who do you think is lying....Oprah or the shop girl?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see why a shop girl would refuse to show a customer a product...don't they get paid on commission?

Well, racist shop owners just wrongly assume that black customers will steal the item when it is laid out on the counter and concoct a reason not to show it to them. And I wouldn't put it past a neo-nazi swiss shopkeeper to have it in her head that blacks shouldn't have this type of merchandise no matter if they can afford it or not. The swiss are insufferable.

[Anonymous]

I am guessing the shop worker. They probably don't have many black customers. But Oprah was probably dressed nicely and those two things should have made it apparent that this customer could afford shopping in that store.

[Anonymous]

How does someone not know who Oprah is?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see why a shop girl would refuse to show a customer a product...don't they get paid on commission?

Didn't you see Pretty Woman with Julia Roberts. Those shop girls assess the customer in one look and make a decision on how much time and effort to spend on making a particular sale.

[Anonymous]

Even if I were a billionaire, I would never spend $38,000 over a damn hand bag. Wtf?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/oprah-account-racism-switzerland-true-shop-clerk-article-1.1424327

But the shop attendant has a much different version of events than the one relayed by Winfrey.

PHOTOS: OPRAH'S BIGGEST MOMENTS

“I simply told her that it was like the one I held in my hand, only much more expensive, and that I could show her similar bags,” she told SonntagsBlick.

“It is absolutely not true that I declined to show her the bag on racist grounds. I even asked her if she wanted to look at the bag.

“'She looked around the store again but didn't say anything else. Then she went with her companion to the lower floor. My colleague saw them to the door. They were not even in the store for five minutes.”

Originally the store owner said it was because the clerk didnt RECOGNIZE Oprah...Something tells me any woman who walks in that store is well aware of what things cost and whether or not they can afford them...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't see why a shop girl would refuse to show a customer a product...don't they get paid on commission?

She, the shop girl, admits to saying "it is similar to the one I am holding, but a lot more expensive". If I heard that, I would assume the person is saying "look, you can see the one I am holding, you can afford this one. the one you want to see, is out of your price range, so why bother looking at it".

Yes, it does sound like that, but it's pretty obvious shop girl is trying to save her job "It's all just a misunderstanding!" I don't even believe the girl said this watered-down version to Oprah. No reason to doubt Oprah's version, it's all too common.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't see why a shop girl would refuse to show a customer a product...don't they get paid on commission?

Didn't you see Pretty Woman with Julia Roberts. Those shop girls assess the customer in one look and make a decision on how much time and effort to spend on making a particular sale.

And Selena... Here's was based on a true experience. Ignored by the sales girls only to be mobbed by the fans with the dumb sales associates looking like idiots. I worked at a store called Cache in college. A FAMOUS gospel singer walked in - I recognized her immediately. My coworkers ignored her. My sale was about 1k, not bad for 1994.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't see why a shop girl would refuse to show a customer a product...don't they get paid on commission?

Well, racist shop owners just wrongly assume that black customers will steal the item when it is laid out on the counter and concoct a reason not to show it to them. And I wouldn't put it past a neo-nazi swiss shopkeeper to have it in her head that blacks shouldn't have this type of merchandise no matter if they can afford it or not. The swiss are insufferable.

lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/oprah-account-racism-switzerland-true-shop-clerk-article-1.1424327

But the shop attendant has a much different version of events than the one relayed by Winfrey.

PHOTOS: OPRAH'S BIGGEST MOMENTS

“I simply told her that it was like the one I held in my hand, only much more expensive, and that I could show her similar bags,” she told SonntagsBlick.

“It is absolutely not true that I declined to show her the bag on racist grounds. I even asked her if she wanted to look at the bag.

“'She looked around the store again but didn't say anything else. Then she went with her companion to the lower floor. My colleague saw them to the door. They were not even in the store for five minutes.”

Originally the store owner said it was because the clerk didnt RECOGNIZE Oprah...Something tells me any woman who walks in that store is well aware of what things cost and whether or not they can afford them...

I have a relative of considerable means who works behind the screen in the movie industry. Just because they're not recognized doesn't mean they can't afford it. Most people don't walk around with their bank account plastered on their chest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even if I were a billionaire, I would never spend $38,000 over a damn hand bag. Wtf?

More importantly Oprah can afford to just have people carry her stuff. She can have a mirror gal, a wallet guy, a lip gloss person..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But, but, I thought Europe was a glorious land of milk, honey and electric cars, where everyone was tolerant and welcoming and the society we MUST strive to be.

Inorite? Ve don't even haff eny bleks, so how can we be racist?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't see why a shop girl would refuse to show a customer a product...don't they get paid on commission?

Didn't you see Pretty Woman with Julia Roberts. Those shop girls assess the customer in one look and make a decision on how much time and effort to spend on making a particular sale.

And Selena... Here's was based on a true experience. Ignored by the sales girls only to be mobbed by the fans with the dumb sales associates looking like idiots. I worked at a store called Cache in college. A FAMOUS gospel singer walked in - I recognized her immediately. My coworkers ignored her. My sale was about 1k, not bad for 1994.

I wish I could be a fly on the wall when the $400 million lottery winner steps in to buy his and her Mercedes and is ignored by Joe Stuckup and somebody else gets the commission.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/oprah-account-racism-switzerland-true-shop-clerk-article-1.1424327

But the shop attendant has a much different version of events than the one relayed by Winfrey.

PHOTOS: OPRAH'S BIGGEST MOMENTS

“I simply told her that it was like the one I held in my hand, only much more expensive, and that I could show her similar bags,” she told SonntagsBlick.

“It is absolutely not true that I declined to show her the bag on racist grounds. I even asked her if she wanted to look at the bag.

“'She looked around the store again but didn't say anything else. Then she went with her companion to the lower floor. My colleague saw them to the door. They were not even in the store for five minutes.”

Originally the store owner said it was because the clerk didnt RECOGNIZE Oprah...Something tells me any woman who walks in that store is well aware of what things cost and whether or not they can afford them...

I have a relative of considerable means who works behind the screen in the movie industry. Just because they're not recognized doesn't mean they can't afford it. Most people don't walk around with their bank account plastered on their chest.

Especially nowdays where all kinds of people make ridiculous bank you just never know who has serious money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't see why a shop girl would refuse to show a customer a product...don't they get paid on commission?

Didn't you see Pretty Woman with Julia Roberts. Those shop girls assess the customer in one look and make a decision on how much time and effort to spend on making a particular sale.

And Selena... Here's was based on a true experience. Ignored by the sales girls only to be mobbed by the fans with the dumb sales associates looking like idiots. I worked at a store called Cache in college. A FAMOUS gospel singer walked in - I recognized her immediately. My coworkers ignored her. My sale was about 1k, not bad for 1994.

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