Luis Guillorme isn’t exactly used to striking out, but he couldn’t quite cut it in retail recently.
The bearded Mets infielder went undercover at MLB’s Flagship Store in Manhattan this week and tried his hand at selling jerseys. Of course Guillorme did yeoman’s work trying to steer customers to a certain blue-and-orange section of the store, to varying success.
If you’ve ever encountered that borderline pushy department store salesperson who doesn’t take “just browsing” as an answer, then you know what Guillorme was like in this role. When he tried to help out a father and son, who were both wearing Mets hats, the dad politely declined Guillorme’s assistance. But he was not giving up that easily.
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