Never had a salesperson who was that solicitous of my feelings but a young lady at a John Wanamaker's department store spent at least an hour helping me select clothes for my senior year in high school decades ago. Whether or not she was working on commission, the young lady, who was probably just two or three years older than me, offered thoughtful suggestions for a wardrobe makeover that saw me through school then well into the start of college. I still remember the young lady's name and will think about her from time-to-time.
As someone who worked retail & retail management I can confirm this sketch is 100% accurate. The flashing lights, the alarm...all real. If you don’t tell us how you’re doing we will flip our shit! 😱
@@totoroneblinny6100 Yeah that's still pretty bad especially if he's the manager. The point of including that line in the joke is to highlight that if that's what he's making, they're all making considerably less as his employees, but they all still take their jobs extremely seriously. Too seriously.
They where all so very talented in this period of the show. Some great skits came out of these years, it was great to watch it every Saturday and to see the new weeks show.
I used to work in retail and this would happen often, the customer would respond “I’m just looking 😠 “ to anyone asking how they were. My friend started replying back with “and I’m just asking how you are?” Lol it kinda reminds them that they are being rude in a peaceful way . Wisdom!
Jeez you retail workers need to snap out of your cult. We're not saying your job is easy but imagine someone following you in a supermarket asking you if everything is alright. Just leave the customer alone, some of us just feel badgered and spend less time in the department store because we feel pressured and end up not buying anything.
You know, retail working isn't easy. A lot of time, customers assume just because sales people are out there to take their money and become really condescending for no reason. At the end of the day, some of those people are single mothers who literally live paycheck to paycheck. Some of them are college students who work in retail to pay for room/board...they are being pressured by their manager everyday to make sales goal, and may come off a little too strong. Please be kind.
Funniest interaction I saw in real life was at John Lewis in London, on day before Christmas Eve. LADY: Do you have these shoes with a buckle? SALESPERSON: [stressed] No idea. LADY: Can you check? SALESPERSON: There's no way I could possibly check all stock for you. LADY: Hrumph! Why not? SALESPERSON: We're far too busy. LADY: Uuurgh! Alright then, good evening. SALESPERSON: Good evening. (I remember her asking for "these shoes with a buckle" because I thought that was a weird request!)
@@dancepiglover No, minimum wage was 5.15/hr back then. Why did you say this without even knowing what you're talking about? The joke is about a low end wage job vs. a decent salary having a super high stress responsibility load, not that it was lower than minimum wage.
Yes, you should. I worked in retail and those big green dumpsters behind retail stores are where we place the bodies. We live simple poverty filled lives, but our rules are serious.
This made me legit laugh out loud. As someone who worked retail and genuinely cared about how people were doing when I’d ask them, I can confirm… I swear if I had an alarm for everyone that answered “just looking”when I’d ask them, that alarm would’ve been going nonstop. People are SO RUDE to retail workers!!
An actual hotline behind the clothes on the rack?😁 I've heard about G.A.P. store being mocked, but had no idea Banana Republic had such parody material. Would be funny if sales reps instructed their staff like this.
When did America stop asking "how are you?" as "how are you doing?" seems a bit of an odd question to a Brit like me. makes me think "doing what?" Some Australians ask : "How are you going?" Makes you think " going where? I just got here. " or "i'll probably go by car." We would say both things but only about specific things like asking about a projects.... "How are you doing with the project?" Otherwise we'd just ask how you are, if you are ok etc.
When I was studying in the UK, people would use the expression “You alright?” as a greeting and it threw me off the first couple of times. My first thought was “Why, do I look ill?”. I understood eventually haha.
I worked in retail, and they never tell us to ask them how people how they’re doing. Because it feels a little intrusive. We can welcome them, ask them if they’re finding everything okay, and if they need any help with anything. 😅
In 1999, NY minimum wage was $4.25/hour. So $6.15 for a store manager is still pretty sad. I made $8.25 an hour as the manager of a House of Almonds in 1992 and I was pretty stoked. LOL
1990s: Nobody knew how anybody was doing and people cared. 2020: Everybody knows how everybody's doing because of Facebook but realistically nobody cares.
