Retail Employee Stories Part 6: The Life & Tragedies Of GrilledWitOnions

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[quote name='GrilledWitOnions']Wow I actually would really like to shop where you work, sounds consistently cheap. Problem is that people have no concept of cheap, in my experience. They will consistently pay too much for everything in life, and it probably leads them to think that everything is overpriced everywhere, without actually knowing how to compare and shop around.

I would buy a soda every day for $0.60 if I could, that's a great price IMO, especially if they are name brand.[/QUOTE]

Yeah it's a $0.99 store so stuff isn't expensive. The problem is that not everything is $0.99 anymore and some items are over that since costs have gone up so much (what other business doesn't raise its prices?), and the reaction has been horrible. When someone complains we explain that gas costs have made items go up and we had no choice and basically say nicely, if you don't want to pay that much, don't buy it. We are only talking maybe 20 items or so out of thousands but people act like you are stealing from them by charging $1.19 for an item for example even though we took down the signs that say everything 99 cents or less last year, and have a sign up explaining some items are more than that.
 
OH I had no idea this had happened at 99 cent stores. We have a dollar tree in my town, wonder if it's still just a dollar there... hmm. And come to think of it, yeah, there is a fridge in the dollar tree (which I think was 99 cent store before?) with cans of coke. It's right next to the theater, so when I used to go to the movies in our towns crappy theater, I would head there first to get stuff, like soda and candy.
 
[quote name='GrilledWitOnions']Problem is that people have no concept of cheap, in my experience.

I would buy a soda every day for $0.60 if I could, that's a great price IMO, especially if they are name brand.[/quote]

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[quote name='Bezerker']:roll:[/quote]
Alllllright, let me go ahead and qualify this I guess.

If you are getting PACKS of soda, yes per soda it's probably cheaper if you look around. But I have not seen a lot of name brand soda in single can form under 50 cents. My experience is limited and I don't buy a lot of soda, but from what I've seen it's usually higher. Maybe I've just forgotten how cheap soda is?
 
A single can is really cheap for 0.59. I think most big chain stores sell pepsi/coke brand soda bottles for 1.19-1.50 per soda (with the exception of newer products and Vault that seem to be stuck at .99).
 
This happened last night at the video rental store I work at:

*A couple is walking around the store as I'm putting up movies and I overhear this*

Man to his pregnant girlfriend: Want to rent a porn?
Pregnant girlfriend: *points to her stomach* Don't you think we've watched enough porn?
 
59 cents seems about average here.
You can get them for 50-75 cents in soda machines, which are all over, and store brand sodas at fry's for 25 cents, which is really cheap.
 
I think I'm actually developing an anger issue with stupid people.

Lady is on a computer and I walk up to ask her if she had any questions I could answer.
Her: Could I use this computer?
Me: Sure, go ahead.
Me: *notices she opens up internet explorer* Oh, we don't have any internet here.
Her: Not even Hotmail?
And that's when I walked away.

A man is asking about a laptop fan that we had and he wanted to know all about it.
Me: Oh, well, it plugged into the USB port and it turns on whenever the computer is turned on to make sure it keeps cool.
Him: How about only when the processor turns on? *exactly what he said*
Me: No, this is always on whenever the computer that it is plugged into turns on, it draws power from the USB port.
Him: I used to have this one that only turned on when the processor turned on, whenever the computer was working hard, the fan would turn on.
Me: Well this fan is always on when the computer is on.
Him: But the one I had was only on when the processor was on-
Me: *interjecting* Sir, this is a different sort of fan.
Him: Oh.... alright.

Another customer
Lady: Excuse me, do you have any Wiis?
Me: No, we're sold out.
Lady: But you have games and accessories for it...
Me:... That's correct
Lady: So why don't you have any Wiis?
Me: Because we sold out.

Guy: Excuse me, can do you have any of those V-I-I machines?

And there was more, like another guy who repeated exactly what I'd just said 3 times in question form, as if from the moment I first tell him to the time he questions every detail about it is going to change. It's gotten to the point where I refuse to talk to idiots more than I have to, more often then not if someone asks me something stupid, I say as little as possible, and make motions towards their information.
 
[quote name='Scorch']Haha, the V-I-I. I've also heard the W-eleven, the W-I 2, the W 2 and the Why.[/QUOTE]

Well there is the KenSingTon Sport Vii. Don't believe me..... let Ashen's tell you all about it below.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wed_bW8iiEw[/media]
 
Yesterday some brings up 2 bags of candy up to the register. They are small bags pre-priced at $0.30. That isn't much of a deal so we discount it and sell them for $0.20 each. She asks us if they are 2 for $0.99. We tell her no and before we can tell her how much they are, she gets all annoyed thinking they are $0.99 each. It's bad enough she thought something pre-priced at $0.30 would be $0.49 each but she didn't give us a chance to tell her they are $0.20 each. All she said was "Oh" when we told her.

I am also glad back to school sales are over. We have the same low prices all year. For example Rite Aid this past week had some notebooks for $0.33 that are normall $3.39 every other week of the year. We sell those same notebooks for $0.99 every day. Someone comes in and asks how much they are, we tell them the price and they say how Rite Aid is 1/3 of the price so they have us beat this week but they are OOS. Other people ask if we can pricematch those type of deals. Why should we, just because other stores have loss leaders and then are going to be charging 2 - 3 times as much as us when it isn't on sale. We explain that but nobody seems to care.
 
I've had a few rumbling around my head the past few weeks but I'd always forgotten to write them down here.

There's a family whom are looking at a specific TV and we can't find any more boxes for the tv down below. I call over the radio to see how many we have and I'm informed over the radio, in front of the whole family, that we only have 1 on hand. Then the father pipes up:
Father:"So you have one in a box?"
Me:"No, the display is the last one we have"
Son:"But it said that you have one on hand, doesn't that mean you have one hidden away somewhere?"
Me:"No, the computer said we only had one available, which means that the display that we're currently looking at, is the only one we have."
Mother:"But shouldn't you have one in a box somewhere for us?"
Me:"We're sold out of every single one in a box except for the one we're currently standing in front of, that's the only one in this whole building."

