High Expectations On Tall Orders

I’m doing some shopping when I get a tap on my shoulder. A man asks me for help getting a jacket from a higher-up rack.

Me: “Oh, sorry, man, I don’t work here.”

Other Customer: “I know, you’re just taller than me, so you can help.”

I am 5’9″ on my tiptoes, and this dude is 5’7.

Me: “Okay?”

I proceed to reach for this jacket like a kid reaching for snacks on the top shelf. I get the jacket, hand it to him, and walk away before he says anything. Two minutes later, he finds me and says:

Other Customer: “You got the wrong size.”

An employee overhears this and asks him nicely:

Employee: “What are you doing, sir?”

He explained, and this employee looked perplexed.

Employee: “Sir, he told you he doesn’t work here. He is two inches taller than you. Why would you ever think you should ask a random person to help you shop?”

The other customer stayed silent while the employee went and got the hook that can get clothes from high up. The stick was in the back, behind a door that said “EMPLOYEES ONLY”.

I got rung up after this and they scanned a coupon they had that I didn’t to give me some dollars off as a thank you for my inconvenience.

Yeah, I don’t work there, but I got asked for help on the top shelf like the jolly green giant at 5’9″.