Comments on: THE RUNDOWN: Topman

By: mistersavvy

mistersavvy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:29:29 +0000

So if I decide to have a personal shopper help me, would they look down on me if I only bought one, cheaper piece of clothing?

By: Seth J. Putnam

Seth J. Putnam — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:13:01 +0000

Yes sir, syntax only. I didn't do much shopping over in Britain (and I trust you on all things British, anyway)—but I suppose the hope here is that despite it being an English-owned company, this store is American-operated.

The hope, anyway.

By: glen

glen — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:10:47 +0000

"On their card, it says: "This service is free with compliments of Topshop." Ah, so British. In an industry where service and relationships are increasingly rare, this is a refreshing prospect."

- Ah, if only I could express how wrong this is. If there was one thing, seriously, just one thing that I could pick that the Americans do better than the British, and not just better but far better, it would be red meat.

But if there were two things, customer service would be 1B. The British suck at it. Really suck at it. Like, REALLY suck at it. It is very cool that they are offering that service there, but they don't offer it here (that I am aware of) and you don't really get that anywhere here without paying an arm and a leg for it. And even then it will come with an attitude. What I am trying to say is that the statement "ah, so British" is very far off base. Don't let your Anglophilia fool you.
Although, re-reading your paragraph, maybe you were talking about the syntax on the card? Because that is a bit British. But the service is not.

Rant over.

By: glen

glen — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:09:17 +0000

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