About a half hour goes by after I get away from them and they're asking about a specific prepaid cell phone that we're selling.
Father:"We want to know what this feels like"
Me:"Unfortunately, we weren't given a display, and we can't really open a box, it's about the size of a razr over at the cell phone kiosk."
Son:"We just want to know what this one feels like, it's not like it's that hard of a question"
Me: *thinking, no shit sherlock* "I can't open a box without it being unable to be sold later, I could always call over a supervisor if you'd like?"
Father:"whatever, if we don't like it, we'll just take it back!"

Then there was a man who assumed I was omniscient.
Man:"Do you have any philips headphones?"
Me:"No, we sold out a while ago."
Man:"Really, you just had them a month ago."
Me:Yeah, they sell out pretty fast.
Man: Do you have any other headphones?
Me:No, only these earbuds right here *and I point them to him*
Man:How do these compare to the philips ones?
Me:I'm not sure, I've never tried them myself, although people say they're pretty good
Man: Do they cancel out noise pretty well?
Me:I don't know, they do say that they're noise isolating though.
Man: Do they cover your ear, or are they too small?
Me: Sir, I've never used them, I have no personal idea

Then there was a kid who thought he was a hacker. I could see he was doing something not normal on the computer so I would walk by and watch what he was doing, one of the times I asked if he had any questions and he acted all sheepish and said no. Then when his dad was watching behind him one time, I walked up to him and asked what he was doing. His father pipes up "Oh, he thought he was able to get around your security, he's so cute!" I just wanted to backhand the kid. After he left, I looked at what he did on the computer and all it was, was an icon to internet explorer and nothing else.
 
[quote name='sonderiaom']Then there was a kid who thought he was a hacker. I could see he was doing something not normal on the computer so I would walk by and watch what he was doing, one of the times I asked if he had any questions and he acted all sheepish and said no. Then when his dad was watching behind him one time, I walked up to him and asked what he was doing. His father pipes up "Oh, he thought he was able to get around your security, he's so cute!" I just wanted to backhand the kid. After he left, I looked at what he did on the computer and all it was, was an icon to internet explorer and nothing else.[/QUOTE]

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Ahhh, 1980's hacking. Good times.
 
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Ahhh, 1980's hacking. Good times.[/quote]

I remember doing that on the ancient Apple II's, but I learned how to make it all flash as it scrolled. My one computer lab teacher was NOT amused with my choice of phrases though. :lol:

There was actually an exploit for AOL about 3-4 years ago which let you make it appear as if very offensive screen names were in the chat rooms. I swear, whoever used to program the new versions of AOL must've been pretty high when they did it.
 
Don't have much to share anymore since I got a new job doing data entry, but I did come across this:
One of the clients I was entering data for was requesting info on something called SSH; if you've never heard of it, as I've not, it's Sonic Hedgehog homolog. It's a gene in hedgehogs. It blew my mind.
And following some references in Wikipedia brought me to the equally humorous Zbtb7, a gene that may act as a master switch for cancer. It was originally called POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic factor, or Pokemon for short. Pokemon may cause cancer.

The medical community is so freaking weird.
 
Kind of minor but still annoyed me. We sell 5 sticks of Wrigley gum, the kind that is pre-priced for $0.35 for $0.20, so almost 50% off the MSRP. Someone brings up 2 packs, and says these are 2 for $0.20 right? I say no and show her the sign that says $0.20 each. She puts them back and gets annoyed. I felt like telling her to go to CVS down the street and pay $0.35 for 1 if $0.20 isn't good enough.
 
I wish people could listen to themselves talk sometimes.

There was a couple looking at a blu-ray player and I asked if they had any questions.
Stupid woman customer: Does this play those dvd things?
Me: Yeah, it'll even make it look better on a HD screen.
SWC: where do you put them?
Me: *I open up the tray* Right here, where you would put the blu-rays.
SWC: You put them in at the same time?
Me: No, you can only put in one at a time.
SWC: But that's too small, I'm not talking about those round dvd things, I'm talking about those boxy dvd things.
Me: *thinking she couldn't be that stupid* You mean vhs tapes? About the size of a book?
SWC: Yeah, those are the ones!

There was also a customer who was about 20 feet away from me and yelled at me asking if we had Rock Band. When I shook my head and said no, she then asked where they were in a very excited voice.

And this isn't a stupid customer that I encountered, just a stupid person. I was out shopping somewhere and after I'd parked my car, I looked in the back of a truck cab I was passing and there was an animal carrier there. And all over the single side I was looking at, had to have been 5 times at least was the phrase "LIFE ANIMALS". It hurts me sometimes.
 
A few days ago, just after opening, I'm ringing and a lady has a return. 2 more ladies are behind her, so I call another cashier. Lady #1 (second in line, behind the return) goes over to be rung out. Lady #2 (3rd in line, behind lady #1) follows shortly thereafter. A couple with some frames gets in my line, I finish ringing the return and start ringing the frames. Pretty soon, I spot lady #2 from the corner of my eye- she's moved to directly in between the 2 registers, and announces at the top of her lungs, "This is the Worst Costumer Service I've EVER seen! I'M next in line!!!" Apparently, lady #1's products had bad barcodes and needed to be hand-typed in, and something came up on 90% clearance, so she went to get more. When lady #1 comes back about 10 seconds later, she lays into her for being horribly rude, and if she'd just paid, she could have bought her things and been on her way. I finish with the frame folks- lady #2 bolts over before I can tell her I'm open and grumbles about how awful the whole thing was and she's so glad she doesn't live around here and so on.

Y'know, it amazes me that for all that, it didn't occur to her to ask for another cashier. We could've gotten one, or I could've cleared lady #1's transaction (you need a supervisor/manager to void a whole purchase.) Instead, she waits until it's too late to fix, then whines. How does that help? :roll:
 
[quote name='DuelLadyS']A few days ago, just after opening, I'm ringing and a lady has a return. 2 more ladies are behind her, so I call another cashier. Lady #1 (second in line, behind the return) goes over to be rung out. Lady #2 (3rd in line, behind lady #1) follows shortly thereafter. A couple with some frames gets in my line, I finish ringing the return and start ringing the frames. Pretty soon, I spot lady #2 from the corner of my eye- she's moved to directly in between the 2 registers, and announces at the top of her lungs, "This is the Worst Costumer Service I've EVER seen! I'M next in line!!!" Apparently, lady #1's products had bad barcodes and needed to be hand-typed in, and something came up on 90% clearance, so she went to get more. When lady #1 comes back about 10 seconds later, she lays into her for being horribly rude, and if she'd just paid, she could have bought her things and been on her way. I finish with the frame folks- lady #2 bolts over before I can tell her I'm open and grumbles about how awful the whole thing was and she's so glad she doesn't live around here and so on.

