What Is the DUMBEST THING a Customer Has Ever Asked You at Your Job? - Reddit Podcast
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"I got two, why didn't it do the deal for if you get two it's the price of one?" Because cream cheese and sour cream aren't the same product. Just because they both have cream in the name doesn't make them the same. Also these two products are from two different companies-
I worked in fast food in high school, and one time we had a guy come through the drive through, and every question he asked made everyone lose more braincells. And he took 20 minutes to order, all with stupid questions.
“How many pieces does the two piece dinner come with?”
“How many does the three piece come with?”
“What is the chicken tender meal?”
He wasn’t even joking about it, he was genuinely asking. All of my coworkers got fed up and I had to just “yes is that what you want?” To every question he asked, until he finally made up his mind, paid and got his food, and the two customers behind him asked if it was me on the speaker, and asked me if the guy ordering was drunk
My mom works at a clothing store and she gets this question a lot "do you have this item in stock that i found on the website?" "It's online only" "i see that but do you have it in stock" she gets these at least once a day
Hardware store employee here, I get that one too
Patients do not count as "customers" even at a private ambulance company, but one patient was upset about needing to go to multiple dialysis appointments every week...
Patient: "This is so damn annoying, what happens if I don't do dialysis anyway?"
Me: "You die."
Patient: "Excuse me?"
Me: "You die."
Patient shut up after that.
"You die. And not in a happy fun way."
Sometimes you just need to hit them with the blunt truth stick to get the point across.
"You die." "Not funny dude." "Did it sound funny?" "Well, uh, no?-" "Then I wasn't joking."
"Excuse me, but where the *F* is the men's room at?!" We were less than 10 feet from the bathrooms... facing the bathrooms. He noticed right afterward and just said "Nevermind.." as he released his grip on my shoulders and left me looking bewildered as my manager left the bathroom.
Sounds like he was having a poop emergency
My favorite response if anyone asks “is it real?”
Well, it’s not pretend!
😂
Some idiot: "The customer is always right!"
No, no, they are fricking not.
Unfortunately, most people never realize what that was about.
It was about the customer _deciding what they want to buy._ As in, once they have decided, you don't tell them that that dress will look terrible on them. It's their decision. Just sell it to them.
It wasn't about every customer interaction ever.
Unfortunately, a lot of the people that don't understand that are managers.
To complete the saying, "…in matters of taste."
Do you work here? (Literally wearing name tag in plain site with company name/logo). Why did it cost this much? (umm, math. 2+2=)
Bonus points if you were on a work ladder doing very obvious work things.
To be fair, it's better they ask, and you say yes than assume you're employed there when you aren't
@@TheVillageIdiot829 It takes effort to duplicate company name tags for the fun of it. It's not like they use generic name stickers. Why would someone have one and not work there? Most companies like that also have a dress code, so their employees are dressed a certain way also to help identify employees.
@ADWebTV ok, i never said that? Im just saying at least they asked. Some companies have identical uniforms. When i worked for fred meyer, i stopped at safeway. The uniform was so identical, save for the tiny company logo, which, btw had the same color scheme, so at a quick glance, you can't tell the difference.
@@TheVillageIdiot829Stop coddling stupidity.
I work the gun counter in a sporting goods store. One of our most popular gun brands is Glock. Glocks tend to have a hollow cavity in the grip behind the magazine, as there is no reason to put anything in there.
One day, a fairly attractive lady, probably in her mid 20s, came up to me and asked, "Do y'all carry any Glock buttplugs?"
It took all I had in me not to laugh, but I had no clue what she wanted at first, until I realized she was looking for a grip plug to fill that cavity.
Man I had just subbed, had no idea this topic was being asked, or I absolutely would have had the perfect story for it! I love that you guys don't turn to AI voice generators that sound so lifeless and empty, plus the extra commentary adds some interest.
Automotive service technician here, had a customer tow their vehicle in. No oil change service reported in over two years. They ran out of oil and seized the engine. Once i determined that the engine was locked up with no oil, I told them that and that they would need to have an engine replaced. Their response was, "well, i know that's what you're supposed to do. But can't you just make it work? I have a business trip tomorrow." No ma'am, you haven't changed your oil, your engine has welded itself together. I can't just "make it work." I'm a mechanic, not a magician.
Where is your diet sugar?
...do you mean Splenda?
Yes, that!
i worked retail during college and there truly are so many of these, but one that really stands out is the guy who asked if we sold lamps. at the music store. surrounded by racks of cds and vinyl. and then got huffy we i told him no.
