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Customer: "Hi, what kinds of door knobs do you carry?"
Me: "I'm sorry, ma'am, but we don't have any door knobs."
Customer: "What?! WHY NOT?"
Me: "Um...because this is a pool supply store."
Customer: "This is totally unacceptable! I came here to get a new set of door knobs for my garage, and you're telling me that you won't sell me any?"
Me: "Yeah, pretty much."
Customer: "You are so rude! I demand to know the name of the manager! I'm going to complain about this - I hope you liked your job!"
Me: "I do like my job, as a matter of fact. Here you go."
(I hand her my business card, which states that I am the store manager.).
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(I am a customer in the video game section of a toy store. Another customer comes in and approaches an employee.)
Customer: "Do you have the dance dance game?"
Employee: "We might. For which system?"
Customer: "Dancing?"
Employee: "No. We need to know, because they only work on the system they were meant for."
Customer: "It's for the television."
Employee: "Yes, but-"
Customer: "You put the thing on the floor and jump around like this!"
(The customer starts jumping around. It is actually a fairly good representation of playing 'Dance Dance Revolution'.)
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(I work in the sports store's shoe department. A woman comes in with a group of seven kids behind her, and marches straight up to me.)
Me: "Hello, and welcome to [store]; how can I help you?"
Woman: "Yes, I need to get shoes for my kids."
Me: "Alright, I can help with that. Which children need shoes?"
Woman: "All of them."
Me: "...all of them?"
Woman: "Yes, each of them are a different size, too.
I also want to get them each three pairs of shoes. Make sure all of the shoes are different, because they don't want shoes that are like each others. And hurry it up, would you? I don't have all day!"
Me: *whimpers silently*
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I’ve been with my husband for 11 years. We just had our first baby girl a week ago and baby and I were hospitalized for a week after birth. A lactation consultant swung by my hospital room while hubby happened to be out getting breakfast for us. After helping me set up my pump and giving me some helpful advice about breastfeeding, she let me know that she actually went to high school with my husband. That’s when she told me a story from more than a decade ago, about how she was bullied a lot in high school, and she mentioned this one specific instance where a few bullies were blocking her from pulling out from her parking spot. She said that’s when my husband came sprinting across the parking lot, told them off and made sure she could get out safely. She said that was just one of several times my husband stood up and looked out for her in high school and that she’ll never forget it. I always knew my husband was a good man, but I just didn’t know he was knight in shining armor, “What Would You Do” John Quiñones level-good. It just made me love him that much more.
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People in 10+ year relationships, what’s something you learned about your partner years later that genuinely surprised you?
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(Working at a car wash that only takes cash. Big sign out front says CASH ONLY.)
Customer: "Do you take cards?"
Me: "No, cash only."
Customer: "Why?"
Me: "The owner hasn't set up card readers."
Customer: "It's 2018."
Me: "I know, but we only take cash."
Customer: "I don't have cash."
Me: "There's an ATM at the gas station across the street."
Customer: "That's inconvenient."
Me: "Yeah, sorry."
Customer: "Can't you just let me pay with a card this one time?"
Me: "I don't have a way to process it."
Customer: "Just write down the number."
Me: "That's not... I can't do that."
Customer: "Forget it."
(He drove off. His car was really dirty. I felt kind of bad but I genuinely couldn't take his card. Maybe he went to a different car wash. The CASH ONLY sign was pretty big so I don't know how he missed it.)
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(Deli counter. Woman wanted turkey sliced.)
Customer: "Can I get a pound of turkey?"
Me: "Sure, what thickness?"
Customer: "Normal."
Me: "Like medium thickness? Thin? Thick?"
Customer: "Just normal."
Me: "This is medium, is this okay?" (showing her a slice)
Customer: "I guess."
(I slice the whole pound. She looks at it.)
Customer: "This is too thin."
Me: "You said it was okay when I showed you."
Customer: "I didn't know it would look like this."
Me: "I can slice more thicker if you want."
Customer: "No, I already waited."
(She took it. She looked unhappy about it. I don't know what she expected. I showed her the thickness before I started.)
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(Driving a taxi. Guy gets in.)
Customer: "Take me to 5th and Main."
Me: "5th and Main, got it."
(I start driving. About three minutes later.)
Customer: "Why are you going this way?"
Me: "It's the fastest route to 5th and Main."
Customer: "You should've gone left back there."
Me: "This way's quicker, less lights."
Customer: "I take this route all the time, you should've gone left."
Me: "Okay, I can turn around if you want."
Customer: "No, just... I'm just saying."
Me: "Okay."
(We get there. Same amount of time it would've taken either way probably.)
Customer: "See, if you'd gone left we would've been here faster."
Me: "Maybe."
(He paid but didn't tip. I mean, I wasn't expecting one after that conversation, but still.)
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(Driving a taxi. Guy gets in.)
Customer: "Take me to 5th and Main."
Me: "5th and Main, got it."
(I start driving. About three minutes later.)
Customer: "Why are you going this way?"
Me: "It's the fastest route to 5th and Main."
Customer: "You should've gone left back there."
Me: "This way's quicker, less lights."
Customer: "I take this route all the time, you should've
gone left."
Me: "Okay, I can turn around if you want."
Customer: "No, just... I'm just saying."
Me: "Okay."
(We get there. Same amount of time it would've taken either way probably.)
Customer: "See, if you'd gone left we would've been here faster."
Me: "Maybe."
(He paid but didn't tip. I mean, I wasn't expecting one after that conversation, but still.)
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(Bookstore. Customer asked about a book we didn't have.)
Me: "We don't have it in stock but I can order it for you."
Customer: "How long will that take?"
Me: "Usually about a week."
Customer: "A week?"
Me: "Yeah, sometimes less."
Customer: "Can you get it faster?"
Me: "Not really, that's just how long shipping takes."
Customer: "What if I need it sooner?"
Me: "You could try ordering it online yourself. Might be faster."
Customer: "But I'm here now."
Me: "I know, but our ordering system takes about a week."
Customer: "That doesn't make sense. Why can't you just get it?"
Me: "I have to order it from the distributor. That's the process."
Customer: "Fine, I'll just get it somewhere else."
Me: "Okay."
(She left. I don't know if she found it somewhere else or ordered it online or what. Sometimes people think we have a magic back room with every book ever printed in it.)
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