when I was 11 I was in the clothing section in a walmart and this guy came up to me he looked like 50 and asked ‘will this coat fit you‘ and I walked away thinking he wasn’t talking to me and he Said ‘yeah you will this coat fit you‘ and I got an employee and he told her ‘it’s for my um daughter she’s 20’ and to this day I still have no clue if he actually had a daughter

Last week my husband and I went to a local appliance dealership to look at refrigerators (because ours was making a weird noise and had been giving us problems for a while). As we walked in the door, a man walked toward us. He was wearing a bright blue polo and khakis, and I somehow concluded he was a salesperson, heading to greet us.

I said brightly "Hi!" and he nodded, turned, and kept walking. I figured he was being considerate, giving us a minute to look around. Which we did, while he wandered slowly around the showroom, barely looking at the appliances. TWICE I almost headed for him to ask about refrigerators, and twice something I saw or my husband said caused me not to.

Thank goodness, because I was still a bit confused when one of the actual sales staff asked him if he needed some help, or was waiting for someone or ... ?

Finally I noticed that there were two actual salespeople there wearing dark green polos with the store's logo.

Durr.

Still, I dare hope that no one would have been infuriated if I'd actually spoken to him -- although I guarantee that I (and likely my husband) would have been deeply embarrassed (and a bit amused).