On 1/6/07, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 5, 2007, at 10:50 PM, David Savage wrote: > > > But then you get people who'll break off a face to face conversation, > > to answer the phone. That really pi55es me off. > > I won't put up with a salesclerk who does that. I politely tell him/ > her to put the caller on hold until we finish. If he/she doesn't do > that, I take my business elsewhere. When I worked in retail years > ago we were taught that the customer in front of us always had > precedence over someone on the phone. Somehow that seems to have > gone by the wayside. >
Me neither. Hubby and I were in a shop last week where we were about to orders shutters and blinds for a whole house (in other words, lots of windows). The salesman broke off to answer a personal call on his mobile. As he carried on chatting, we left, informing him we'd be buying elsewhere. Wendy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