1990s: people had a sense of humour 2020: YOU RACIST MISOGYNIST TRANSPHOBE PIECE OF SHIT WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR... RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH CANCEL CANCEL, BURN, LOOT, MURDER REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
SO funny. Great! Will just adds so much on top of it. Hilarious. When they ask me at a BR I say “just looking”. Would be funny if they really did go into this emergency mode! I would laugh my head off.
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I was a Store Manager for Banana Republic when this came out. They showed it at a conference. It was crickets. 🦗
Hahahaha.
Did you make $6.15/hr?
🤣🤣🤣
Why would it be crickets? Lol
There's no humor allowed in retail.
Drew Barrymore's hairstyle with butterfly hair clips are fabulous at 1:05.
Noticed that, too. Just lovely!
Oh those were the days
No no you are mistaken. It's Reese Witherspoon's ugly sister.
Never had a salesperson who was that solicitous of my feelings but a young lady at a John Wanamaker's department store spent at least an hour helping me select clothes for my senior year in high school decades ago. Whether or not she was working on commission, the young lady, who was probably just two or three years older than me, offered thoughtful suggestions for a wardrobe makeover that saw me through school then well into the start of college. I still remember the young lady's name and will think about her from time-to-time.
Aww that's adorable.
It was like this at Gap too. It's a huge deterrent. It's just asset protection.
"Of course I asked him, I'm not an amateur. " 😅
I would laugh harder but this is so true. At Banana we do ask “Hi, How are you today” to everyone that walks through the door. Company policy
Hi, I'm doing good
Yeah that’s why they wrote the sketch…
I am pretty sure this is probably the company policy at most if not all retail stores. "Greet the customers when they walk in".
👆Some real divas am I right
I'm just reading.
When he shoves that entire well folded pants and calls xD
"I don't like this. I'm coming with you!" 😆😆😆
As someone who worked retail & retail management I can confirm this sketch is 100% accurate. The flashing lights, the alarm...all real. If you don’t tell us how you’re doing we will flip our shit! 😱
Lies again? Polytechnic Polyclinic
We will flip our shit...that's cute!
I am glad he came to the rescue and rectified the situation!
ye
Yea
We all are
its incredible how will ferrel only has to say "son of a bitch" and i start laughing.
This sketch is a hidden gem, relatively speaking.
Ikrrr
thanks for speaking relatively, we all appreciate it
@@tzazella751 I appreciate your response.
Relative to what? I demand an answer. Ignore if you're under the age of 13 in which case I apologize
Except for the fact it was a one joke skit. And that joke was unfunny
Those butterfly barrettes were so dope 💇♀️
“They don’t pay me $6.15 an hour for doing nothin”
6.15$ back then is 9.776655$ now
@@totoroneblinny6100 So still bad
@@totoroneblinny6100 Yeah that's still pretty bad especially if he's the manager. The point of including that line in the joke is to highlight that if that's what he's making, they're all making considerably less as his employees, but they all still take their jobs extremely seriously. Too seriously.
@@voteZDLR I see, thanks
Please. I made that much as a cashier at a dollar store back in the early 00s.
Highly doubt any managers back then were making such peanuts.
Seems Drew was EXCITED about the skit....
*wink*
Or it was really cold in there...
I am imagining that some SNL writer got into a fight with an attendant over the question...
Oh man, I was expecting matt leblanc to come out of the room and go "how you doin'?
wow if that's happened!!!
🤣
hahahah nice idea
What a stupid thing to expect
Chris Kattan is a gem.
elria i
Super underrated
yessssss
They where all so very talented in this period of the show.
Some great skits came out of these years, it was great to watch it every Saturday and to see the new weeks show.
Generation X
Why is Chris Kattan so cute in this!? ❤️
He's just adorable ❤
Chris Kattan is really really good.
This is what every shopper in Australia is like. Unless we ask for help we don't want you to talk about nothing to us.
What its like in canada too
Lol so true I worked in retail it was tough 😅🙏🐨
What its like everywhere. But yet they still do it.
yeah except we say how you going not how you doing
And England!
This is amazing, i miss these days
This is exactly how they act😂🤣
chris kattan is lovely, so underrated
I waited on Drew Barrymore looking for vintage jeans at a pricy vintage store in NY....she was super nice.
