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I've been looking at an old thread on this and thought it would be good to start another thread on it.
Does anyone have any funny/weird customer stories?
Does anyone have any funny/weird customer stories?
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Other than that it was just people getting insanely mad over us not having a particular type of melon :rolleyes:
Once someone called and wanted us to find his phone, that he'd apparently lost the day before and didn't remember where.
This wasn't about one of "my" customers but I watched it happen:
I was in a coach, going to another city. The coach stopped somewhere at 4:50 and it was supposed to leave from there at 5:00. There were a couple of old women complaining about how people are lazy and that since we'd got there early we should leave early too and that this was a huge waste of time.
An old man sitting near them (another passenger) kindly explained that people who want to take the coach expect it to leave at 5 and if it left early they'd miss it. Their response? "They're paying you to say that!"
Once the manager had to move me to another bar, these guys were getting so much, but they duly came and found me. A testament to how wasted they were - I'm not that good looking. That and having to clean up their puke at the end of the night.
for example, on sunday:
'do you do pots of tea?'
'no, we do mugs of tea'
'i'll have a pot of tea then'.
Agh we get them like this, this just dont seem to understand the word 'no':banghead:
eg. 'do you want to add toast to your breakfast?'
'yes please [looks at till]... why is the price more?'
'because you want toast'
'i don't want it then'.
i'm not running through every item on the breakfast to check that you want it, moron.
And some people cant take the hint!
Once we had two people sitting outside at about 6 and since we have to bring in the outside furniture at about 6.30 we left them for a bit. Bit later, we let them know we'd be bringing in the furniture to give them time to leave but they didnt. Eventually it was 6.45 so i go out and start bringing it in which usually encourages people to leave. I had brought in everything except 2 chairs and a table that they were sitting on and they just stayed and chatted!!! I know you're enjoying yourself but im not and i wanna go home!!
I even had the pub turn the lights out on me and some mates!
FUCK OFF TO SUPERDRUG AND BUY IT, THEN!
Dont have to where i work! For a bottle you do but not a glass of tap water
*conversation takes place next to a giant glowing glass case with a giant "Donuts" sign*
- "Do you guys carry donuts?"
- "... yes" *nods towards case full of donuts three feet to their left*
- "Well are they not ready yet or what?"
:rolleyes:
munchies i reckon
hardly an excuse.
during the january sales id get customers phoning up and asking me when the sale ended, so id tell them that it was on until the 1st of febuary for EVERY SINGLE item in the store.
"ok but does that include jewellery?"
"yes madam, every item in the store is 20% off."
"oh right ok..and does that include kitchen appliances?"
"Yes, all items in every department"
"ok thankyou, and you say the sale is on until the end of feb?"
NOOO!!! people dont listen!
I got a bit blunt one time with one aussie guy on the phone too and obviously pissed him off, so he called me a "stupid goddamn irish bitch" and hung up on me. err, im not irish. idiot :rolleyes:
also pissed me off when people would be standing underneath an extremely obvious sign saying theres a sale on (with the price stickers with the slashed prices on them) yet theyll still call me over and ask idiotic questions.
"Its my husbands ashes....."
Needless to say I had never felt more awkward in my entire life, and my gf didn't get her necklace
1. We supplied computer systems, not MP3 players.
2. She was phoning while queuing for a ride at Alton Towers, the cheek of it.
3. The ride was Runaway Mine Train. Don't be shy girl, give Oblivion a try :-)
4. She phones up 1 week later to try and get support for iTunes that came with her iPod. She was one cheeky bugger.
We also had quite a few men/drag queens in buying shoes as we did wider shoes then normal. That is Brighton for you!
I have some very, say we say. interesting clients at work now, but even they can get topped by the regular stupidity of HMRC!
What do they think the hospital is? A hotel?
Guy: Whats your best price on this laptop
Me: It's what the ticket price says it is
Guy: Common I know you can reduce it
Me: As its a clearance model I cannot discount it any more as its already got 50 pound off
Guy: If I buy it are you going to give me any free gifts?
Me: No
Guy: So your not going even knock 1 pound off?
Me: Sorry but I really cannot discount this unit
Guy: I'll go elsewhere and but it then
Me: Thats fine your free to do so if you wish
Guy: I read something in the paper about getting discounts and I know you can give me the discount I want so I DEMAND your lowest price on this laptop
Me: Sorry sir but this really is the lowest price, if you find it cheaper anywhere else I will be happy to match them and beat it by 10% of the difference.
Guy: *Gets out his iphone* - Ok Amazon do it for XXXX
Me: Sorry but we do not compete against online prices
Guy: Your a tight arsehole aren't you?
Me: Can I show you our budget range of laptops, there maybe something you'll love over there
Guy: Fuck off I'm going to Comet.
lol.
Seriously? Have you ever worked in retail or customer service?
-Adrenaline Rush. Does anyone know who made silly bandz?
Two people were serving on the tills and there was one person in the queue, with one woman at the end.
The woman at the end of the queue looked at us and blurted 'Well, are you going to open another till for me'.
To which we replied 'No'.
She then slammed down her items and stormed out of the store.
LOL @ Katralla, just LOL