I want to tell furniture salespeople to "Sit on it"

The other day Mrs Grumpy dragged me into yet another furniture shopping adventure. There are few different activities in this world that I despise with a passion so strong that I could inspire a cult following with. You've probably already guessed that shopping for furniture must be one of these activities. You got it, hit the nail on the head, bingo, right on target. Yes absolutely I do indeed concur wholeheartedly. I'm sure a few of the others will find their way into the blog one of these days. Now, back to the furniture shopping. Why do these guys and gals, always seem to come straight out of sleazy used car lot? Furniture shopping for me is bad enough without being stalked, interrupted, and pressured to buy something. The wife and I walk in and are just browsing as many times we just don't know what we're looking for, if anything in particular anyway. Sometimes we're just shopping for the sake of shopping. Anyhow, we walk in and I hear the Jaws theme start to play. The fin pops up and they start circling, I give them the glare of doom, but it only makes them hesitate for an instant...."Hi, my name is Bob, I'll be glad to help you find what your looking for, and while I'm at it try to force our extended warranty, because you're a moron if you don't take that, and let me throw in a complimentary stain protection that will only cost you twice what the piece of furniture does!" Toothy grin...No thanks Bob, we're just looking at the moment...."well, my name's Bob, let me know if I can be of assistance!" Ok Bob, will do. Next we meander through the displays, Bob keeping a perfect 18.4 feet away so as to not seem intrusive. We pause momentarily at couch just to look at my watch and Woosh! Bob materializes like something out of Star Trek, "Isn't this a wonderful piece, I have the same one in my living room, is this a color you like or perhaps you want something a little darker, a little lighter, a little...." No Bob, we're actually just browsing. And so it goes, my Grumpmeter raising every encounter until finally we get fed up and move on to another store. What I have to wonder is does this generate more or fewer sales because I for one refuse to engage these type of sales people. If I happen to find a piece, I will intentionally avoid the annoying ones by coming back on another day so someone else gets commissioned. Occasionally I will get a person that greets us at the door, passes us a card or just his name and offers to help us, but then returns to his desk, counter, assigned spot, until we seek him out. That guy/gal will get my furniture business every time. Needless to say, shopping for cars is another of those activities, but I'll save that for another day.