Y'know, it amazes me that for all that, it didn't occur to her to ask for another cashier. We could've gotten one, or I could've cleared lady #1's transaction (you need a supervisor/manager to void a whole purchase.) Instead, she waits until it's too late to fix, then whines. How does that help? :roll:[/quote]

It took the first lady 10 seconds to find more of the clearance items? That's pretty fast, I wouldn't mind waiting 10 seconds. Any longer though, and I'd expect the cashier to tell the first lady that the way a supermarket works is you get your products then you get in line, not the other way around. Admittedly the second lady handled it pretty badly, but sometimes it's tough to take your lumps just because a cashier won't lay down the rules.

To be honest, one of my pet peeves is when service people give special treatment to certain customers. For example - at my library (volunteers I know) there was one checkout librarian and a long line. Everytime the phone would ring (which was almost constantly) the librarian would stop helping people in line to answer it and finish the call even if it involved seeing if a book was in stock or recommending research materials and checking availability. If people take the time to come to your place of business, you should service them first and put the people who call on hold. If there's no space to do both, you should at least give the people standing in line with a transaction more attention then someone who just picked up a phone from the comfort of their house.
 
[quote name='camoor']It took the first lady 10 seconds to find more of the clearance items? That's pretty fast, I wouldn't mind waiting 10 seconds.[/QUOTE]

At 90% off? I bet some CAGs here could beat that time.
 
[quote name='camoor']It took the first lady 10 seconds to find more of the clearance items? That's pretty fast, I wouldn't mind waiting 10 seconds. Any longer though, and I'd expect the cashier to tell the first lady that the way a supermarket works is you get your products then you get in line, not the other way around. Admittedly the second lady handled it pretty badly, but sometimes it's tough to take your lumps just because a cashier won't lay down the rules.
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It was a few seconds from yell to lady #1's return- I honestly don't know how long she was actually gone, my register faces away from the others, so I didn't know there was anything going on till her 'announcement'.

As for the cashier not doing anying... it's becuase we can't. You need a manager/supervisor to void a transaction, so if they take off, you're kinda SOL unless you void each item out 1 at a time- not really an option when you have to hand-key everything that person has. What annoyed us was if she just asked, we would have easily been able to get a 3rd cashier or a manager for a void. Can't quite figure out why she thought screaming after it all would help.

As far as phones go- store policy says cashiers are the phone-getters, and we have to answer within 3 rings. It's actually pretty annoying, I'd much rather deal with the people actually in the store first. At the very least, I try to dump them on hold ASAP, finish with my current customer, then take a second to pass the call onto someone else before picking up with the next one. Which in turn, results in "I need blah-blah, and don't put me on hold becuase I'm calling long distance." Not that that works, mind you... :bouncy:

[quote name='rainking187']At 90% off? I bet some CAGs here could beat that time.[/QUOTE]

I think if CAGs cared about the crap we sold, we'd never have to throw out old product. Not too many gamers buying scrapbook paper and foamie jewelry kits, tho'.
 
It's the same way at my store, you can't void an order so if you are in the middle of ringing, you have to wait for them to come back if they need an item. People get so impatient if they have to wait 2 - 3 minutes in line. It seems like only where I work they don't have the patience but they will wait 10 minutes with 1 register open at KMart.
 
I used to be a cart boy at a retailer and I witnessed the biggest shit ever. It looked to be about the width of my arm and about 6 inches. The thing was un-natural. For someone to have that inside of them, then poop it out...Must have been like giving birth but out of your ass to a turdbaby My phone at the time did not have a camera.
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[quote name='rainking187']At 90% off? I bet some CAGs here could beat that time.[/quote]

For the 90% off games at Kmart, I've waited upwards of 30-40 minutes at times, but only because I know they'd be gone if I got frustrated and left and came back some other day. Plus, with their policy of not selling anything thats out of system anymore, I can't just wait till the stuff comes up 'check shelf' and have them manually look up the 90% off price anymore.

[quote name='Monstarr']I used to be a cart boy at a retailer and I witnessed the biggest shit ever. It looked to be about the width of my arm and about 6 inches. The thing was un-natural. For someone to have that inside of them, then poop it out...Must have been like giving birth but out of your ass to a turdbaby My phone at the time did not have a camera. :puke:[/quote]

I'm still trying to figure out how the hell someone squeezed out a log into a urinal at the one Kmart I was at on the PA/NY border. I mean, the floor wasn't messed up as if they had urinated on it while squeezing it out, so either they cleaned it up or they have some incredible control(and balance).

As for me, I won't go into my bathroom habits, but I have made a monster at times. :whistle2:# They're more painful than you can imagine.
 
To preface, we have two samsung products, both a moniter and a tv; boxes look almost exactly the same except for a little addition of HD at the end of the product number. So it turned out that there was a guy returning one of these things and when I went over to check to see what was wrong with it, I'd asked what was wrong, just as a formality.

Him: "Oh, it's not a tv, it's just a moniter."
Me: *I check the package* "It is a tv, it says right here: tv."
Him: Well it's not, and it doesn't allow me to hang it on the wall.
Me: Yeah, the Samsungs don't have that for some reason.
Him: Ah well, it was a good product, but only if you needed a moniter.
And at that point I walk away. It had tv tuners in it, had hdmi/component hook ups, but clearly said it was TV on the side of it.

And there was a guy that wasn't stupid, just rude in what he did. I was trying to explain all the details on a tv, and for some reason, one of the details slipped my mind. Right after I'd said something to the affect that "I knew it but it's on the tip of my toungue" he smacks me in the back of the head. My reflex was to smack him back in the face or so, but held back because probably wouldn't've been good for my job.

And there was another person who I'd actually known since I was a kid. She was trying to fit a microwave into a specific area and wanted to know the dimensions, so after I pull out my tape measure, she snatches it out of my hand and starts measuring it herself, right as I was about to do it. I glance over at her son and he just rolls his eyes.

Then we get the people who assume we hide all the good things until they ask. I work in a big-box store so they can clearly see almost all of our stock, but are sure that just because we don't have the camera or laptop out where we have all of the others, if they ask I'll magically produce the exact one they need. And sadly, there are many who are surprised that I can't do this.
 
