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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 5964113" data-attributes="member: 14159">No, I am male.  I would like to think I'm reasonably attractive, but I also have a wedding ring on my left hand.  You might not remember this, but we met at Gen Con '05.  Remember that really late-night Munchkin game at the Embassy Suites?It's a FLGS in a small strip-mall retail spot.  Each department I was in was only a few feet from the other.  The actual sales floor might be 2000 square feet, at most (with another 1000 feet or so in the back was set up for tournaments, which was unused this day and I didn't visit).  Radios?  I've never seen retail employees signaling each other with little radios.  I've worked retail before, even in a big department store, and we never had anything like that.  I really, really doubt it was employees covering each section of the store, unless they have employees covering very small areas indeed.  There were 4 employees there (the 3 that spoke with me, plus one behind the counter), which to be honest seems like a lot for mid-day on a weekday at a FLGS, and there weren't many customers.The first time I was greeted was right inside the door, as those video games I was looking at were right by the entrance.  That I had zero problem with, I even said I find coming up to and greeting customers soon after they enter to be a sign of good overall customer service.  It just got frustrating that as I just wanted to browse in peace for a few minutes and leave I kept getting greeted and had salesmen wan to engage me in conversation.</blockquote>

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