SHOP COURTESY,

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 48, 26 February 1941, Page 6

SHOP COURTESY,

Has ' ( ustomer"* ever been ia Hit same jMjsition a« tho salesman, wlw probably lias many worries on hi« mh>d (as most of havp jo-day. and therefore it should make Ms tolerant), wbn n«s Wn standing on his feet for ]f solid hours on a Friday. and who a« being rcpeatodly a»kfd for imported poods that aro no )on«rr availiblp, tad has to co|>p wiili thp rudeness of casjoiners who ju«t. "can't believe it"? Dot«« "Customer" realise the million mi one other duties the salesman Lis to attend to as well a« tho nervous strain of being pleasant to a Jot of ipjomat, rude |K>ople. nine-tenths of whom regard iinii ns their paid servant? It man J* admitted that the salesman ir.adf s rude slip (probably born of worrr) when lie said that he "can't )*• ruaaiof 'J' over tlie place." but. a little eonsidcration of tone and manner wbea addressing a salesperson would be of great help in averting any such raifncss. ajid maybe the eMra effort of looking for the sinus of various departments would aKo save the same unpleasantness. Think it over. "Ca«tomer. and thank you for your letter that has at laM riven mo the opportunity of saying my little piece to * complacent, unthinking public.

MKREI.Y A SALMS-SKRVAXT.