I get hit on by customers at work, every so often. And I HATE it. I am not there to be your girlfriend. I am there to do my job. Because I am nice to you does NOT mean I want to go out with you. It means I am delivering excellent customer service. PERIOD.
I agree with you but it can be difficult because sometimes those in customer service do hit on people. So, it can be hard for the customer to distinguish. Not to mention, wishful thinking!
Mr Awe
My first long term job was at a local grocery store shortly after college to quickly pay off loans, and I found out by one of the other parcel pickup guys that he overheard the front end manager saying she hired me on because I had a "nice ass"
Of course I had a good laugh on that, but didn't let it bother me..... I was one of the better workers they had there, I did my job like an optimized android, great customer service, always on time, etc.
However on occasion when I went to load up groceries in some people's cars, there were some interesting situations.
One in paticular, every week there was this one lady, probably in her late 30's/early 40's who always got parcel pickup in her little VW Jetta, no matter if it was one bag or a bunch of bags. Always had her little small talk with me, smiling and such...... until one day she started pulling up for her groceries with her also-decently attractive daughter in the car as well whom both started double teaming me with their flirtting (I assume it was flirting)
Looking back on it, if I had a better clue then as I do now..... it could have been..... interesting.
But I was too much of a goodie goodie to think some lady who constantly wanted me to stuff her trunk every week wanted me to get it on with her.... or her daughter...... maybe both??
Fascinating.
Oh well.... live and learn.
Added:
I guess I can understand the dislike women have with guys doing that all the time to them.... I imagine I'd probably be pissed after a while too..... I guess it doesn't happen all that much to guys, which is why I guess we arn't bothered by it all that much.
Then again there have been a couple of people I got advances from I didn't want anything to do with...... good old fake relationship or moving away soon excuse works pretty good.
Or just say thanks but I'm not interested...... once you say those magical words, if whoever keeps pressuring you, in my view, you have every right to tear em a new one in front of everybody and tell em to take a flying leap into a cactus crotch first.
If they don't have enough respect to accept your response, then I don't see why you should respect them any further and make a big embarrassing scene out of them so they leave you well enough alone for next time.