Drew's character made a couple of good points.
I've been looking for this skit! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I just didn't know the title
I'm calling - Gary.
I used to work in retail and this would happen often, the customer would respond “I’m just looking 😠 “ to anyone asking how they were. My friend started replying back with “and I’m just asking how you are?” Lol it kinda reminds them that they are being rude in a peaceful way . Wisdom!
Annoying your customers by asking them bs questions you don't care about the true answer to seems more rude lmao
Jeez you retail workers need to snap out of your cult. We're not saying your job is easy but imagine someone following you in a supermarket asking you if everything is alright. Just leave the customer alone, some of us just feel badgered and spend less time in the department store because we feel pressured and end up not buying anything.
Wow!! That got super intense for a while.. idk how they pulled off that level of intensity but it was nail biting edge of seat level climax..😱🙃
Omg i worked at a banana for years. I love this.
Banana Republic or banana stand? Because there’s always money in the banana stand...
“They don’t pay me $6.15 for nothing.” You da man Gary!🤑
Earning the big bucks. 😂
Doesn’t get more 99 than drew Barrymore in a cardigan with butterfly clips❤
This was me working at Victoria’s Secret
This is why now online shopping exists. 🤣
97 people won't tell us how they're doing today.
This needed to be a reoccurring skit.
They were the best SNL Crew hands down
Bloody Brilliant! Whoever wrote doesn't hold back. Resonates with all of us that annoying line.
You know, retail working isn't easy. A lot of time, customers assume just because sales people are out there to take their money and become really condescending for no reason. At the end of the day, some of those people are single mothers who literally live paycheck to paycheck. Some of them are college students who work in retail to pay for room/board...they are being pressured by their manager everyday to make sales goal, and may come off a little too strong.
Please be kind.
It's the system that's fucked
Funniest interaction I saw in real life was at John Lewis in London, on day before Christmas Eve.
LADY: Do you have these shoes with a buckle?
SALESPERSON: [stressed] No idea.
LADY: Can you check?
SALESPERSON: There's no way I could possibly check all stock for you.
LADY: Hrumph! Why not?
SALESPERSON: We're far too busy.
LADY: Uuurgh! Alright then, good evening.
SALESPERSON: Good evening.
(I remember her asking for "these shoes with a buckle" because I thought that was a weird request!)
WHAT'S WRONG with the audience? WHY aren't they LAUGHING?! WE HAVE A LEVEL 5 SITUATION! Stay calm...
Very unfunny sketch
Cast not breaking character like today to artificially mine laughs.
@@steveconn I always wondered if Jimmy Fallon went to sleep after each show feeling like a fraud or if he's oblivious.
It became a serious dramatic thriller. We needed to know how he is doing!!
It wasn't that funny until Ferrell came in.
When I heard $6.15 an hour it really put inflation in perspective for me
No, it’s supposed to be low.
@@dancepiglover No, minimum wage was 5.15/hr back then. Why did you say this without even knowing what you're talking about? The joke is about a low end wage job vs. a decent salary having a super high stress responsibility load, not that it was lower than minimum wage.
@@kylezo I didn’t say it was lower than minimum wage. I just said it was low.
Drew and the cast were really acting the hell out of these characters. Saved an otherwise lackluster skit
Agreed.
One of SNL’s rare insightful and funny sketches
This is absolutely hilarious!!! 😂
should we always answer to "how are you doing today?"
Gallon Li
Apparently yes..
And How are you?
@@cl759 Omg i don't know!
Sometimes I don’t 😈
Yes, you should. I worked in retail and those big green dumpsters behind retail stores are where we place the bodies. We live simple poverty filled lives, but our rules are serious.
Drew is so beautiful here
She is an excellent actress
joey tribbiani could make him talk .... "how .. you .. doing..?"
I hope they bring these guys back for this skit. Would love to see that
This made me legit laugh out loud. As someone who worked retail and genuinely cared about how people were doing when I’d ask them, I can confirm… I swear if I had an alarm for everyone that answered “just looking”when I’d ask them, that alarm would’ve been going nonstop. People are SO RUDE to retail workers!!
