wierd, comical retail "war stories"-share yours

[barkley]

i worked in a furniture store during college-a lady came in demanding to exchange the sofa she bought 3 months earlier (it was obviously well used)-her complaint "it just does'nt match my carpet". the sales manager asks "well why did it take 3 months for your to realize this?"-the woman responds "it did'nt take me 3 months-we only put in the new carpet last week" (note-she did not get to return or exchange).

 

[kidzmom3]

I work in a local ER and we had a long wait. An irate woman comes to my desk and demands "when will my daughter see the doctor, she is in excruciating abdominal pain and probably needs her appendix out!!!"

I am sorry M'am we are extremely busy, but I will come over and take a look at her to make sure she is not in any danger. Which patient is she.

She points to a young girl, eating doritoes, drinking a coke, sitting on her boyfriends lap, laughing at the show on the tv.

I am sorry M'am, but your daughter will be waiting. And while your at it, please do not let her eat or drink anything.

Mom states "she's very hungry, she missed dinner. And when she dies from a burst appendix it will be YOUR fault!"

 

[doxdogy]

I use to work for local type Wal-Mart years ago. This was before you had scanners and sometimes had to call for price checks over the intercom system. A couple of us were training a new cashier and were explaining to her the items that you did not call out for over the intercom. One of the items were feminine products. One night this poor man is purchasing some for his wife. There wasn't a price on the item and the new cashier proceeded to call out over the intercom that she needed a price check on the product. Poor man wanted the ground to open up and swallow him.

 

[Philadisney]

i used to work at a CD store in high school, i often had people come in and say things to me like "do you have this band, i don't know what they're called but they are from england?" "do you have that song from the commercial on tv?" "how about this song, it goes 'doo dooo dooo.' do you have that?" a man came in once, looked to his left and then his right, then walked up to me and said "where are your CDs?" (that was all we sold).

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

Before DH and I were married, I worked in the shoe dept of a Sears that was near my mom's house. I have many wonderful 'war stories' from that period that always make me crack up.

Once, a drag queen came in looking for girlie snowboots (we didn't have any..it's TEXAS,for crying out loud) because s/he was going to Canada for a sex change operation.

I also once had a woman call in and ask about a 'black shoe'. That description fit about 50 pairs of shoes. I asked her if it was a heel, flat, etc and she said she wasn't sure. So I had to grab one of everything (we didn't have a cordless phone) and describe each shoe to her in detail.

There was also the time I was alone in the dept and had to help a customer with some kids' shoes. Another customer came in and instead of deciding to wait patiently for me to come help her, she walked back into the stock room and started pulling stuff down for herself!

At my last job (Food service in a mall setting),there was a local Christian radio station doing free concerts in the mall for a period of several weeks. One day, I was at my station when a guy comes up to me and asks me if I'm 'into' God. I tell him no..not really. It's not my thing. He said that's too bad, cuz God was 'into' me. He asked me if I'd found God and I told him, yes, he was stuck under my sofa the whole time!

TOV

 

[Stacerita]

He asked me if I'd found God and I told him, yes, he was stuck under my sofa the whole time!