Top 75 Stupidest Things My Customers Do

[Critical Overdrive]

Apok, I feel that I've known you my whole (retail) life.

more to come.

[Brisco Bold]

More stories, more, more!!! Feed my enormous creative cravings!!!

[jonas]

I work at a CD/DVD store and I guess its cool to work there... so I get a lot of customers who try to be cool and such when they come in. With their hats and their clothing choices.

Like fuck, has the world become a 24-7 Halloween Party?


Its hard enough working in retail, you get paid crap, customers are rude and stupid and somehow your boss will tell you that they are always right.

I actually had this one customer whom I will never forget tell me the price of his stuff was too high and he asked me to give him my staff discount so he could get it cheaper. I just kept asking for the money pretending the guy never said anything.

How stupid are some people.

[Fe 26]

Reminds me of the time I went to a used game/cd/dvd/video store and asked if they had any metal cds. The foriegn woman at the desk then tried to sale me a old used CD player. It was a off brand, and it was one of those old big ones. I tried my best to be nice and turn it down.

[Rumpy]

A few years ago at my blockbuster, someone brought a dog in the store. Apparently right after it walks through the door, it fucking explodes. Just dog shit all over the place, right in front of the door. It was almost like it dropped a bomb while running. The MOD had to clean it up, man was he pissed.

[jonas]

hahahaha that sucks, I would have snapped on the customer.

shit money aint worth that.

[Drewbacca]

73 is a keeper.

I do all of those except for the girl hitting one and the LOTR girl exception.

But after everyone of them I go: heh heh heh loudly.

Originally posted by Rumpy
A few years ago at my blockbuster, someone brought a dog in the store. Apparently right after it walks through the door, it fucking explodes. Just dog shit all over the place, right in front of the door. It was almost like it dropped a bomb while running. The MOD had to clean it up, man was he pissed.

hahahaha! That's hilarious! Bad for you guys but if I saw that I would have to leave the store for air I'd be laughing so hard. Of course when I came back in I'd have it all over my shoes due to it being at the entrance, to which I would laugh again and walk out. It's a vicious cycle.

[GameCynic]

I've been working in an independent gaming store for a few years now; its not the greatest job, but doesn't sound so bad when compared to some of those GS and EB jobs...

The owner and the manager even like to make fun of stupid customers w/ the other employee's. We've got a dedicated "Hi! Do you sell games?" list for memorable quotes.


86. If a game is printed on a CD, it obviously must play in a Playstation; no matter what the label says. On a related note, Sega CD games play in Sega Saturn and vice versa. And Nes/Genesis games plug into the cartridge slot on the Saturn

87. Customers will demand that all used games come w/ a box and instructions, even though they just traded in a garbage bag of games that didn't have either.

88. Customer will demand to be quoted prices on games over the phone, no matter how many they have. If you only quote them partially, they will repeatidly call back under false identities untill they have a total price for their games. Upon arriving in the store they will say something like "Yo, I called before 'bout selling my PSX games". Not knowing who he talked to, and having to check the condition of the games, the employee has to requote him on the games. The customer will be shocked if their is any price difference.

89. Customers don't know the difference between cash and store credit. You proceed to do 5x the amount of paperwork, and write the customer a check for his games. He will then shop around the store, pick out several games and then try to pay for them with said check.

[Opaque]

the time and effort put into this was not without cause... I am a happier and better person for having read this and I commend you on a job well done... not to mention this was totally hillarous...

replace all video game references to sandwich references and you have my life... "how long is the footlong?", i kid you not...

[AaronChance]

Hehehe, funny stuff. I'm so glad I never worked retail. I occasionly have to deal with idiots, but I usually treat them like they are 3 years old (even if they're pushing 50) and everything works out. Basically speaking very slowly and explaining things in far more detail than I should have to. Either it humilates them into acting a little less stupid or it eventually fixes their problem.