Did I do the right thing?

[Pantyr8er]

So, I walk in the mall and soon as I walk in a female AT&T Sales rep signals me to come over. I signal to her I already have a phone but she still signals me to come over so I do. Heres how the short convo went. The whole time I was smiling and she was smiling.

Her: How old are you?
Me: 23
She extends her hand and I extend mine.
Her: You should buy your girlfriend a phone.
Me: I don't have one.
Her: Who are you with.
Me: Sprint.
Her: Tell her to sprint her way back then.

Then as soon as she says that she turns around and goes to the opposite end of the kiosk. So I walk off saying to my self "I should have kept up the convo" but she turned her back to me and walked off so I didnt. So my first question is would you have still attempted to talk to her even though she turned her back and walked away from you? My other question is do you really take what female sales reps say seriously or do you think their main focus is to flirt with you to get you to buy their product.

 

[RogueWarrior]

Speaking from experience at having hired a friend who's a stereotypical beach blond w/ bubbly personality to be a booth bunny at a tradeshow, prospective sales magically appear. Geeks are all entranced by a pretty girl talking to them that they cough up their credit cards.

So, the thing to do is call them on their B.S. Say something C&F like "Are you trying to pick me up or are you trying to get me to spend money on a phone?"

 

[diablo]

Originally posted by RogueWarrior
So, the thing to do is call them on their B.S. Say something C&F like "Are you trying to pick me up or are you trying to get me to spend money on a phone?"

I'd have asked her how long the average wait time was to speak to a customer care representitive. I've never gotten through in less than 10 minutes... oftentimes as many as 20. AT&T Wireless (now Cingular) is the worst of the worst... as I well know, having just ended my 2 year contract with them and switched to T-Mobile 4 months ago. Sure, what I would have said wouldn't have been C&F, it's just P&A. That is, Pissed & Angry. Hell, they're still sending me bills for $4-$6 that even the customer care people don't understand what they're for... then when they refund the charge, it comes back doubled. Grr...

By the way, Panty... she wasn't interested in you as anything more than a potential customer. When she found out she wasn't going to get your credit card, she cut her losses and walked away - continuing at that point would have had no purpose to it, for either of you.

 

[DeathDealer]

I love how AFCs in here assume that female serviceworkers actually see them as date material.

My friends are always like this and I just tell them "Ask them out!" and they always tell me.. Maybe I should go back (and in the process spending more money.)

A real man apart from a regular man would not be that gullible.

 

[Pantyr8er]

Thanks for the replies so far.

 

[Guerrero]

So, the thing to do is call them on their B.S. Say something C&F like "Are you trying to pick me up or are you trying to get me to spend money on a phone?"

Well said

That last line she said was weird as hell. You should have been like "tell who to sprint back?" Haha

or could have been suave and said

"Naa she's long gone, but what about you ? You're still here "