3 Reasons Why Aunties Should Not Be A Sales Promoter

 

1. Gift of the gab is not exactly a good thing when you simply wish to browse for items and you are bombarded with information you don’t wish to hear. Sure, you politely smile and say you are just glancing through items but she won’t give up. She will press on and try to stuff all kinds of information in a product that you looked for 3 seconds.
   
   
2. From my experiences with some aunties, they are tactless. Quite a number of times, as I was browsing some hair mask/conditioner, the auntie would blatantly tell me “You have very dry hair ah!” while touching my hair and continues with “So dry you know, very dry” and shakes her head.
   
   Well, since I am in the hair products section and looking at hair treatments, I would think it is obvious that I am well aware of the condition of my hair and if I wished to be pointed out the obvious, I would go to a modeling agency where they can freely slam me from head to toe. Thank you for publicly damaging my already low insecurities, auntie...
   
   Just yesterday (which made me write this post), I overheard an auntie sales person calling her customer’s feet fat.
   
   
3. If they “like” you, they will get too personal and talked about their family members. About how her daughter is very choosy in choosing a partner or her son is as tall as me. It was clearly a call for help for lack of communication at home but as a customer/stranger, it is very awkward and all you can do is smile, nod and slowly taking 1 inch of a step back as they follow you.

I am not saying that they should not work as Sales Persons in fact, I am happy for them for getting a job and get their body and minds moving but I just wish they are aware of the boundaries between a customer and a promoter. 

Do you have your experiences with the typical Auntie Sales Promoter?