[manasecret]

Last Friday I was at Sam's ogling the HDTVs on my way to pick up a desk chair, and a Sam's employee from that section saw me looking at one and came and asked if I needed help. I said, "No, thanks, I'm just looking around." He stood there and contemplated for a few seconds, while I nervously hoped he would get my drift and just move on. Then he piped up again and asked, "Would you like to know the difference between LCDs and plasmas?"

I wish I had had some funny retort, instead all I could do was stifle my laughter. I appreciate his trying to help, but jeez man, that's a bit presumptuous. I told him again, "No I'm just looking," and he walked off saying to ask him if I needed any more help.

The Best Buy could have handled it a lot better, but from the sounds of it, so could have the customer guy/lady. I agree with Yoda, some stores/people are gung-ho about such policies, whether it's cigarettes/alcohol/R-movies/porn or whatever. The fact is it looks bad when you're at the register about to pay for whatever adult thing you're getting, and you have to turn to the minor with you and ask for the money to pay for it. Be a little smarter about it. Plus, unless you're willing to go full out and make a huge scene about it and keep it going until they'd be more willing to have you leave the store than not let you buy whatever you want, getting angry with the cashier and manager never helps.