(Roundups | Not Always Right)May Top Story Roundup: From running thieves to running children, May’s top stories were filled with customers with nothing mentally running upstairs! Dovahkiin’s Da...
(Restaurant | Boone, NC, USA)(I am working to-go service at an chain restaurant. Note that we’re three doors down from another similar chain-restaurant that also has to-go service.) Customer: &...
(Pet Store | Columbus, OH, USA)(It’s late one evening when a customer walks into the store, obviously not feeling well. Our store emails coupons to loyal customers.) Customer: “I have cou...
(Bank | Texas, USA)(A caller is on the phone applying for a loan. We get to the part with his income.) Me: “Okay, where are you employed?” Caller: “I don’t work. I sell blood....
(Retail | Dublin, Ireland)(I work at a small counter in my store that sells the company’s own brand condoms. A female customer comes to the condom counter with a complaint. I’m busy with ...
(Cruise Ship | USA)(Note: I am a passenger on a cruise ship with my father. I am in my early 20′s and my father is in his late 50′s. We are in the elevator with some other passengers on o...
(Home Improvement | Somerset, UK)(An elderly lady comes in and tells me she wants to look at flooring. As I’m under strict orders not to leave the tills, I direct her to the flooring while I ge...
(Zoo | USA)(At our zoo, during certain times of the day, guests can buy lettuce to feed our giraffes on an observation deck. One day a man comes up with his family carrying a couple of leafy branches...
(Video Game Store | Vancouver, BC, Canada)(I am overhearing a heated argument between a very rude customer and my manager.) Customer: “This game isn’t working like it’s supposed to....
(Print Shop | Sacramento, CA, USA)(A customer comes in asking for a quote.) Customer: “Hi, how much will it cost for 600 single-sided flyers?” Me: “That’d be [price].” C...
(Retail | Ontario, Canada)(Our store credit card has recently changed banks it affiliates with, so everyone with our store credit card was given notice on every bill for a few months before they rece...
(Video Game Store | USA)Customer: “You guys buy games, right?” Me: “That’s right.” Customer: “Any games, right?” Me: “Unless we have several of them in...
(Bookstore | Toronto, Ontario, Canada)(A woman walks up to the register with four pages out of four different books: a Grisham, a Kinsella, a King and a Straub.) Me: “Did you find these pages l...
(Theater | St. Louis, MO, USA)(I work in the box office of a live theater. An elderly woman and her granddaughter approach me.) Customer: “I want to see [show] tonight. I need you to find me go...
(Home Improvement | Oklahoma, USA)Customer: “What’s the difference between these two water heater gas lines?” Me: “One is two feet long, and one is four feet long.” Cust...
(Tea Shop | Indiana, USA)(I work at a farmer’s market. One customer is a Thursday regular who always buys single teabags.) Customer: “I am looking for a good green tea.” Me: “...
(Bar | Tasmania, Australia)Customer: “Can I have a champagne and lemonade?” Me: “So, that’s a champagne with lemonade in it?” Customer: *annoyed* “Yes, yes!”...
(Restaurant | Pennsylvania, USA)Me: “We’re making magic here at Ch—” Caller: “Sexy voice for a sexy lady, eh?” Me: “I’m sorry?” Caller: “Ye...
(Coffee Shop | Michigan, USA)(I work as a barista at my local coffee shop.) Customer: “I’d like a coffee to go.” Me: “Awesome, did you want the small size or the big one?̶...
(Office Supply Store | Coon Rapids, MN, USA)(It’s about a week before Christmas. A man who is in the camera section for literally three hours finally comes up to be rung up. He is just buying a...
(Restaurant | USA)(I work at a restaurant that sells pizzas that have been “kissed by the flame,” meaning they are cooked in a wood-fired oven. An older gentleman comes up to me at the ca...
(Department Store | Vancouver, Canada)Customer: *rushes into the store* “I need a battery.” Me: “Sure, what type of battery do you need?” Customer: “It’s for my ho...
(Grocery Store | USA)(Note: we sell almost any kind of vegetables at our grocery store.) Customer: *checks a list* “A pound of [incomprehensible], please.” Me: “Could you repeat tha...
(Retail | Michigan, USA)Me: “Welcome to [business name]. How can I help you?” Couple: “We need a carpet cleaner. We saw this one in the ad.” Me: “It’s right over h...
(Hotel | Grapevine, TX, USA)(I am working in guest care at a hotel. It’s the morning after “springing forward”, and a guest calls down to ask the time.) Guest: “What’s t...
(Retail | Finland)(I work in a shoe store. A customer comes over to me with a pair of shoes.) Customer: “What material are these shoes made of? Are they made of leather?” Me: “No, they are synthetic....
(Call Center | Maryland, USA)(I work nights in a call center. Tonight, I am taking calls for a company that handles electric repairs for farm equipment and generators. Since they have “Electric...
(Grocery Store | Adelaide, SA, Australia)Customer: “Excuse me. How much are your peaches?” Me: “We don’t have peaches at the moment, ma’am, sorry.” Customer: ̶...
(Grocery Store | Chicago, IL, USA)(It’s the end of the day at the grocery deli. Most of the other customers have left. I am just about to start closing up when a last customer walks up. He is w...
(Retail | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia)(I work in a small shopping centre with about 15 shops. One of our regular gentlemen had come into the store to buy his lotto tickets for the week. I n...
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