Yeah, see, putting your hands on an employee is a huge no-no. I give you credit for being able to hold back, most people would've hit back purely on instinct.

Seriously, what kind of guy thinks it's okay to hit an employee?
 
[quote name='007']Yeah, see, putting your hands on an employee is a huge no-no. I give you credit for being able to hold back, most people would've hit back purely on instinct.

Seriously, what kind of guy thinks it's okay to hit an employee?[/quote]

Agreed. Props to sonderiaom on holding back. :applause:
 
Wow, some people are real assholes. Who the hell hits an employee for forgetting the detail of a fucking TV..

but ya, kudos to not stooping to his level (I would've personally :p)
 
I wouldn't have hit him, but I would have told him to get the fuck out before I called the cops.

If you don't want someone doing it to you, don't do it to them. It's amazing that people don't get that- it's pretty basic. :roll:
 
[quote name='DaftPunkFan37']Wow, some people are real assholes. Who the hell hits an employee for forgetting the detail of a fucking TV..

but ya, kudos to not stooping to his level (I would've personally :p)[/quote]

Thanks everyone, but it's not like he tried to wallup me on the back of the head, I understood it after a bit, he was trying to "knock the bit loose" as it were; just at the time, my reflex was "I'm being hit, time to hit back".


And these one people showed up today which just showed how terrible some people could be. I was walking around asking people if they needed help, and I come across one couple who was looking at a 73' tv. Right after I ask if they need help, she tells her husband that finally there's someone here to help and I think to myself, alright, whatever. So they start asking about the tv and I give some details and they ask if we deliver. When I say that we don't, she asks why not. I say that it's not something that we do, but we do have a thing where they'll put the tv stand together, and I'll certainly remember this for a while; she said "Well so what the hell does that mean, you can deliver the tv, but you'll show up and put the stand together and then leave, what the hell do you do, you're useless!" I just look away to calm myself and all the while the husband is being nicer than anything, trying to calm her down for some reason without doing too much, so after I pretty much walk away, I make sure to mention to "Have a good day SIR" emphasis on the to guy.
 
My favorite moment was a few weeks ago. I take great pleasure in thwarting ebay resellers. I had one woman come in and try to buy three Wii's. I told her that we were limiting it to one per customer (which we were). She asked if I was serious. I assured her that I wasn't kidding. She asked if she could leave the store and come back in and buy another. I replied "No, I'll still know who you are." She got mad. She bought one anyway.
 
[quote name='Scorch']My favorite moment was a few weeks ago. I take great pleasure in thwarting ebay resellers. I had one woman come in and try to buy three Wii's. I told her that we were limiting it to one per customer (which we were). She asked if I was serious. I assured her that I wasn't kidding. She asked if she could leave the store and come back in and buy another. I replied "No, I'll still know who you are." She got mad. She bought one anyway.[/QUOTE]
Wii resellers were one of my top motivations for getting the fuck out of retail. It's seriously draining to constantly tell people that we don't Wiis, but we would have them on whatever Sunday. And of course when Sunday comes, they all go to the people ("people") that want to make $25 on Craig's List. For 18 months straight. And I didn't even work in a game store... or the electronics department.
 
People still never cease to amaze me in their ignorance. I was walking around talking to people of course, asking if they needed any help, and there was a couple near some of the safes that we have there. I ask them if they need help and the guy says that he's having difficulty with changing the safe code. And right before I ask too much more, he says "And I know it's not me, I have a masters". So I ask if he's followed the instructions, and he has. And he describes a problem that he's unable to move the handle correctly, so while putting the instructions back into the safe, I notice a little notice on the inside of the door attached to a screw: "To activate lock, remove this screw", huge sign, attached right to the inside of the door, couldn't miss it. I point it out to him, and he says that "his must not have had that warning". But the way he was acting was just so arrogant about it, that because he had a masters, he must've been infallible.

And then I get people who are ignorant of blood-borne pathogens. "Oh, I can't try on the earrings? Why not? I promise I don't have anything."
 
Had one lady really annoy the piss out of me the other day. She stopped me on my way in to ask where the coax cables were. I point them out and she asks if we have anything long. I point them out and go about setting my stuff down. I walk by her and she asks, "do you have anything shorter?" I don't know why her being fickle annoyed me so much but I asked her with a little agitation, "What size do you need?" She responded with "I don't know." I walked away. I wanted to throttle her.
 
We close at 5:00, I was letting the other employee out at 5:06 since I had to finish with a few things. The lights are off, registers are put away, everything is shut down. I guy comes to the door with his daughter saying she needs stuff for some school project. I told him the registers were shut down. He said he would pay with cash. I knew it would take at least 10 minutes to shop and I had somewhere to go so I told him no. He got very annoyed. Sorry but besides the fact it is dangerous to be in the store without another employee, I wasn't going to sit around for 15+ minutes after we close just because he couldn't get there by 5:00.

Another one today was I was ringing up someone's order. They put their basket on the register and I took each item out to ring it up. She had 3 purple tablecloths and 1 red tablecloth. After the transaction was over, she said she never bought the red one and it must have been on the counter and I rung it up by mistake. No way since I took it out of her basket so she must have put it there. At least admit that it was your mistake.
 
Used to work at Blockbuster back in 2003. I remember one lady trying to buy Manhunt for her 7 year old thinking the "M" rating meant "Magnificent". (I'm seriously not kidding). When I told her how violent the game actually is, she didn't buy it for her kid. I then had to explain that "M" meant "Mature" not "Magnificent". I'm now working for Petco. Not so many stupid customers there. We do get a few that think they're in PetsMart though.
 
[quote name='RatchetJunkie20']Used to work at Blockbuster back in 2003. I remember one lady trying to buy Manhunt for her 7 year old thinking the "M" rating meant "Magnificent". (I'm seriously not kidding). When I told her how violent the game actually is, she didn't buy it for her kid. I then had to explain that "M" meant "Mature" not "Magnificent". I'm now working for Petco. Not so many stupid customers there. We do get a few that think they're in PetsMart though.[/quote]

LOL

reminds me of the time I worked for Blockbuster. They decided to close the location, and put up big signs on the front that read "Store Closing Sale" and other various things. I had someone come up to me and ask, "so where is the store moving too" I simply said, it's not moving, it's closing.. Needless to say they called me a smart ass and left :roll:
 
[quote name='MrDubbs']LOL

reminds me of the time I worked for Blockbuster. They decided to close the location, and put up big signs on the front that read "Store Closing Sale" and other various things. I had someone come up to me and ask, "so where is the store moving too" I simply said, it's not moving, it's closing.. Needless to say they called me a smart ass and left :roll:[/quote]
Blockbuster has probably the dumbest customers around. I have no idea why, they just seem to flock to it.

