Top 10 things to NOT do in a clothing store

1. Don’t unfold shirts you don’t want. Unfolding one shirt to see the style is acceptable. Unfolding every shirt in every color in every size is not.

2. Don’t put your own clothes away. Even if you think you can hand them up nicely, you can’t, and you definitely don’t know how to hand them back on the rack. I know you’re trying to be nice, but really, it makes more work for us retail workers to follow you around the store and pick up what you just put back.

3. Don’t try on the whole store. What I mean is, don’t try on 20 different items, then leave them all in the fitting room as you go in and out. It makes our lives easier if you give us clothes you don’t want as you go, so that we don’t have to put away 50 different things after you just left and bought one thing.

4. Don’t leave the fitting room a mess. It’s not that hard to put things on the bench or kind of hang them back up. Don’t put the clothes, which you do not own, on the floor in a big pile and hang up every shirt inside-out. Did you really think that was an acceptable thing to do?

5. Don’t expect us to babysit your kids. If you can’t control your little monsters, don’t bring them out in public. Do not expect us to chase after them, pulling clothes out of their hands. If your child hurts him/herself on our displays, this is not our fault.

6. Don’t give me random coins after I’ve already opened the drawer. It’s annoying, just stop.

7. Don’t flip out on us because we’re trying to sell you something. In case you didn’t know, our job is to sell you stuff. Especially if you’re shopping in a store that has a store credit card. We don’t want to annoy you about it, but we have to, so don’t flip out on us for it.

8. Don’t stay past closing. Common sense. Don’t come in 5 minutes to close either. Do not tell me you know we’re closing, apologize, then continue shopping. We have lives outside of work, you know.

9. Don’t expect to be waited on hand and foot. You probably have two hands – you can pick something up off of a shelf yourself. Don’t stand there and sigh loudly while I’m obviously helping another customer either, because you just can’t wait for someone to pick up a pair of pants of the rack for you because you’re too brain dead to do it yourself.

10. Don’t return things. Don’t buy things you know you will return. Don’t return hundreds of dollars of stuff and expect everyone to keep smiling, either. Don’t complain about our return policy – you’re lucky you get that long to decide if you want to keep something. For the love of God, do not return used undergarments.