I absolutely love shopping at Hollister - seriously

dave64o · #1 12-14-2009, 09:12 PM

My nieces and nephews love Hollister clothes so they always put something from that store on their Christmas and birthday lists. So today I stopped at the mall and do some shopping and went in to at least find one thing I can cross off my shopping list. What happened has happened to me every time I've been in one of those stores (not just this one in this mall).

I'm accosted immediately simply because I look like I'm over 20 (I'm 45). Every saleskid I encounter is overflowing with disdain for me and it seems like they're following a corporate mandate, and most likely a personal one, to get the geezer out of the store as fast as possible whether I buy something or not.

After experiencing this so many times and watching it happen to other adults who were in there at the same time, I decided that this is cheap entertainment that simply can't be beat. I'll walk around touching everything and telling every one who approaches me that I'm just looking and don't need their help. Then I'll finally ask "stupid" questions to "prove" to them how out of touch I am. Tonight I even pretended to call one of my niece's to ask her questions about what I was looking at. I spent about 20 minutes in there and pissed off the entire staff before I finally bought a gift card.

I can't wait to go back for my other niece another time!

.... and another time for a nephew

... and yet another time for another nephew.

God, I LOVE Hollister!!!!

Holy War · #2 12-14-2009, 09:26 PM

I would have rather practiced playing my bass, but ya, that could be fun too.

GregC · #3 12-14-2009, 09:40 PM

Yeah! "It's Christmas time in..."

Oh wait, Hollister.

kingpin2512 · #4 12-14-2009, 09:51 PM

Ha thats great. 20 minutes of pure entertainment!

Holy War · #5 12-14-2009, 10:09 PM

wow, my comment came off as kind of harsh, sorry, didnt mean it to be

Joe Gress · #6 12-14-2009, 10:11 PM

Awesome!

I would go to Hollister to piss of the natives as well.

SoonerMatt · #7 12-14-2009, 10:15 PM

I'm 24 and get those same reactions. It's almost like you're too old if you're out of high school.

TortillaChip520 · #8 12-14-2009, 10:31 PM

I work at Old Navy, the only people I hate are the ones that come in and unfold a bunch of crap. In other words, the only people I hate are... Customers.

That's not to say I don't have fun at work; the last couple times I worked, I only spoke in a british accent

"That's an interesting accent, are you not from around here?"
"I'm from manchester, deary

"

the ladies LOVE it!

Holy War · #9 12-14-2009, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by TortillaChip520

I work at Old Navy, the only people I hate are the ones that come in and unfold a bunch of crap. In other words, the only people I hate are... Customers.

That's not to say I don't have fun at work; the last couple times I worked, I only spoke in a british accent

"That's an interesting accent, are you not from around here?"
"I'm from manchester, deary

"

the ladies LOVE it!

HA!

I worked in a Comic Book store in High School and used to do the same thing! I would try and talk in an Irish accent and throw people off, worked most the time too

Glad to see Im not the only crazy out there haha

7StringBassist · #10 12-15-2009, 12:24 AM

I used to fit hollister before I met my gf true story

dave64o · #11 12-15-2009, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Holy War

I would have rather practiced playing my bass, but ya, that could be fun too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Holy War

wow, my comment came off as kind of harsh, sorry, didnt mean it to be

I didn't notice anything harsh, don't worry about it. But I didn't go there JUST to spend my time pissing off a bunch of attitude-enhanced teenagers. I was at the mall doing Christmas shopping I needed to do and I needed to go to Hollister while I was there. So because life handed me those lemons I decided to make lemonade out of them and have some fun. I figure I'm there to spend MY money on THEM and if that pisses them off, tough. I'm respectful (to their faces anyway) and I always buy something so, as much as they want to get rid of me, I'm doing them a favor. If they give me a hard time, I feel no remorse in giving them an even harder time. Maybe (and this is a BIG maybe!) they'll eventually learn a valuable life lesson by dealing with me and anyone else who refuses to be treated like crap.

Tortilla, that accent idea is fantastic. If I used a fake accent, acted like I was struggling to understand them, and struggled to get them to understand me, then that would piss them off even more. Absolutely brilliant. I gotta try that the next time.

gold_member_321 · #12 12-15-2009, 05:14 AM

I'm 6'6" 300 lbs with a big beard and tattoos. I get the standoffish treatment. I can tell that all of them are like " Eh...should we help him? He looks scary.."

Absentia · #13 12-15-2009, 05:29 AM

I get looked at funny for staring at the young girls that work there and places like it lol.
I'm not proud.

James_B · #14 12-15-2009, 03:53 PM

I've always hated those trendy teeny labels. I like to dress like a man not a teenager. I'm 20 and shop at Sear, the Bay, Roots, Old Navy and the Gap.......When the sales happen

TortillaChip520 · #15 12-15-2009, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by dave64o

Tortilla, that accent idea is fantastic. If I used a fake accent, acted like I was struggling to understand them, and struggled to get them to understand me, then that would piss them off even more. Absolutely brilliant. I gotta try that the next time.

haha we get those too. I've had to deal with a couple extremely rude, extremely foreign people who just didn't understand any concept of "we don't have any more of those in stock".
And they were russian

every time you go in, just try a different accent

I've gotten much better at my english accent just from doing it at work!

Bob Clayton · #16 12-15-2009, 04:24 PM

i'm 22, and i hate places like that. i never "got" the brand name stuff. maybe that's why i still shop at walmart and target. a $17 pair of jeans does the same thing as a $60 pair of jeans, right?

Joe Gress · #17 12-15-2009, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Clayton

a $17 pair of jeans does the same thing as a $60 pair of jeans, right?

If the $60 pair wears just as fast as the $17 pair, then that's three pairs of jeans you can get versus the one. Plus lunch.

MakiSupaStar · #18 12-15-2009, 04:47 PM

Hollister has a video feed of both directions of the Huntington Beach Pier, which is a Tower I work quite often. I've never been into an actual store to see what it looks like, and I'm sure many people that shop/work these stores have never actually been to the pier to see what it looks like.

anyonefortennis · #19 12-15-2009, 04:55 PM

I'm too old(26) and too fat for hollister (6'2'' 240#)... love going in there when my sis in law comes to town (she loves it) and just mess with the sales staff much like you do. I ask them for sizes they just don't make (my 38/32 jeans are not their type) and have the go "check in the back" when I have no intentions of even putting any of their crappy clothes on.

The store in town has two leather chairs in the front where 2 "pretty" people are just paid to sit there and say hi. The walmart greeter equivalent if you will.

That store reflects everything that is wrong with today's" kids" IMO.

EagleMoon · #20 12-15-2009, 05:45 PM

I've never even heard of Hollister, so I guess I am old. I've kind of felt like that though when I've walked into Old Navy. Not that I do that very often since I think their clothes look like garage sale rejects, but still.