Yup. This hits way too close to home. I worked at a BR and my name is Julie!
You could just let them browse
SNL has the best ideas. So many unlimited wacky ideas.
This is really how it is 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Chinos & sweater-vests sound good.
Gary GETS THE JOB DONE!
Pressure on employees sales is something
One of my favorite ❤
totally get it. it's exactly what's going on at BR.
1000% 😂😂
An actual hotline behind the clothes on the rack?😁 I've heard about G.A.P. store being mocked, but had no idea Banana Republic had such parody material. Would be funny if sales reps instructed their staff like this.
🤣 no, not Gary!
Banana Republic....this is the fucking Bulgaria 🤣
When did America stop asking "how are you?" as "how are you doing?" seems a bit of an odd question to a Brit like me. makes me think "doing what?" Some Australians ask : "How are you going?" Makes you think " going where? I just got here. " or "i'll probably go by car." We would say both things but only about specific things like asking about a projects.... "How are you doing with the project?" Otherwise we'd just ask how you are, if you are ok etc.
How are you fucking?
When I was studying in the UK, people would use the expression “You alright?” as a greeting and it threw me off the first couple of times. My first thought was “Why, do I look ill?”. I understood eventually haha.
howz hanging? lol
Saw doo
Chris Kattan hasn't aged at all.
Uhh....this is a sketch from 21 years ago.
Yeah eternally 45
I worked in retail, and they never tell us to ask them how people how they’re doing. Because it feels a little intrusive. We can welcome them, ask them if they’re finding everything okay, and if they need any help with anything. 😅
I knew it!!!! Thank you!!!
In 1999, NY minimum wage was $4.25/hour. So $6.15 for a store manager is still pretty sad. I made $8.25 an hour as the manager of a House of Almonds in 1992 and I was pretty stoked. LOL
There was a House of Almonds? WTF? lol
1990s: Nobody knew how anybody was doing and people cared.
2020: Everybody knows how everybody's doing because of Facebook but realistically nobody cares.
1990s: people had a sense of humour
2020: YOU RACIST MISOGYNIST TRANSPHOBE PIECE OF SHIT WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR... RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH CANCEL CANCEL, BURN, LOOT, MURDER REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
A one note skit. The actors ran with it though!
SO funny. Great! Will just adds so much on top of it. Hilarious. When they ask me at a BR I say “just looking”. Would be funny if they really did go into this emergency mode! I would laugh my head off.
I don't like this, Jean I am coming with you😅😂
Chris Kattan was the most underrated SNL Cast member BY FAR
Of course, according to you :)
@Dace Solo not 100% but I think he had a girl with him in one spot where I saw him live...but I couuuld be wrong?
@Dace Solo ok doke I believe you - it was just strange...go and watch him on Pauly Shore's podcast show and it's sooo weird...
i would have shopped at this store more if i knew how much they cared
😆😆😆
Drew Barrymore's lights are on.
When your school was in a school shooting school:
I love Drew and Anas hair.
classic banana republic comedy
this is the reality of working retail
Gary is such a specialist...
Most people don't care how you're doing, they just ask you that to be nice or pretend that they care.
I'm in my 30's, this is me trying to figure guys out....
miss Drew is so cute
Got to the point where I was all in for anything being on the table just to find out how he was doing...dare I say it? Even torture!
This is where the current SNL fails. They too often miss being relative to the people. This is relatable gold!
Banana Republic: Do Not Test Our Politeness.
One of those skits that would make a younger audience go nuts! They don't seem to get how great this is.
Drew Barrymore in butterfly clips, yay 90s!
Just trying out pants
This is very funny
Brilliance
Those are some good acting chops
Must have been cold on the set.
You won't get that "caring" type, whether contrived or not, at liquor stores. Not a tough sell.
I too have said "I'm just looking" when asked how I'm doing because I feel the question isn't really genuine, and they're just trying to make a sale.
I just laugh to myself but make sure they hear it when this happens to me
He looks like a Manager
hahah those hair clips! So 99/00
how yu dooing you should say! loll
This just happened to me at Hot Topic.
When SNL was SNL great show everyone just great actriz and actors
Basically, a shortened version of the Wake Up and Smile sketch without the manic breakdown of society.