you were rudely interrupting their conversation ? You demand respect because you earn big coin...pull up your 'Big Girl Panties' and behave respectfully and you'll receive respect in return.

@ Maybe....
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"got very interested in what was being sold & (without interrupting) asked a question."

Maybe he was stunned by your beauty and didn't want the guy to think he was flirting with you?

This is so typical. If you’re with a guy, chances are very good that regardless of the gender if the customer service person, they’ll address the guy before you. Restaurants are the worst, car dealerships definitely, and pretty much everywhere else too. For all the bitter guys who apparently believe that life as a woman is nothing but wonderful, it would be so great to let them truly experience what it’s like to be one.

Countless times, when I’m having a meal with a male friend, the server will only ask him how his meal is, if he needs anything else etc. I guess they think he will be the one picking up the bill and therefore it makes sense to cater to him.

Let's reverse the roles: you take the boyfriend to a bra store,talk to a female sales person and have your boyfriend start asking questions.
I know how that will go: lots of eyerolls and him being ignored.

A lot of times when I shop, the female customer service reps ignore me because I don't wear make up or dress fashionably... that's until I want to try an item, then they pressure me to buy it even though it doesn't fit and looks bad on me. When I tell them that, they look pissed, and give me the "how dare you think you could look any better in an outfit" look. Customer service reps need to learn to respect their customers.

yea u never know if the dude is some jealous asshat, y'all ladies put up with some real winners let me tell ya. maybe not have been sexism versus u interrupting a conversation?

Your point would only be valid if the shop in question was one devoted entirely to undergarments for men, and even then if the person accompanying the client asks a polite question the clerk should be respectful to them. You never know when that person will be your next customer. If you’re not a woman you’ll have no understanding of how pervasive this type of behaviour is, and how it makes us feel. Try to imagine how you’d feel if you were the one being totally ignored and dismissed as if you were nothing. Trust me, it’s this type of behaviour that creates so much burning resentment in so many women, and it’s not going to go away until these attitudes stop.

Because he was GAY.