Cheers!
]]>Imagine being a woman that NEVER wants to have children. This just adds to the societial pressure.
I will admit, though, if a good product comes with a pink option, I will usually go for it.
]]>I mean, I know you weren't trying to be sexist and all, but we're not all vapid clothing-obsessed techno-phobes.
]]>I guess I can't shop at those Best Buys because I don't have kids and I got my tubes tied.
Just because I'm a woman doesn't mean I'm a baby factory!
]]>Everyone gets talked down to, bothered without asking for help, upsold on bs product upgrades and services etc etc.
]]>I am not a kid hater either (hey we were all kids once) however I can imagine it being really annoying if your trying to make a decision on a large purchase of possibly 1k or more and there are kids screeching in your ear (its bad enough you would have the sales associates breathing down your neck when trying to make a decision!) I really don't care if kids screech in the grocery store or anywhere else where I am buying trivial stuff but not when I have to make a careful decision about a large purchase.
If a store is catering to people making purchases of 1k or more (or other large purchases) than a play area should be mandatory regardless of whether its a "woman-friendly" store or not.
]]>I can't think of a single woman I know that shops for the types of things Best Buy sells that would be more likely to shop there because of this. They would all avoid it more, I think.
]]>@beboptheflop: That's what I was wondering, too. Free diapers is cool, but I would hope this is in both bathrooms. What if the father takes the kids with him to Best Buy? How is he supposed to change them? And honestly, the thing I'd like to see at Best Buy is to actually get someone to help you and not ignore females.
]]>I understand the nature of bringing kids places. I don't hate children, I plan on having some someday. But I can totally understand not wanting to have them screeching in your ear everywhere you go, especially when electronics shopping (actually, shopping in general) is a therapeutic experience for some people. It helps them relax, and it's hard to relax with Jimmy and Sally yelling three aisles over.
]]>Therefore, I'm anti-male and think all men only like reading and cooking and blah blah blah talkingpointspants.
]]>I concur wholeheartedly. I wish more businesses besides places like Dave and Busters would adopt a no kids policy. It would make shopping a much more peaceful and enjoyable experience
]]>HELLO? I'M *RIGHT HERE*.
Though this particular store is apparently in Denver, CO.
]]>This isn't woman friendly,it is kid friendly. I would not shop there if I was in the area.
]]>And I've never purchased appliances, so I don't really care so much for the mother-friendly aspect of BB, but I probably wouldn't care for it even if I did have kids...why should BB be a fun appliance-buying experience? It's more fun to go look at the electronics and TVs.
]]>"we know women make 45 percent of electronics purchases."
Yes, women are so scared of and hate electronics stores! My uterus just HURTS when I go near technology! Quick, apply a designer-hankerchief compress and buy me a new purse!
Just because you two have bad taste in women doesn't mean all women are like that.
]]>Strong misogynist, you mean.
]]>I thought the exact same way and I'm not even a single father. My husband is always taking the kids to the bathroom; my germ phobia gets the best of me. What do they think, that fathers don't care if their children's hands are clean after using a public bathroom? Sounds like reverse sexism to me.
]]>Toss out the more "women friendly" idea and make them more "family friendly". Go the Apple Store model, stock the nicest 10 HDTV's (10 total, all in different sizes), the newest and best video games, newest and best software, iPods and Zunes, the newest and best music, 6 best digital cameras, 6 best video cameras, etc. Realize people don't want a choice of 8 kinds of TV's in each size, they want the best. Make it open, airy, and inviting, not tons of isles, content, and bland.
Keep the old stores for those who want selection, open the smaller stores for those who want to spend 10 minutes getting a new TV or digital camera.
]]>Seriously?
You know what I demand from a "woman-friendly" electronics store? Don't let your male employees patronize me. I often know more about electronics than they do, and have thoroughly researched the desired product.
If, after speaking to an employee, I determine he or she is qualified to answer any further questions, I'll gladly ask.
(This is why you will never see me step foot in a place like B&H.)
]]>Adding another voice to the "female that still had to google WTF Max Azria is" group. I wouldn't be caught dead in those clothes!
]]>As a woman, every time I go into a public bathroom with those prominent "We have baby changing tables!" stickers on the door, I wonder what all the single - or even married but-also-responsible-for-parenting - fathers do.
Sexism against either gender is just ridiculous.
]]>Also if we have kids, you better not be making the extra effort to sell things to them, we already know that all retail stores are out to take advantage of anyone who comes into the store with children.
Fortunately I haven't experienced any incidents while shopping that made me feel like an idiot for being a girl in a store. So most retail is doing pretty well on this front, at least where I live. Or I don't fit the stereotypical female that they are trying to sell to, that and I don't have children.
]]>No matter how hard they try, stores that focus on Women and Mothers ("Jill" they call her) the store is not profitable enough to overcome the cost of the specialization.
In the end the trial store gets converted to a Buzz/Barry (18-45 y/old men) store with heavy focus on home theater and computers/gaming and becomes instantly more profitable.
]]>I hate Best Buy because when I go in I either (a) get no help or attention at all, because of course as the original owner of a pair of boobs I can't possibly be there to spend my own hard-earned salary on something electronic, or (b) I get completely condescended to because those self-same boobs mean I can't possibly have years of expertise or knowledge.
Shout-out to the one college-aged girl at the Best Buy in Fenway that one time, though, who was completely awesome to talk PC gaming with. May she have smacked some sense into her less enlightened co-workers.
]]>Perhaps they should start making bigotry-free stores.
]]>@AlteredBeast: As a female, I wholeheartedly endorse this. Also they should offer complimentary hot pockets.
]]>"lotion near the paper towels"
Are you sure that's for women?
]]>Yeah, I forgot, only women can be single parents in this country...
]]>UGH UGH UGH.
If they really want to make a store "woman friendly" they need to hire associates who don't condescend to women or act shocked when they try to buy video games.
]]>I want a more male focused Best Buy. Where the Home Theater room is the Testosterone Room. All the tvs would be looping Bruce Willis movies, and the receipt checker is an American Gladiator blocking your path.
]]>@The_IT_Crone: No offense, but that's what my wife would say as well. I don't think he was being sexist so much as echoing the general sentiment of most women that electronics stores in general are fairly boring.
Probably not going to be well recieved on a gadget blog, but overall, I think a fairly representative statement.
Personally, I don't think a rebranding and lowering of the sinks is really gonna help lure the mall woman crowd into best buy, but I don't work in marketing, so who knows.
]]>Why not just say "family friendly?" Not all women have kids, not all women drag kids everywhere they go, and dads do it too.
]]>Genius!!
]]>I think "mother friendly" is more prominent here than "woman friendly"....
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