Not a customer story, but at work the other day at my new job (data entry, plus I answer the phone and basically route it to whatever person), I get a call from some girl that basically said she had applied for the job I was now doing, and was checking up on it... a little awkward. Don't think she'd have any way of knowing I had the job she wanted, but it was still pretty weird.

Or maybe my job's not as secure as I think... :fridge:

(Thought the fridge smiley could use some love)
 
I feel so angry right now

I was in the back of the store putting together everything for today's sales since we close in 30 minutes. We have 1 person at the register while I am in the back working on the sales. The cashier called me up to get him some rolls of coins. I brought them up and there were 3 customers waiting in line. I brought him his change and started to leave asking him if he needed help bagging. He said he was ok. 1 of the 3 customer's said, "aren't you going to help ring us up?" I said no I am on a register and left. She said it in a mean tone and I thought to myself, just for that she can wait the extra 1 or 2 minutes.

My cashier them tells me that 2 of the 3 customer's said how we have bad customer service since I didn't help. Sorry but my register was shut down, and I wasn't going to bring it out just to ring up 1 or 2people. I hate that it seems like only in this store they get impatient with a line. KMart has 1 register open most of the time with 5+ people in line and that seems to be ok, same with Circuit City which usually doesn't have any register open and makes you check out at customer service and if they are doing other stuff like returns, you have to wait.

Not quite as bad but on Friday night we had 2 customers walk out for being overpriced. The items? A $0.50 posterboard (the customer said they should be $0.33). Yeah go waste gas driving who knows where to save your stupid $0.17. The other one was an extension cord for $1.19. We only sell UL extension cords which means they have to be sold for $0.20 more but I guess were are $0.19 too much for that customer.
 
[quote name='GrilledWitOnions']Don't have much to share anymore since I got a new job doing data entry, but I did come across this:
One of the clients I was entering data for was requesting info on something called SSH; if you've never heard of it, as I've not, it's Sonic Hedgehog homolog. It's a gene in hedgehogs. It blew my mind.
And following some references in Wikipedia brought me to the equally humorous Zbtb7, a gene that may act as a master switch for cancer. It was originally called POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic factor, or Pokemon for short. Pokemon may cause cancer.

The medical community is so freaking weird.[/quote]

I just reposted that on my genetics class bulletin board. :rofl:
 
I work at walmart (im a cashier up front now, but at the time this happenned I was a sales associate in lawn and garden) anyway we had plenty of help on this day except the door greeter for lawn and garden didn't show up, so my manger told me to sit by the door and check receipts since we had more than enough help on the floor right now.

I was sitting there, checking receipts......being bored since I wasn't allowed to leave that area unless somone else took my place, and this woman comes up "where are the fucking carts?" (now this is lawn and garden, there are no carts......the carts are at the front end of the store) I say "at the front of the store, would you like me to -" she cut me off "what the hell? my mother is 80 fucking years old and she needs a cart" (keep in mind, her mother is in the door behind her with a cart saying "i've already got one" during the whole time im getting cussed at) so the lady says "go get me a cart and do your fucking job".......I said "im not allowed to leave this area, let me get somone" I stood up and she got in my face "go get me a god damn cart" at this point my co worker came up and asked what was going on, she said "i asked this prick 5 times to get me a cart and he wont".

My co worker kept saying that i wasn't allowed to leave the area, anyway while my co worker is talking to her, I go inside to tell the cashier to call management because we have to do this to cover ourselves, I went in and I told the cashier that there was this crazy woman cussing out me and (insert co workers name) because there were no carts, at that point the ladies mother starts cussing me out for calling her daughter crazy, I walk away from her without dignifying it with a response and go back outside where I tell the lady ill get her a cart, I start walking out into the parking lot to look for one and the lady says "HELLO ITS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR fuckING FACE" i looked back at her and she was pointing way to the far left behind a car out of my view.....LOL

anyway I walk towards it and my other co worker asked me what was going on, I said this lady wants a cart.

at that point she runs out of the store pointing and screaming at me, I told her to go talk to a manager if she has a problem with me, but im not getting her a cart anymore, she said ill do that and asks me for my name, i flipped my namebadge up and she said "jeremy! haha you wait prick"


She comes back with my manager about 30 minutes later and says "HERE HE IS, THAT GUY, HE WAS SITTING RIGHT HERE, i asked him for a cart for my old mother and he wouldnt get it for me, he rolled his eyes and went to complain to his friend over there about me"

I laughed, hard and uncontrollably, it was hilarious to me how much of a lie her story was, that just made her more mad, she continued to cuss me out in front of my manager for about 5 minutes straight, ranging from "you're a lazy fucking douchebag" to "you sit there all day as a greeter, get a real fucking job, I used to be in the national guard and I would lift 600 pounds of mulch every day"

sure.


anyway the manager asked if it was true, I said nope while I was still laughing at the lady (she was so pissed) and the manager told her "ill look into it" she agreed on her craziness after she left.


oh something else that's funny, the woman said "ILL NEVER fuckING SHOP HERE AGAIN"

I seen her 2 days later in grocery,
 
[quote name='Birakon']I work at walmart (im a cashier up front now, but at the time this happenned I was a sales associate in lawn and garden) anyway we had plenty of help on this day except the door greeter for lawn and garden didn't show up, so my manger told me to sit by the door and check receipts since we had more than enough help on the floor right now.

I was sitting there, checking receipts......being bored since I wasn't allowed to leave that area unless somone else took my place, and this woman comes up "where are the fucking carts?" (now this is lawn and garden, there are no carts......the carts are at the front end of the store) I say "at the front of the store, would you like me to -" she cut me off "what the hell? my mother is 80 fucking years old and she needs a cart" (keep in mind, her mother is in the door behind her with a cart saying "i've already got one" during the whole time im getting cussed at) so the lady says "go get me a cart and do your fucking job".......I said "im not allowed to leave this area, let me get somone" I stood up and she got in my face "go get me a god damn cart" at this point my co worker came up and asked what was going on, she said "i asked this prick 5 times to get me a cart and he wont".

