #138

I don't agree. Sorry. Like I said, I never have gotten an eye roll response or any such nt progree Aug 2012 #190

If the worker at Lowes doesn't know the requirements of the job, maybe he should... BlueJazz Aug 2012 #84

If you had already done your research why hadnt you gone online and have them cstanleytech Aug 2012 #85

high shipping cost ? JI7 Aug 2012 #97

Nope, they ship the items to the stores then delivery them for free or atleast they did when cstanleytech Aug 2012 #142

she said she is disabled so maybe wants to see in person whether JI7 Aug 2012 #152

I guess that could be it though its odd since dishwashers are pretty much the same in fuction cstanleytech Aug 2012 #166

So, you chose a German company instead of the Michigan company. knitter4democracy Aug 2012 #89

so many of us have held some kind of service job a good part of our lives. mountain grammy Aug 2012 #100

I am with you on this Digit Aug 2012 #103

I know that this is only a small part of what happened but Lowes has a reputation for being jillan Aug 2012 #115

And people complain about Walmart... MyTwoSense Aug 2012 #123

You bring up some really good tips about shopping.... I'm sorry to hear about this salesperson's midnight Aug 2012 #125

Poor guy might have been having a bad day, but with any luck, he's fired now apples and oranges Aug 2012 #131

in the chick fila case the guy started it, so even if she had been rude to him after he started it JI7 Aug 2012 #154

oh, you're one of those people snooper2 Aug 2012 #132

Sorry to hear you had a rough time at Lowe's. I recently bought a RKP5637 Aug 2012 #133

He's probably making minimum wage with no benefits Tribetime Aug 2012 #158

Preaches about supporting American workers. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2012 #159

being an American Worker doesn't excuse one for being an asshole JI7 Aug 2012 #163

You're right. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2012 #165

More American consumers need to have your resolve -- props to you! pacalo Aug 2012 #169

These are the kind of stories I like B Calm Aug 2012 #172

You went into an Ayn Rand style monologue against a wage slave? Nice Job! alphafemale Aug 2012 #173

I don't think a salesperson.. sendero Aug 2012 #175

The Customer is Always Wrong Iggy Aug 2012 #176

Bosh makes good stuff. Warren Stupidity Aug 2012 #178

Bosch dishwasher earthbone Aug 2012 #180

I'd suggest you do all yr purchasing online and do an anger management course... Violet_Crumble Aug 2012 #182

You were right to go to the manager. I've been in sales and we all know that being rude is... JVS Aug 2012 #183

Doesn't matter if they agree with you or not. Iggo Aug 2012 #191

Hope you didn't tell him you are a Democrat. Perhaps your own computer searches BEFORE txwhitedove Aug 2012 #194

About that television... MyTwoSense Aug 2012 #199

This message was self-deleted by its author femrap Aug 2012 #204

I have been the victim of the "get me someone with a brain" request WCIL Aug 2012 #209

The more I think about it Light worker on duty Aug 2012 #210

Not sure, but why demwing Aug 2012 #215

both identities are PPRed. NYC_SKP Aug 2012 #219

Gap Stores ohsayusa Aug 2012 #226