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I am discouraged after finally spending hard earned money tonight on myself. It's been awhile and is important to me.  
 
A Ladies clothing store? I swear I could have passed away and rotted overnight in the change room and the 2 girls there couldn't give a ratz ass. I asked for an opinion on a couple of things. Stone cold. I tried to be open in asking for help. Then, as I hauled stuff out of the change room and set my no-gos on a display so I could put them back on the hangers and re-zip and button everything, they just did nothing and watched me- they were yakking and let me go ahead while there was nothing going on. There was nobody else in the store. I usually do that out of courtesy as I have worked in retail before. My $275 purchase was just a a big yawn and a have a good evening standard buh-bye.  
 
 
Then I toodle off to a shoe store.. Zero help. In fact I was trying to find non existant foot mirrors in the clearance section with 3 pairs balancing in my hand - the 2 clerks were right there yakking as I was clearly confounded in looking for a mirror (I tried a look and a slight shrug to get their attention), I finally broke through to politely ask about a couple of these pair and where are the mirrors and what they thought may suit what I need. I felt I was bugging them and really wanted feedback, but never got much after asking.  
Ching, ching. Another $70 bucks dropped as I am apologizing to a rude clerk for seeming to bother them.  
 
Now, the mall is almost closing and I am starving...maybe I can take some of that food off the food joints that have food sitting on display and I obviously expect to pay full price.... I choose a slice of pizza. I order the pep/mush pizza..I guess I never thought to tell the clerk I was taking it out, so it was plunked on a plate and she was anxious obviously ready to leave (I guess I can sit and eat in the closing mall?) then at then at the till $5.85'...ohh, sorry, it's not pepp and mush but a meaty-thingy-special...that'll be $5.85 ( or close to $6). I hate meat lover kind of pizza, but I just thought and didn't say said HELL...whatever. Cold, dry and icky and I'm pretty complacent.  
 
I'm a people liker, have worked retail - have empathy, and don't usually have to struggle to get help or just a smile and a friendly word. I was just discouraged in so many ways with my big night out.  
 
What those clerks who were so blase don't know is that we sometimes know the store managers and I never have this problem in the daytime.  
 
Am I the only one feeling this way about the state of 'some' (not all) young clerks?