My co worker kept saying that i wasn't allowed to leave the area, anyway while my co worker is talking to her, I go inside to tell the cashier to call management because we have to do this to cover ourselves, I went in and I told the cashier that there was this crazy woman cussing out me and (insert co workers name) because there were no carts, at that point the ladies mother starts cussing me out for calling her daughter crazy, I walk away from her without dignifying it with a response and go back outside where I tell the lady ill get her a cart, I start walking out into the parking lot to look for one and the lady says "HELLO ITS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR fuckING FACE" i looked back at her and she was pointing way to the far left behind a car out of my view.....LOL

anyway I walk towards it and my other co worker asked me what was going on, I said this lady wants a cart.

at that point she runs out of the store pointing and screaming at me, I told her to go talk to a manager if she has a problem with me, but im not getting her a cart anymore, she said ill do that and asks me for my name, i flipped my namebadge up and she said "jeremy! haha you wait prick"


She comes back with my manager about 30 minutes later and says "HERE HE IS, THAT GUY, HE WAS SITTING RIGHT HERE, i asked him for a cart for my old mother and he wouldnt get it for me, he rolled his eyes and went to complain to his friend over there about me"

I laughed, hard and uncontrollably, it was hilarious to me how much of a lie her story was, that just made her more mad, she continued to cuss me out in front of my manager for about 5 minutes straight, ranging from "you're a lazy fucking douchebag" to "you sit there all day as a greeter, get a real fucking job, I used to be in the national guard and I would lift 600 pounds of mulch every day"

sure.


anyway the manager asked if it was true, I said nope while I was still laughing at the lady (she was so pissed) and the manager told her "ill look into it" she agreed on her craziness after she left.


oh something else that's funny, the woman said "ILL NEVER fuckING SHOP HERE AGAIN"

I seen her 2 days later in grocery,[/quote]

I feel for you bro.. I don't really have any stories like yours since I've never worked in retail but I've worked in hospitals/schools/restaurants for the past 10 or so years.

1. I used to work at the most ghetto Applebee's in the city and people used to let me hit their blunts instead of giving me tips... pretty cool.

2. I remember this one woman gave me like $12 when her total was like $11.64 or something. When I pocketed the money she went to the manager to ask why I didn't give her change... I was like wtf? Here's your 36 cents you dumb whore... (Didn't actually say that). I believe my actual words were: Oh my mistake ma'am, here you are. The manager just shook his head when she left.
 
[quote name='PhrostByte']
1. I used to work at the most ghetto Applebee's in the city and people used to let me hit their blunts instead of giving me tips... pretty cool.[/quote]

That's pretty sick! :cool:
 
So, when people are leaving now, they are handing out coupons for the Black Friday craze. Of course, people are fools this season and only see that there are coupons and they could save some money, not the fact that they don't start till the 28th. However this one lady seemed particularly dense.

Her: Where is this item *pointing to item in black friday book*
Me: Oh, we don't have those out yet.
Her: Why not?
Me: well, those coupons aren't active yet.
Her: What?
Me: *thinking she hadn't heard* Those coupons aren't active.
Her: What does that mean?
Me: It means they can't be used just yet.
Her: Why?
Me: *getting frustrated* Because they're not active.
Her: What?
Me: *trying a different approach and bringing out my own coupon book* What date does it say on the front of this book?
Her: The 28th.
Me: And what date is it?
Her: I dunno
Me: *checking my phone* it's only the 15th, you have to wait till the 28th to use them.
 
Ok, this is a rather large list of all the weird quotes we've gotten where i work over the years. Some may be inside jokes and not all that funny but whatever, sorry if its a bit hard to read, copy/paste only goes so far:

[FONT=&quot]"We keep the resumes on fire."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Random Cordies"[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]You want a black angus?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]What the hell is a black angus?[/FONT]



[FONT=&quot]"Go Ahead and finish what you're doing, then start[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]something else."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]There's Nothing to do.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"What a whipoff"[/FONT]



[FONT=&quot]"You guys got any PSP3's?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you guys do refurbish?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do ya'll have any Wii-stations?"[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]"Do you have the Ultimate Game Boy Collection for PSP?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer on Phone[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Playstation 2 wont play X box. Will it?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer [/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]"super trucks racing , so its like racing but with trucks"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-same customer as above quote[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Im sure you guys are closed but can you hold on while I look through the PS2 games again. ( 10:21 pm )[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Yet again the same customer[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot](Standing in front of the PS1 rack)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]So , are these all like PS1 games?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Sorry we're closed." (To customer)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"Oh, you are?" (Walks in anyway)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot](10:15pm)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Some prick[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]"You guys got any of them guitars for the game hero?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-phone call[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"This uhh Gammmmeee place?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Phone call[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]" You like butt craaaaack !! " [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"What's your guys' phone number?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer on phone[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]" Hey man im on this cell phone , and the guy in the game store is listining to every word I say "[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]( Standing at counter yelling in to phone )[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"Its never rang on me before , its my first time using it!"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Some really weird guy[/FONT]



[FONT=&quot]"I've got a PSP game and i was wondering how you get it out of the case?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer on phone[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you have Madden '92 for the Playstation?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer on Phone[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Can you hold that for three days?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Same customer asking to hold the Genesis copy[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"There is no light in space."[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]"I got some computer games , like for computer."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Phone call[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you know where you guys are located?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer on phone[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you remember what time you came in?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"Its was either in the morning or in the evening."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I got pong , P O N G ( spelled it out )."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"This guy took a crap in a funnel and this other guy was puking , now thats my kind of movie!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Free willy is awesome!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Gamecube is Nintendo?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I paid you, Bitch"[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]"Can you get online and look up raves for me?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do y'all deliver?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Phone Call-[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'd like to schedule an appointment to pick that up."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Same Phone Call ^ -[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"How much do you give for Need for speed...R-...Rivels?" (you had to hear it to appreciate the mispronunciation).[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer on Phone[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I just want my cheese."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-customer trying to get a cash refund on an XBOX[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You got Grand Theft Auto 64"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"The reason I want the Curious George [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]is to make my sister beg because she likes Curious George."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Some girl that was like 7ish[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]-"That'll be $21.39"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-"Will $22 Get it?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]-"Are you guys hiring?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-"Not at the moment but we're always accepting resumes."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-"Can I have one?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you have Mario for the Playstation?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you guys have pokemon water?"[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]"Do you buy old dices?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Hi I was calling to see if you had a brick for 360"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"People can't be just walking in and buying a Wii, employees must be getting to them."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer on phone[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Have you seen the sword from 300? No ? I'll be right back."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]*Goes to his car and brings back 2 3ft swords*[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Can I have that Go Sudokio?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Is there any way you can hold this for about six days?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"My D&D character got laid, lucky bastard."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I aint in to that memory cards."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Does this door have a trick to get out?"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you have any of them Game Hero systems?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you want cash or store credit?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"I ain't got credit."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"Dad, what's credit?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Why are they shooting me daddy?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"Because you're killing them."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-4yr old kid playing "Just Cause"[/FONT]




