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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
▲Compare [[Stop Helping Me!]].
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* Happens in the television
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Anime Tenchou and his employees in ''[[Lucky Star]]'' do this to Konata, with an extra dose of [[Hot-Blooded]].
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* 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!" ▼
*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. ▼
* 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. ▼
*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. ▼
== [[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... }}
*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. ▼
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▲* 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.
▲*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.
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▲* 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.
▲*Happens in the television commericals for Australian electrical goods retail chain The Good Guys. The customers are swamped by sales staff, all of whom are singing.
▲* In ''[[Daria]]'' #105
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