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Bob walks into a store. He's a man on a mission. He knows what he wants, and may the good Lord help anyone who stands in his way. But lo and behold, a mob of overly-helpful salespeople lay right into him the moment he has his foot in the doorway. 

Compare with [[Stop Helping Me!]].

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== [[Advertising]] ==
* Happens in the television commercials for Australian electrical goods retail chain The Good Guys. The customers are swamped by sales staff, all of whom are singing.

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Anime Tenchou and his employees in ''[[Lucky Star]]'' do this to Konata repeatedly, with an extra dose of [[Hot-Blooded]].

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* A ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch involves a man in a restaurant trying to propose to his girlfriend, only for their server to come by the table constantly and interrupt with unnecessary "Anything you need"-type questions. He finally shouts out his proposal over the waitress's talking; his girlfriend accepts, and at last they're ready to order. However, when he tries to get the server's attention, she snaps at him: "I've only got two hands, jeez!" 
* Happened once in ''[[Chuck]]'' when the sales staff was trying to make sure manager Big Mike didn't get fired. It backfired, though — the Assistant Manager who talked them into doing it claimed it was because of his leadership that the sales were going so well, so the [[Powers That Be]] fired Mike and promoted the AM to manager. 

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* In a story arc of ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]'', Rat deters a swarm of salespeople by asking to get a product repaired under warranty. (See also: [[Truth in Television]]) 
* ''[[Dilbert]]'' offers this reflection as four salespeople cling to him: 
{{quote|I hate shopping. There's never a salesperson when you want to buy something. But when you're just looking... }}

== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'', Lucas is annoyed to the point he refuses to go back into the store after encountering this trope while buying some spare RAM for his PC. 

== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In [[Pixar]]'s ''[[Cars]]'', the locals of Radiator Springs refer to anyone they notice about to pass through town as "a customer" to whom everyone tries to sell their products and services. 
* In ''[[Daria]]'' #105, "Malled", Daria gets her picture taken with a crowd of eager salespeople because she's the 10,000th customer. Never mind the fact that she just wanted to redeem her coupon and get out of there as efficiently as possible.

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