[FONT=&quot]"Is there anything else i can trade to make it an even $10? I've got some rolling tobacco. Oh, and a really nice roach clip and a new bic lighter."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you have Warcraft for the Wii-Station?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"I'm pretty sure they didn't make warcraft for the Wii."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"Do you know anybody else that has them?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"Wii games?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"No, Warcraft for the Wii.....Station."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Phone Call[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you know where i can get any urine cleaner tonight?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"How much do you give for XBOX 360's?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"$100 for the system and $25 for the hard drive"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"So how much is that all together?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Phone call[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]*fart* Ohh, I’ve got a gas problem today."[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"They've got this game in Japan called Donkey Dong, it's like porn, only Donkey Kong. You should check it out."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Phone Call[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]-"I’m looking for a Zelda on Nintendo, It’s the 3rd one."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"You mean a link to the past on super?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"No, it’s the 3rd one on Nintendo...."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You got Tetris / Dr. Mario with Galager on it for PS1?"[/FONT]



[FONT=&quot]"Grand Theft Auto comes out next week; do you think that has anything to do with the robbery?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Fox 45 news[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Are y'all open all night?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Phone call[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you have Grand Theft Auto eye vee?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Phone Call[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I don't talk to black people!"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-5year old kid-[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"You'd get $4.50."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"That's robbery, you're fucking robbing people."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer trading in some 5 year old sports games[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"How much is that Zoo Tycoon 2?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"$29.99"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"That’s as much as it is in the store!"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you buy Sports Illustrated magazines?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Phone Call[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I could spend up to about dub-5 (25)."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]"Do you have Mr. Pac Man?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot](Holding a Resident Evil DVD)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"Is this a movie?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Same customer as above[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I've already got that Madden 09."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer on 6/2/08[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Have you had anyone bring in that many movies before?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer trading in 20 DVD's[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]"I've got the first Nintendo product ever. It's a Snoopy mini arcade game."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Same customer as below[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I'm supposed to get that Guitar Hero Aerosmith in the next couple days. I'm getting it early cause i ordered it online."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer on 6/5/08[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you have software programs to sell? That would let me copy these games?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer 6/6/08[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I found a million dollar bill from some kind of country for a dollar or two on eBay."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Some Chunky Kid[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]6/7/08[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Call of Duty; Does that like have to do with the holocaust?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Same as above [Holding COD Big Red One ].[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot](Kid holding PS3 Ratchet and Clank)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"Do you have this for the PS2?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"They only made it for the PS3."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"I saw it for the PS2 at Wal-Mart."[/FONT]



[FONT=&quot]Do you have Tiger Woods 98 for the 360?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer- ^PS1 Game btw[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you guys have electronic games?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"Yeah, we have videogames."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"No, I mean like the XBOX and Playstation."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Phone call[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Can i have an application?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"We don't have applications but we're always accepting resumes."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"So I turn in a resume then I get an application?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"I was playing this game at the mall and don't remember the name, maybe if I described it to you you'd know what it was?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"I can try."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"It was this fighting game between two people."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Same guy as above[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"GameStop are nerds"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-kid[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“That’s a good one to watch…if you’re into necrophilia.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you guys want to buy a style pen?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you guys sell instants?"[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot](Lottery Tickets)[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]"Do you guys carry the bags for cornhole games"[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“This thing’s so new it’s like what button do I hit.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-[/FONT][FONT=&quot]customer screwing w/ the credit card reader -[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“When the symbol’s gold what does that mean?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-a guy trying to sell magic cards-[/FONT]




[FONT=&quot] “How much are your PS2’s?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“$89.99”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Each?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“Do you guys take dogs?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Excuse me?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Do you take dogs?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] “Dogs?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Well it’s more like a puppy.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Wrong number phone call[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“Do y’all; uh have the Belgian Olympics for the ps2?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“No such thing. Do you mean Beijing Olympics?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Uh…yea I think so. “[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Phone Call-[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“Can I help you find anything?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“What do you mean?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer-[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“So, how much do Ps2 games cost?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Endless Customers-[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“Do you sell programs that would let me play Dreamcast on Ps2?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Some kid the other day-[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]“It comes out the 31st so we should have it on the 32nd or 33rd.”[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“It’s the Xbox 360 brand.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Phone[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]“What type of VHS’s do you buy?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Phone[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“How much is that Metal gear A C I D (Spelled it out)?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“I need to know some things about you guys stuff.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Phone[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“That person got citated for 3 citations.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Weird life story giving guy[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“You have any Non pre-owned games?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Kid[/FONT]


[FONT=&quot]“I’m Still a Ninja.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Awesome.”[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“Wireless controllers, those are the ones that hold the batteries in back?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Phone Call[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“Can one of yall help me? I need some help buying this.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot](Wanted GC had $17)[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“So what(ps2, 360, Atari, sega, whatever) games do you have?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-[/FONT][FONT=&quot]daily annoyance-[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“Crash is like the retardedest character ever.”[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“Well get the one on Wii so he has to come to our house and we can control him.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]( Some old people talking about their 15 year old grandson.)[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“Juice crew and the stankyfied club member.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Guy on Cell Phone[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]“What would you give me for Star Wars Episode 2 Attack of the Coins?”[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“What would you give me for Red Hat?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot] (Only thing even close is Red Heat)[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“How much do you give for Tom Hanks as Forest Gump?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot](all the same guy )[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“I heard this movie blowed pretty bad.”[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot] “Is it new or used?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“It’s new.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“Does it have a case?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“It’s new.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone Conversation[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“You got Star Wars the Old Republican 2?”.[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Do you guys have the number for Gamestop?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone Call[/FONT]






