The poor little old lady cried to me and there wasn’t really anything for me to do. I remember her coming in a little while back and she was helped by one of my employees.
She said she was fitted for a product, and when she went to pay the guy wend to the back and swapped it and she never checked it until just now and it what she has doesn’t work for her at all. She asked her husband if it was his but he said “no” and that she got them from my store. She says she ONLY buys from us and has been that way for years.
I wanted to help her but the thing is the product was a brand we’ve never carried. I know everyone makes mistakes but no way did my guy give her this item. She was quite upset and told me about some other troubles she’s had lately and insists that someone’s pulled one over on her. I said I was sorry but there’s no way it came from us and I couldn’t take them.
I really don’t think she was trying to scam us or anything. She was confused and frustrated, and understandably so. I felt bad for her.
Work in a field where I deal with mostly old folks.
Yes, she is trying to scam you. Not in the same way some meth head would though.
She just knows 99% of folks will give a crying old lady what she wants. That’s all. She’s at an age where she doesn’t have any advantages, and she is using one she has.
Proof of the pudding is in the eating. You don’t sell the product, yet she wants to return it. You’re being gaslit.
Something like half of all people over the age of 70 are experiencing cognitive decline. They will sound perfectly normal and like they are all there, too. This can be something that starts in their 40s even and isn’t even noticed.