In your opinion, what's the worst thing about shopping?

i like shopping on the internet since the majority of things are cheaper, its easier to buy things and you don't need to waste time traveling!

People. In my way, buying the item on the hanger when I desperately wanted it, shopping with my friends and they complain all the way round the shop, being dragged round a really boring shop by your friends. I prefer to shop solo.

I read this as actual 'time travelling'

SQUEE I made your sig. I owe you some rep in due course

Jeans shopping. Trying to find a pair that doesn't make you look too fat/short and that aren't too long in the leg/too big in the waist and too small in the hips... Making sure they come up high enough on your body to be comfortable. Not being smothered in stitching on the back pockets... ARGH!

- Stores that 'don't do refunds' - I don't shop there, or very rarely. I'm looking at you, Office!
- Sales assistants who don't know the sale of goods act
- Sales assistants who think they're superior (esp in designer stores on on beauty counters). On £5 an hour? Don't think so.

- Stores that 'don't do refunds' - I don't shop there, or very rarely. I'm looking at you, Office!

Rude shop assistants. I realise they've probably had a rough day (who doesn't in retail!) but they shouldn't assume every customer is a complete ejit and even if the customer is they should be professional. A smile, a 'please' and a 'thank you' are really minimal service. I was in a well known card shop not so long ago and the assistant didn't even look at me when I paid - awful. When I worked in McDonalds in my first year of uni our manager would have a right go at us if we didn't greet the customer with a smile, a greeting of 'can I take your order please' - and a nice departing 'thankyou, enjoy your meal' and smile. It amazes me how posh department stores and respected shops have assistants who wouldn't even last a day employed in McDonalds and dare I say we had to put up with more **** (drunks, chavs, generally rude people) in a day at McD's than department store workers put up with in a whole month.

I know EXACTLY what you mean. I too worked at mcdonalds a few years back (both full time and during my 1st year at uni) and it was at times bloody hard to keep a smile on but you do it out of professionalism. With regards to these stuffy sales assistants? they're the ones that end up looking down on us cause we worked at mcdonalds & they worked at nicer department stores (obviously making them oh so superior; your still a sales assistant!!). Makes me laugh, cause like you say, half of them wouldn't last a day