 [FONT=&quot]“Do you have one more used than this? “[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-guy holding need for speed 360-[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“50 and 50 is 100 right?”[/FONT]


 [FONT=&quot]“We typically give about 1/3 of the purchase price for trade in. So a $30 game is about $10 trade-in.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“That’s more like 2/3’s.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Conversation with customer-[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Do you sell ps2 games?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“Yep”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“Ok I was looking for king Kong and ufc”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“We’ve got Kong but no ufc.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“DAMNIT I sold ya’ll ufc last week. And was hoping you still have it.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone call-[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“You can’t trade projectiles with the Wizard!”[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“THE WIZARD WANT’S HIS CHEESE!”[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Thanks mister you saved my life.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Guy who sold stuff to pay his cab fare[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Do y’all have the first sonic for x-box?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-phone call-[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Do you want a bag for that?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“No I’ll just use his bag [her boyfriends]. Save the trees.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Customer who apparently knows of super secret plastic trees[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“I don’t think Atlas ever made a good game.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot] “Do you have a one of those in-vent-ory? ”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot] “an Inventory? “[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot] “yea”[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“What’s a cheat code? Is it bad?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-a very dim fellow-[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“You know, that game with the guy with the sword in it. It’s supposed to be good.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-phone call[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“I bought a used Mario Kart for the Wii and the steering wheel doesn’t work.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-phone call[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“You want cash or credit?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“Uh crack, I mean cash!”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-customer[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“What’s credit? Is that like store credit?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“I got a sega genesis and I was wondering if you could tell me what goes wrong with them.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-phone[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“[/FONT][FONT=&quot]If you catch someone stealing, don’t be afraid to punch them in the face”[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot] “Do you have any used wii games?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Innumerable customers standing in front of them-[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“My nephew is looking for a 360 game, he said it’s an amish game.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-phone call [/FONT]



 [FONT=&quot]“Do yall have DVD games?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“You mean video games?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“It’s called DDR it’s a DVD game.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Do Yall buy TVs?”[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Do you smoke weed?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Do you know what an XBOX controller looks like?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone call[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“You guys got any PSP refurbishes?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Do you guys have Bully Scholarship Edition for X Box 360?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“Were sold out”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]‘What about used, you got any used ones?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“Were sold out”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“You guys open today?’[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone Call Black Friday[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“You guys have ps2s?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“Yes we do.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“Do you sell them?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Do you guys have games?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone call[/FONT]



 [FONT=&quot]“I was wondering if you guys are open?”
“Yeah, we’re open till 8 tonight.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“What time do you close?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone call[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Do you have any XBOX controllers?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“Yeah, we have them used for $14.99.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“How much are they?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Same guy as above[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Is The Game Haven the same thing as Gamestop?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone call[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“You guys still have that deal where you get an extra fifteen bucks when you trade in five bucks?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“What?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“I mean books five books!”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“Uh”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“I mean five games with books, sorry.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“This shit is Crack!”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“Crack”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot] “Crack”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“Crack”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Guy playing MK vs. DC on the demo[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“You got that, uh 2k9?”[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“I haven’t eaten for days and all I want is strawberry kool aid”[/FONT]



 [FONT=&quot]“Do you guys have that new Midnight Club for the 360 box?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“Yeah, we’ve got it new for $59.99.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“So like $50 out the door?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“No, it would be $64.19 after tax.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“Is that new?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-phone call[/FONT]


 [FONT=&quot]“4 hammer warty k”[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Do you guys buy fax machines and stuff?’[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“What?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“It’s like a fax machine, scanner, printer.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“No.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Do you want a bag for that?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“No I’ve got one at home.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Just cuz they butchey don’t mean they gay”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Some guy talking about Amazons[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Hi, I’ve got these Nintendo Wii games for Nintendo Wii”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone Call[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“So you guys buy games? Would I have to put them through the mail or drive there?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone Call-[/FONT]



 [FONT=&quot]“What year do it gotta be for yall to buy it?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“What?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“WHAT YEAR DO IT GOTTA BE FOR YALL TO BUY IT!?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]“Buy What?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phone Call[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“There in bold, there important.”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Phonebook people.[/FONT]

 [FONT=&quot]“Do you have any Wii games with dinosaurs that have guns and stuff mounted on them?”[/FONT]
 [FONT=&quot]-Customer[/FONT]
 
[quote name='PhrostByte']I feel for you bro.. I don't really have any stories like yours since I've never worked in retail but I've worked in hospitals/schools/restaurants for the past 10 or so years.

1. I used to work at the most ghetto Applebee's in the city and people used to let me hit their blunts instead of giving me tips... pretty cool.
[/quote]

I also feel you! I was a manager at McDonald's for a long time and a customer told the store manager that I said "Go ahead and call the health dpt, I don't care!" When in reality I said, "Did you want to talk to me? I'm a manager" (she saw some hood rat lick his fingers while making parfaits, they were all thrown away)

I used to get tipped in pot A LOT when working at a little hippie bar, I'm not going to lie, it was pretty sweet!

I work in the same company as jdn169, but in the internet side, I got this email yesterday about the Heroscape Wave 2 expansion. It made my head cave in. Spelling and grammar left intact for your reading pleasure.

" i just received in my order yesterday and I can not believe I paid $ 29.95 for the box item # 51642. I fell totaly ripped off and I am very disapointed on how much you charged me for this item"
 
[FONT=&quot]“Do you sell programs that would let me play Dreamcast on Ps2?”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]-Some kid the other day-
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There actually was software that let you play PSX games on Dreamcast.. not the same thing but not completely unreasonable.
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I love when you answer the phone with something and then they ask a question that you've already answered.. example..

"Thanks for calling where we have the Wii and Wii Fit in stock, this is , how can I help you?"
"Yeah, do you guys have the Nintendo Wii video game players?"
"..Yes we do"
"You do!? Okay, what about that Wii Fitness thing?"
"..yes we do" :bomb:

Out of all the times saying that this season, and answering hundreds of calls, only three people have said "Thanks, that answered my question, see you shortly!" after I gave the phone call spiel.
 
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