Mall Kiosks
Posted in Soapbox by: Alisa
I went to the Fashion Place Mall (somewhere near Salt Lake) today and walked from Nordstroms to the Food Court. I passed a dozen or so kiosks selling anything from some kind of green tea miracle drug to flat irons to Direct TV. And do you know what, not a single sales person talked to me or even looked at me. It was glorious. So glorious that I drafted a blog post in my head to tell you guys how amazing it was. It was pretty spectacular not to have to put on my best smile and say “No thank you” over and over again.
I remember being at the Valley Fair Mall in CA and it’s filled with kiosks and every single one of them will try to reel you in to their products. It’s all about no eye contact when navigating that mall for me.
So I draft this blog post and finish my lunch with Oli and walk back through the mall only to have my attention sought after by vendor after vendor. Oh well, I thought this new mall was just a lucky mall but it’s the same as all the rest. I’ll adopt my no eye contact rule next time I go.
How do you get through the mall without being accosted by all of the vendors?
May 18th, 2011 at 3:49 pm
That’s hilarious. I wonder if they find people heading OUT of the mall–rather than IN–to be more generous with their time. Makes sense, I guess, since spending $/getting new stuff certainly puts me in a good mood.