Posted on 06/21/2005 6:33:26 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Probably someone who has the same experience in a different store.
"when she tried the door, they refused her entry because they have been having trouble with North Africans."
If they were having "problems" why not hire good security? The self-described tolerant French strikes again.
"when she tried the door, they refused her entry"
Was this captured on tape?
Many people would spend large sums of money to have seen this.
Yup! The good old American way. Take your money somewhere else. It works every time.
Maybe she pushed when it said "pull."
mini-me Zulu?
More like Sulu-Zulu........
Okay, so the French do have some good qualities after all...
The shop employees just didn't recognize that Oprah is THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD. Perhaps her show isn't broadcast in Paris.
I think the majority of French citizens don't know who Winfrey is and small wonder why it happened. But yet, if you read the story she did finally get in, probably because the store's manager probably knew who Winfrey is (and would be more than welcome to lighten her wallet a bit! 
).
There's a little good in everyone.
ping
Aren't these kinds of "shopgirl" snobs hilarious? I guess the schlubs who have the money to purchase whatever it is they are selling are supposed to associate the high end brand with them personally, and accord them due respect. We all know that they really come from posh, top drawer families, have the best education and connections, and are only working at a furniture store in Greenwich or a Jaguar dealership to pass the time. Yeah, right. It may be true if the salesperson is still in college or married to a rich spouse, but otherwise?
That goes double for French snobs hawking overpriced scarves, handbags, and shoes at Hermes.
The luxury store Hermes has apologized to Oprah Winfrey for turning her away from one of its Paris boutiques last week, saying it was closed for a public relations event when she came knocking.
The talk-show host and "an entourage" unsuccessfully tried to enter an Hermes boutique on Paris' posh Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore at 6:45 p.m. on June 14, Hermes said in a statement.
"People were in the store and they were shopping. Oprah was at the door and she was not allowed into the store," Gayle King, a friend of Winfrey who witnessed the incident, told syndicated TV show "Entertainment Tonight." "Oprah describes it herself as `one of the most humiliating moments of her life."'
King said it's unlikely that Winfrey will shop there again. "She's really OK. Her position is, `I will shop where people appreciate my business, and I don't believe that any longer includes Hermes,"' King said.
The store's normal closing time is 6:30 p.m., although high-end shops are known to make exceptions for celebrities. On that particular night, however, "a private public relations event was being prepared inside," the statement from Hermes said.
"Hermes regrets not having been able to welcome Madame Oprah Winfrey and the people accompanying her to give them all the attention and service that Hermes is committed to giving each of its clients in the world," said the statement, released Tuesday. "Hermes expresses its sincere regrets for any misunderstanding that these circumstances could have caused."
A spokeswoman for Winfrey's Chicago-based Harpo Productions told The Associated Press Thursday the talk-show host plans to discuss her "Crash" moment when "The Oprah Winfrey Show" returns to the air in September.
"Crash" is a film dealing with race relations.
bttt
WTF???!!!
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