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"  Chances are that you are aware of the passive-aggressive Pretty Woman Retail Snub \u2014 the salesgirl at the upscale boutique who glares at you when you tell her you&amp;#039;re just browsing, the cashier who snorts derisively when you ask her if she could please take something down from the shelf so you can look at it. The &amp;quot;You can&amp;#039;t afford this diamond-encrusted snakeskin leather pillowcase, stop wasting my time&amp;quot; look. Here in New York it&amp;#039;s ubiquitous in the boutiques; even (especially!) the hipster ones.       As with many things in life, if it&amp;#039;s happened to Oprah, it&amp;#039;s happened to you \u2014 she recently faced down a saleswoman in Zurich who kept telling her she &amp;quot;couldn&amp;#039;t afford&amp;quot; a $38,000 handbag. (Somehow this woman had avoided knowing who Oprah was for her entire life, which makes her a medical marvel.) Not Oprah&amp;#039;s first brush with the Retail Snub, either: She was turned away from Hermes in 2005. Big mistake. HUGE.  I&amp;#039;ve been on the other side of The Retail Snub, too. It sucks to fold shirts or stack shoes and stand up in heels being courteous and helpful to (occasionally rude) strangers for six hours. In high school, I worked at a pet accessory store for rich people (true story) and sometimes people would come in just to look at the homemade treats and overpriced satin dog beds. But I never treated them any less for it! Go forth and browse! As long as you don&amp;#039;t break anything or act like a d*ck to me!   One constructive way to deal with a Retail Snub is to email the store&amp;#039;s PR department with a complaint; Cosmo&amp;#039;s news editor Michelle did it once, and the store sent a nice apology and a few free gifts.  Have you been Retail Snubbed? Tell us about your harrowing experience in the comments!   Follow Anna on Twitter.   Image courtesy Touchstone "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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