Don’t Mess With Oprah

If Oprah wants to come into your store and buy, let her! Last weekend while in France, Oprah wanted to make a pitstop at Hermes to buy a watch for her good friend Tina Turner. First the store clerk, then the manager turned her away just after 6:30 p.m. while customers were still browsing the store. They claimed they didn’t recognize her and have been having “problems with North Africans lately.” What a crock of bull. Everyone knows who Oprah is.

Of course, it’s always best not to mess with Oprah!

Hermès’ brusque treatment understandably came as a shock to someone who recently bought a dozen of the store’s Birkin bags, which can run $6,500. In fact, Oprah had just ordered another one.

After last weekend, she canceled that order.

We also hear she’s called Robert Chavez, president of Hermès in America, to inform him that, although she has long enjoyed his stores, she will no longer be shopping there.

We also hear she may share the incident with her 22 million-plus viewers.

I am more than sure the Hermes associates who dissed Oprah won’t be working there much longer, if they have’t already been axed.

Source: Daily Dish - Snub a pocketbook issue to Oprah