Confession Of A Shopaholic

Now is in the middle of Malaysian Mega Sales which is until 31st of August.
So most of Malaysian and tourist especially the Middle Eastern! taking this opportunity to shop their heart-out.
One week of experience in the working in shoes stores, I realize something that is VERY important which most of us (the buyers/shoppers) tend to take it for granted.
So, here I am sharing 10 of my views on the tips for the shoe-shoppers.

1. Take your time- never rush back home or because your friends/family are tired to buy. This will cause you to rush the assistant to get your shoes and remember that, at the peak hours there's gazillions of people in the stores. And remember that you are not the special one to be entertain 1st or priority goes to you. Sometimes, having 5 assistant in the stores is good enough, but the customers is more than this number can entertain, so, they have to juggle up with few customer at once.

2. Ask once- if you are being serve by one assistant, they'll be yours 'till you go/buy. Don't ask twice for the same shoes with a different assistant because it'll cause double request and this is WASTING time and energy!
3. Returnable goods- if your shoes are covered by certain period of time, change is good BUT don't feel like you are being cheated and start to shout at the assistant and change the shoes millions of times to make sure it is good. Remember people, shoes is not going to stay until you die and there's no lifetime guarantee , it'll damage by your UGLY feet.

4. Don't ask about 'shoppers common sense'- if you are shoppers, you should know that there's price tag for all goods display. So don't shout your out-of-tune voice to ask for the price and how much the discount is. I know its their (sales assistant) job, but there is more job that is 'important' they need to do like getting a shoes for you 'mom'!

5. Don't ask tedious questions- like : 'what is the differences between ALL this sandals/shoes?' OR 'since this shoes is display one and it's the last one, why don't you drop more the discount?!'. This two questions is simply SERIOUSLY RIDICULOUS!!!

6. Don't ask for shoes more than 3 at once!!- the sales assistant is not a robot and you just dunno how small the stores at the back. Moreover if they need to climb between two tall racks of shoes box. This is job is easy BUT don't take it for granted. They can fall from the stairs and may cut themselves because you want so many and need it FAST!

7. When drill are pulled down...- its not mean to kick you out of the stores but avoiding the outsider(:P) to come in. By this time, DECIDE people!! If you just feel not going to buy it, don't ask for more OR if you insist, MAKE SURE YOU BUY IT! (do you think it's easy to get your shoes at the back?!!)

8. 5 minutes before the closing time- it is the time for the workers to clean up and closing the accounts etc. And it is not the time to entertain you choosing the best outfit or shoes.

9. Don't damage the display- when you are trying the display, make sure (especially for shoes) you ask for 'shoe horn'. Don't push it if it didn't fit your big-foot. Ask for another size if it is impossible to fit in. if it is damaged, you will deny that you responsible for it then the assistant (whom are poor compare to you) have to pay for the damage!

10. Last but not least, don't lie- if you don't have money to buy the shoes, don't promise to come back after withdrawing the money and asking to put your shoes at the counter. The worse case is, after promising that, you come back after forever withdrawing money and when the shoes is being kept back at the rack, and you ask, 'where is my shoes?'. Expect this, 'I dunno. I can't recall which shoes you want'. And don't mad at them saying that because you're not the only customer.

Good luck to ALL of you Shopaholic!!!