I love it when, u go to a Walmart or boxstore and people want to haggle on items
This wasn't a question directed to me, but it was still mind-boggling. I was doing criminal defense, and these two young men had a 'misunderstanding' with the police and wanted me on retainer in case they got arrested and charged with anything. Talked them through some of my process, told them what my retainer fee was, asked how they wanted to pay. They told me they didn't have that kind of money but they would probably have it by the end of the week, and they'd like to set up a follow up appointment. Sure thing, we set a date, and I walk them back to the way out. On the way out, one of them asked the other "So how much blue magic are we going to have to sell to raise that kind of cash?" 'Blue Magic' was a slang term for heroin.
"There's no such thing as a stupid question"
Yes there is, this is living proof.
I work in a book store. Once had a father who was very upset that his teenaged daughter bought a dark romance book behind his back and now he couldn’t return it after a few months and without the receipt. He asked me “Why do you even sell this sort of filth?!” Sir, the spicy romance books are probably the only reason I can pay my bills and the physical store still exists! Without them I’m pretty sure the company would’ve died like Borders did years ago.
Janitor at a mall, in uniform, name tag, and pushing a bright blue CART. Asked, several times if I worked there, I kept asking how could I help her. Her tween daughter whispered to her yes he work here. Here's the kicker, she was angry that she couldn't find "Mrs Field's "( cookie shop) . They had just walked past it. With extreme pleasure, I told her to turn around and look across the ice rink. I least she looked embarrassed
Honestly I'll give Pasta Sauce guy a pass. He might just enjoy weird combinations
Or he knows someone who's pregnant.
Unfortunately that “we see a reserved sign but don’t know HOW reserved it is” thing is a trained behavior from venues frivolously reserving tables. Primes people to think reserved signs are suggestions you can ask the manager to remove rather than hard and fast rules.
A whole video of facepalm moments is a great way to start the day in a good mood!
Reminds me of when I worked at Bed Bath and Beyond and a lady wanted to return USED UNWASHED DISHES that I could smell RANCH on and tried to gaslight me into thinking she got them like that…
Got my manager and the woman stormed out and left the dishes…
Some of this made me laugh so hard my pneumonia flared up
The dumbest thing a customer ever asked me was “what are you doing?” I turned around gave him a dirty look and replied “I’m working my ass off!”
Them: How will I know when it stops ringing???
Me: ....When it stops ringing.
Them: Oh.. *Hangs up.*
I worked in auto parts stores for many years. One gem walked in and announced that he needs a car battery. My coworker said, "For what kind of vehicle?" Gem answers, "It doesn't matter. Just get me the cheapest you got. My car just died a few blocks from here and I just need to pop a new one in."
After asking some clarifying questions, we figured out that the gem believed that all car batteries are the same, except in quality, and were all interchangeable, despite the make, model, or year of the car.
My coworker, somehow managed a polite and straight face as he explained that different batteries have different sizes, terminals in different areas, and different cars require specific batteries just so they would fit.
I, on the other hand, had to excuse myself to the back so that I did not blow the sale by laughing. I did not have the admirable control that my coworker had at the moment.
I feel so bad about these poor people having to deal those stupid customers . Some of these where insane 😂 I worked at a small fast food restaurant, and there was often tourists that wanted to pay with their money from their country, We only took Euro, and after i told one of them the guys even tried to give me more money, like 3k 🤣 and it was not Euro
I work at a hardware store, in the paint department.
I get so many phone calls from customers who seem to think I can fix problems with their paint over the phone.
No, unless the paint is here, I can't do anything to it
"Is this bread bread?" holding up a package of sliced bread.
Yes, ma'am. That bread is, in fact, bread.
Worked in classified advertising. Once had a customer ask me, "How much is that ten dollar ad?" He was serious.
Second story reminds me of my dad. He has tossed checks in the trash because "I didn't think it was important." May we all have the confidence of a mediocre old white man.
Not related to the job, but I had a lady who presumed that I (31 year old male who admittedly looks to be in his early 20s to some) didn't know how to cook. When I told her that I did, in fact, know how to cook (nothing fancy, I can boil noodles and brown meat, typical basics), she asked me if I knew how to cook a salad. Now I knew that pasta salads can be cooked, but to most people, you do not ever cook a salad.
I work next to Waste Management and the amount of stupid people we get is astounding.
We get people who think we're Waste Management despite our multiple signs telling us we aren't.
We had a lady once ask if we take sand and paint, I told her we don't. She asks if i know anywhere that does & i tell her no, she starts complaining and ends it with, you should know, you work next to them😊
A good fraction of Yanks don't read signs.
@@JamesDavy2009 No they do not.
@@JamesDavy2009 Especially our no parking signs
At Walmart a guy asked me where the milk was… I was standing in front of one of the doors out of 8 doors of milk products. I just pointed with my thumb behind me 😂😂😂
I have a few examples of this:
1. Hotel I currently work at had blue walls for a time due to being a Days Inn and having to keep with Wyndham standards. Guest checked in and then 10 minutes later, wanted to check out and get a full refund. I asked her why and she said “The walls are too blue”. I told her this was a Wyndham standard and that isn’t worthy of a full refund back. She calls Wyndham to complain about it, and gets told it’s a standard.
