Monday, August 12, 2013

Swiss Shop Girl Tells Oprah Handbag is Too Expensive


A hapless Swiss shop girl starts an international incident after failing to recognize Oprah Winfrey and refusing to show her a handbag telling her it was too expensive for her.
The owner of a Swiss boutique at the centre of a 'racism' row has apologised to Oprah Winfrey, branding the incident a "misunderstanding".
The U.S. Tv host alleged earlier this week (beg05Aug13) that a shop assistant at an upmarket store in Switzerland refused to let her examine a designer purse because it was too expensive.
Winfrey claimed the incident came about because she is black, but the boutique's owner has now spoken out to insist the store worker was merely advising Winfrey to try some similar but less expensive bags on the shop's first floor.
Trudie Goetz, who owns the Trois Pommes Boutique in Zurich, has apologised to Winfrey but is adamant there was no racist intent from the worker and the confusion stemmed from a "misunderstanding". She also insisted the staff member did not recognise the star because Winfrey's chat show is not broadcast in the country.
Winfrey was in Switzerland for Tina Turner's wedding, where coincidentally Goetz was also a guest.
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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

tired of these broke sales reps trying too hard. This STORY IS FOUR DAYS OLD GOSSIP JACKER!

Anonymous said...

Of course that aunt jemima black woman can't afford that damn purse!!I told you Oprah they are not your friends, no matter how much money you have!!!

Anonymous said...

Right. Because boutique owners always train their sales staff to steer customers to buy the less expensive items. Bitch, go on with that. "We sincerely apologize and take such matters seriously. As a result of this incident we are retraining our sales force." How easy is that??? Fuckers.

Anonymous said...

Don't blast the sale person. She said she didn't recognize Oprah. Oprah may have came into the store with her laid back Ms. Sophia look and not her for TV make-up on. Shit jobs are hard to come by these day and mistakes are to be made.

Anonymous said...

ITA @3:59.

Also, don't expect everyone in the entire world (First World, Third World, etc) to know WhoTF you are. I don't kiss ass myself and if I was that store owner and Okra came in looking broke-as-a-joke I would have steered her ass towards the bargain basement swap meet down the street.

I guess for the Swiss, image/perception matters more than a name.

Anonymous said...

this is not the first time this has happened to "the mighty O" the first time was years back and they wouldnt even let her in the damn store...she really should just hire some designers and start her OWN fashion house! then she could charge everyone else astronomical prices for bullchit!

Anonymous said...

I bet the owner (who I understand was mortified when she found out) of that shop fired that sales girl, though and sent Oprah 10 bags to save face. LOL!

Anonymous said...

I thought Europeans were supposed to be "colorblind" and not at all racist like us race-obsessed Americans[/sarcasm].

Anonymous said...

that has got to be the dumbest trashy bitch to ever work in a store, there are hardly any blacks over there maybe 1 (Tina) so if a black come into your stanky ass store think this nigga got to have money all the over here, yep she racist as fuck and she got it from the owner.om Ford need to pull his shit from that KKK SHOP

Anonymous said...

I seen that bag, it is not worth 5k less known 40k you got to be a sucker to over-pay for that ordinary looking handbag

Anonymous said...

3:59,5:11

If you inbreds would stop thinking you are better than everybody, and stop profiling black people this kinda stuff wouldn't happen.

You are defending the stupid bitch. Don't you white devils ever get tired of acting so superior to everybody? its sickening.

Hope she lost her job.

Anonymous said...

1:54pm
You are so right. If a bum ass white woman came in the same store they would have offer her a drink while she shopped. 3:39pm&5:11pm are racist they can not stand a black woman that has all that money.

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