Is this normal?

[Mr Pantomime]

Now that ive got your attention with my vague and intriguing title, ill start my little anecdote

So I was working tonight in a supermarket. I was facing an aisle (making it look nice) when a friend of mine who works there comes up to me and tells me to follow him. He leads me to the cosmetics aisle, where we pass two attractive tattooed girls looking at stockings, then pretend to face for a few seconds futher up the aisle. He turns to me and says "so, what do you think?", to which I reply "um, they looked nice" . Then he says something about them having a lot of tattoos but still being hot and such. And then we leave and get back to work.

Now this kind of thing happens about once a week, but it still confuses me. Sure, ill notice an attractive girl in the store, but I dont go get my friends who work there to look at them. So my question is, why the fuck do they do it?

Also, to any of the ladies reading this, if youre in a store, and a worker walks past, messes around for a few seconds, then leaves, they were probably checking you out. But you proabably already know this. And this probably applies to guys too.

 

[Booze Zombie]

I get that... but not because I'm "hot".
I look very suspicious with long hair and a trench coat, apparently.

Anyway, I would say that was relatively normal but not everyone does it, some do, though.

 

[Dark Knifer]

Should you what? Pay as much attention to random women in the store as your friend? I think not, seems a bit deranged honestly. It's a bit like showing your friend a random car magazine just to point out the women in it, your never going to meet them and you'll probably forget about them the day after, so what's the point?

 

[Mr Pantomime]

Should you what? Pay as much attention to random women in the store as your friend? I think not, seems a bit deranged honestly. It's a bit like showing your friend a random car magazine just to point out the women in it, your never going to meet them and you'll probably forget about them the day after, so what's the point?

Fixed, my original question was stupid.

 

[Fragrance of Mtn Dew]

I too work in a grocery store, and most of my male coworkers do the same thing so I guess for me it is "normal". I personally don't point out attractive customers but even my managers do it quite often. Guys will be guys I guess? I dunno, some of my coworkers have even tried hitting on customers before which I think is quite unprofessional, and taking it a little too far.

 

[Jezzascmezza]

It's not out of the ordinary, people do that stuff out of boredom.

 

[Dark Knifer]

Should you what? Pay as much attention to random women in the store as your friend? I think not, seems a bit deranged honestly. It's a bit like showing your friend a random car magazine just to point out the women in it, your never going to meet them and you'll probably forget about them the day after, so what's the point?

Fixed, my original question was stupid.

Thanks, that clears things up.

My guess is that they do this because they are either lacking in that field (not having a girlfriend etc) or they cannot stop looking at women because of their own thought patterns and need to tell you in order to get a sense of 'good, I'm not the only one' when you agree with them. I'd suggest telling him that you really don't care too much about randoms in the store before it turns into the more embarrassing version 'would you sleep with that chick' or even worse, a dare to ask one of them out.

 

[Omikron009]

I think behavior like that is incredibly creepy, and I try to avoid it at all costs. Just like the OP, I notice attractive girls but I don't go out of my way to show friends. It's just so weird.

 

[Biosophilogical]

Kind of creepy, but the 'Perve'n'share' behaviour seems more common than I'd've guessed if I didn't have first(second?)-hand experience of it. In other words, I don't do it, the whole perving thing never really appeals to me on any level, so I just nod politely and let them do as they do.

 

[Stasisesque]

When I worked for a well known UK gaming retailer, I was the sole female employee - all of my colleagues would spend at least a small portion of their day pointing out attractive female customers, and I would join in. It was fun. It's fun to look at attractive people - aesthetically pleasing and such. I see nothing wrong with it and accept it as the norm.

None of them were single, if that makes any different (it shouldn't).

If it's ever happened to me, I can't say I've noticed - but the opposite is also true, friends will often let you know someone has been checking you out.