2. A different property at the time had a small farm animal area (more like chickens, goats, cows, horses). A woman at around 3 am calls asking about what’s on the property, and after I mentioned about the farm animals, she asked about the monkeys 🙉 on the property. I told her we didn’t have monkeys cause they’re not farm animals. I also told her that monkeys wouldn’t function well on working farm. She then got upset that we didn’t have monkeys and wanted to speak to a manager. I was the only worker on the property at that time of night and told her that. She proceeds to freak out more, telling me that there has to be someone at corporate there at 3 am on a Sunday morning. I then let her know that the earliest any corporate office would be in is 9 am on a Sunday. She then proceeded to swear at me for a few minutes before I told her any more swearing would result in her not only being hung up on, but also be banned from the property. She didn’t stop so I hung up. How she thought monkeys were commonplace on farms confused meX
Fun Fact: In Germany a Fax is one of the few ways to send documents to be good for court, you cant manipulate them while sending it. I just lerned it and I´m german (30 Years)
*Points right at the shoes he wants*
"Are these the shoes I want?"
Me: "Nope the ones you want are over there" (points to most expensive brand).
Listen, hear me out. Sometimes I am unsure what I want, and asking someone what I want helps me, because my brain is weird and hates me.
Say I can't decide between red and blue. I'll ask someone, "Do I want red or blue?" When they answer red, I'll either go, "you're right," and go with red, or I'll go "Ugh, really?" and that makes me realize I want blue.
Could be he didn't know if he wanted those shoes, and was going to use his reaction to your answer to help him decide.
I work at an amusement park in Florida that also has a gator exhibit. I was talking about the exhibit to a guest, and he went "Wait, are they real gators?" Like...first off, we're in Florida; we get those things in our backyard sometimes. Also, do we look like the kind of park that can afford fancy animatronics?
Thats easy. Im an Airline Pilot.
Ive had several morans ask me if the Earth was flat.
I have one, customer asks for a small and a large coke, when I hand them out the idiot actually asks me “which ones the small and which ones the large?”. This made me so sad because I realized I’m the same species as this idiot.
I'm wearing a very bright shirt we sell. The shirt is on 7 different displays in the store, including the window display. It's literally behind the registers on the wall. It's on posters in the store. Customer asks me where I got my shirt. 🙄
They thought the fax machine was some sort of Willy wonka machine that sent the original piece of paper
If it was through Wonka-vision, it would come out at ~1/16 of the original size. Remember what happened to Mike Teavee?
I had this one experience about 6 or 5 years ago at my job as over night stocker where i was trying to put stuff on the shelves, only to be stop by these three guys that I'm convince were stoners. One of them asked me, "hey, where's the salsa?" I said nothing, had a dead expression on my face as i point right behind him, the very shelf that is completely fill with salsa up and down, the very same shelf that dumbass and his friends were starring at for five minutes straight not even a minut prior of asking me the question.
My brother was once ask while in his bright orange home depot appron: do you work here? Him: No i killed an employee and stole his apron!
With the “but is it real” story, I’d have a hard time not eventually saying something along the lines of “no, it’s all in your imagination.”
I work at an amusement park and have so many dumb questions. Heres one of my favorites recently. There's a restaurant called enrique's cantina. Someone asked me where enrique's katana was
I once heard a woman at a movie theater reading off the names of the movies showing there. "The Last Samurai" was one of them. She pronounced it "Summary."
“Is that a male?”
Caller asked me that when I was about to transfer her to my coworker’s voicemail. His first name is Stuart.
My 2 favorite ones, that I have had. 15 years ago, I was working at Dollar Tree..BEFORE they became complicated. Sure as hell!! At least once a week!! "How much is this item?" 😢😢😢 Second. A coworker, at Burger King. "How many nuggets go in a 4 pack?" I stared at her... "Say that AGAIN... Slooooowly....."
I worked at Walmart. The number of times I was at a register with the light on and ppl will ask 'are u open?'... like.. what? Do u expect me to look at the time, look up at my light and go 'oh wait I'm closed' and turn it off and just walk away because I'm closed?
I'm so glad I left I couldn't stand the idiots
I've seen plenty of customers at lit check outs doing everything except paying attention to customers. It requires throat clearing or a polite "are you open" to get their attention on the customer part of their job. If you were one of them, then as a customer, I'm glad you are not there.
@@s.h.6858 I think u mean "plenty of cashiers".
Yeah, cashiers also do space out at registers.. but when customers look down the lane and ask 'are u open' instead of like.. turn into the lane and get closer and then like clear their throat to get my attention (if I was spacing out. I do space out but I look in the lane so I don’t miss the customers. Other cashiers might look elsewhere which is plenty fine for customer to go into lane and then 'are u open'.)
