This is something that REALLY annoys me...I absolutely HATE it when I approach a customer, and he tries to pawn me off to his friend, not because his friend is interested or spending any money, but just to get rid of me. The thing that annoys me about it most of all isn't the fact that the customer doesn't want anything to do with me, and it's not the fact that it's wasting 2mins of my time; what annoys me most about it, is that they pawn me off as if I'm some naive idiot whose brain just turned on yesterday. Do they really think I'm stupid enough to believe them when they pass me off to one of their asshole friends who's scowling or waving his hands and mouthing "no, no"? (NOTE: I have BIG issues with people who do not acknowledge me to be smart or intelligent. This has stemmed from years of people mistaking me for being dumb, due to: my young/innocent looks, perpetual bubbly cheerfulness, gender, and/or prior lack of intelligent jobs.) It's almost as if it's a big mean joke to them, to pass off some stripper to a disinterested guy just to see if I'm dumb enough to approach their friend. But what am I supposed to do...not approach their friend because of my instincts telling me that they're playing me?(cause you never really know unless you approach the person and "close the sale")
What's even worse, is when a guy SEES that his friend is terribly disinterested in me and rubs it in. For example, a few months ago at a club in AC, I approached a group of nicely dressed guys. I was cheerful and friendly. Before I even got all of "hi how are you" out of my mouth, the asshole(who looked like a TOAD!) retorted, "NO, NO. GO AWAY." I begged his pardon and told him that I didn't ASK him anything but how he was doing and that I was just being nice. He said in the same mean, snotty tone, "I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU." So without saying anything in response, I put on my snob act by promptly turning the other cheek and then said "hi" to the asshole's friend. First thing the friend(turns out it was Asshole's brother) asks is, "Why aren't you talking to him? Why won't you talk to him?" in this cocky, cynical tone of voice. After he'd clearing seen me get dissed by him! I think he did this to see what my reaction was. I made up some lame excuse, by saying, "Because I'd like to talk to you!" and he kept egging me on, repeatedly asking why I wouldn't talk to his brother. He wasn't being sincere, he was being a smart ass and it was obvious that he was making fun of me.
Then tonight, I approached a group of three loser guys. I tried to say hi to the one, and he said "I'm fine" in a monotone and pointed to his friend, saying "Talk to him." When I turned my cheek to talk to his friend, he pointed back at the first guy and said "Talk to him." I ignored this and proceeded to ask this second guy how his night was. He kept pointing and saying "Talk to him." He'd clearly seen me getting dissed by the first asshole 1min prior! What, does he think I was born yesterday?? So I finally said in my snobbiest New England voice ever, "I prefer not to." He still kept pointing at his friend and I had to fuckin repeat myself! Finally I walked away and gave the first guy a weirded-out snobby look(the type of look that says "Like, ew, you're totally weird!" and walked away.
Do these guys think I'm that stupid? Why do guys do this? It really makes me feel self-conscious and it kinda hurts my feelings a bit, too. Has anyone else encountered this fuckin annoyance? What is the best way to react to it? I tried turning the other cheek and talking up the asshole's other friends, and they just serve to remind me and rub in that I was dissed. When I try to ignore their game by talking to someone else or walking away, sometimes they shout after me, "Wait, WHY won't you talk to him?" Maybe I should say "Thanks for nothing, bitch." Haha they'd deserve that. Any feedback?


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