A salesperson helps you find what you want, and buy it from them. These people are useful occasionally, and only when they are actually knowledgeable about the

A salesperson helps you find what you want, and buy it from them. These people are useful occasionally, and only when they are actually knowledgeable about the products. An advertiser tries to make you want something that you were not previously interested in. These people are the bane of my existence. I don't go shopping unless I already want something, and whatever that may be is extremely unlikely to match the thing that the advertiser is trying to push that day. Combining the two is a guaranteed-certain way to make me leave immediately, and avoid walking in to your store forevermore.