The conversation literally started in this manner.
Me: I'm looking for a corner toilet.
Salesman: you don't want one of them they're rubbish.
Me: Why?
Salesman: They don't save any space to know.
Already I was thinking what a twat. This is not a good start and this 'salesman' made me feel annoyed and patronised at the same time. When I politely explained the constraining space considerations and that this was the best solution to where I needed a downstairs sanitary room built, he had to concede, that from a practical design point of view, this was the best solution.
However, he was still incredibly negative about the the whole idea mentioned on three more occasions that he hated corner toilets. He offered two choices but said categorically not to buy one manufacturer as it was incredibly expensive and not worth the money. That left me a choice of one.
Where this vitriol against a design concept came from my do not know or do not care.
I left the premises and went online and found exactly what I wanted, at half the price and delivered directly to my door.
Jewsons did not only lose a one-off sale but also the opportunity of selling me all the other bits I needed his particular project.
Thank God the Internet
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