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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-17-09 10:51 PM Original message |
Retail Wage-Slaves: Tell us about your freakiest customer! |
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JimGinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. Long One - But A Payoff If You Read To The End |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 01:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. HAHA!! |
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Believing Is Art (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 03:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It would have been great |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 05:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I don't think i could have even kept a straight face... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. Bwahahaha! Oh, man; yes, it was worth it! |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. I once had a middle aged male customer asked me to "translate" what the size of the pants were |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. had a lot of them .... |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. My functionally illiterate, bone-stupid bookstore customer: |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Classic. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. oh, that's so sad. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Oh the memories! |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. That is SO true! |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 07:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. ROFL you've given me an idea |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. HA! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Where can I find it?! |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
34. OMG, as a former Barnes and Noble employee, I about peed my pants laughing over this |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. Had a fair share while working at a supermarket deli |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. I'm 63yrs old, and I've NEVER seen a cooked chicken fly |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
9. I spent 3 years working at Victoria Secret (early 90s). DU doesn't have enough server space... |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Oh Lynne... i can just bet... |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. But, but,but,but |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I would like to say someone with Pam Anderson breasts walked out of the dressing room with..... |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. I shoulda known.. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
38. AUGH! |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. You should tell some of these. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. Not a retail story |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
15. It's been awhile, but the customer I always remember... |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
17. I worked retail a long time ago |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
18. Maybe he didn't get that it is just make-up? |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Turns out that the guy is a neighbor of one of my friends... |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. let's see |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. My oddest retail customer was encountered on an ambulance run |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Slip-and-fall accidents are a major insurance scam. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. He could have been one, but he seemed more odd than scammer |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. I don't know about funny, but definitely freaky |
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Q3JR4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. I only worked 6 weeks in retail, but |
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Rosie1223 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. The broken sofa |
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Creena (501 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
31. Tarantula Dude |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-18-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
32. In my decade+ of working in retail, I encountered too many freaks to count. But one that |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. OMG |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Yeah, that wasn't too cool. But the neighborhood was pretty dicey at night and |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
36. Not as a retail worker, but here is a woman I have been stuck in line behind. Twice. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
42. http://www.stainedapron.com/ |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-20-09 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
44. I worked at a grocery store in a really bad neighborhood |
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