I just get annoyed when I'm looking at them and not spacing out and they ask
Had a lady ask if we sell dog food that didn't have any chemicals. I asked her to clarify and she just goes, "You know, *chemicals* !" Ma'am, I can't think of a single thing on this earth that doesn't have chemicals.
I was asked once where did we have maruchan , they were legitimately standing infront of the shelf , i legit looked at him and then the shelf for a few seconds ☠️
I mean technically speaking every landmass on the planet is just an island...... really big ones at that lol
If 20 percent off one item is better than 20 percent off everything
Not a customer, but about the geography one.. sometimes I forget that south america exists. 😂
I’ve asked for buttered popcorn and the counter person asked if I would like butter?
Firefighter here, we will have the road shut down for an accident or house fire with the fire engine completely across the road people will still come up and ask us if the road is open like do you not see the big green fire truck sitting in the middle of the road 🤷🤦
This is a switch as I was the customer. I went to a large pharmacy chain with three letters as their name.... I went in to get a medicine called an EpiPen. It's used to counteract an allergic reaction so I don't die if I get stung by an insect. Bee wasp hornet etc. So I handed everything over to the lady behind the counter. The pharmacy is very quiet. I'm the only one there and 15 minutes later it still wasn't ready. I asked when it might be ready and she said 'oh did you want this?' No I just want to die in front of my kids because I got stung by a wasp.
Do you want this? The pharmacist noted my raised tone to the stupid question and immediately removed the syphilitic cow from my view. She apologized and filled my order.
11:50 I'm not a friend of these eye pressure examiniations. I would never say I'm allergic to them though 🤦♀
I am just really hypersensitive when it comes to my eyes. As soon as I walk into the the room where my ophtalmologist has that demonic (kidding of course) device and sit down in front of it, my eyelids start to quiver uncontrollably. I'm a 37 year old women, and it's embarassing. But I just can't help it.
Bookstore- wanted a book couldn’t remember the title but the author’s first name was John. 🙄 Back in the 90’s computer search had to be exact. But I took a guess- The Firm by John Grisham. Got it in one.
A restaurant I go to has free pie Wednesday. Someone called and asked what day free pie Wednesday was on.
I used to work at a fast food seafood restaurant.
Same Customer. Three Questions.
1. What are clams?
2. What is coleslaw?
3. Is chicken a type of fish?
As someone who works in a restaurant that sells coleslaw (and even makes coleslaw when the cooks are too busy to handle it themselves), I still don't know what it is. Moreso in the sense of "I get what goes in it, but I don't understand why people like this". That, and potato salad.
Yeah, Chicken of the Sea! 🤣
45 day return: Try asking people when the War of 1812 was.
Is this 6x8 carpet 8 feet large or 8 feet long? Me: it depend on wich direction you unroll it.
Her: how will i know wich dirrection to un roll for it to be 8 feet wide?
She had yet to learn she could just turn the carpet around to match the lenght she needed😂
Welcome to Wackyland
"It can happen here"
Median IQ: 47
Do you work here? As I’m behind the counter ringing up another customer. The customer I was helping gave them a wtf look and said “are you high or something?”. I just said yes and that I’d be with him as soon as I finished with my current customer.
Story 25: Yell that she is a alien.
the HDTV🤣
19:44 oh my fucking god that was my aunt and uncle
Can't lie, only realised its not the original document faxed when I was 22
That's a common danger with ubiquitous technology. You get so used to it there, but forget what it actually does. When the fax was new, we understood it was a long distance copy machine. Especially when fax was still spelled out as facsimile.
For here or to go?
What do you recommend?
I asked once
Hey do you want a big box or small
And I said whatever fits my food
"What is wood?"
Difficult to follow this against the moving background
*in my Walgreens shirt*
You don’t work here do you
I taught a friend not to say to her kid that the action figure with one arm was not broken it was handicapable not broken
story 47: that has to be a joke
I HOPE that one's a joke
Fax bank notes?, A fax has paper and Bank notes are plastic in most of the world now. ........... and you have this thing called counterfiting
Story 27: Nothing unreal exists.
The last story isn't even that bad though
I used to work in a call center for TD Bank and I once had a guy call in about his balance and said he had X amount that morning and when I looked at the account, the amount he said was the exact amount his account was overdrawn by. I asked him "sir were there parentheses around that amount?" And without missing a beat he says "what are those?". First thought through my head was "please don't procreate." Immediately followed by "if you've already have kids I hope they're not as dumb as you.". This guy was 43
Lose that background, much to distracting and annoying.
To be honest with you, I’ll bet a random US bank could find out how much money you have in your French bank account.
I have worked in restaurants for over a decade and still to this day “what is melted pepper jack cheese?” is the best one
He knew what pepper jack cheese was before he asked 🥲🥲🥲