I went to a Verizon store today to pick out a new phone case. Here's how the conversation went with the salesmen. I greeted the first one and told him what I was looking for. The salesman walked me to the wall where the Iphone 5 cases were. There were only three or four different kinds of iPhone 5 cases.
-Me: Thank you
-Salesman: Can I help you pick out one? Are you looking for one in particular?
Me: No I'm ok (The salesman was still standing next to me) … I'm just looking around… (mid-sentence the salesman walked off.)
Another salesman walked up to me.
-2nd Salesman: Hey, can I help you find something?
-Me: I was wondering how much this phone case is *shows phone case with no price tag*
-2nd Salesman: That's $39.99.
That's when it got annoying. He then was saying he could see if I'm eligible for any discounts if he typed in my account number. I told him I'm not with verizon, and he kept telling me that if I gave him my information then he could see if I "might" be eligible for a discount. I was already annoyed with their whole system and I really just wanted to buy the phone case and go, but he wasn't getting the hint. I couldn't tell if he had really bad people skills or if he was just being a douche.
After a few minutes of being bothered I decided I didn't want to buy anything from these people, so I just told him "You know what, I'll just come back later today." As I was walking out, he made a B-line to a 3rd salesman and whispered about me.
Added (1). Of course I know it's a salesman's job to push merchandise on people, but I repeatedly hinted that I didn't want to sign up with them. He was talking so much that he wasn't giving me a chance to just look at the different phone cases.