Someone Got The Crazy Card
Customer: “Check-in, please.”
Me: “Okay. ID and credit card…”
(The customer takes both out and starts to hand them over, but then hesitates.)
Customer: “Okay…”
(She hands them over and I swipe her card and check her ID, then hand them back.)
Customer: “What did you do just then?!”
Me: “I… uh… swiped your card.”
Customer: “Your computer just read my information!”
Me: “Yep.”
Customer: *panicking* “That means that now my credit card number is on your computer! How do I KNOW that you won’t take it and go off on a shopping spree?!”
Me: “We don’t do that, ma’am.”
Customer: “How do I KNOW you all won’t?! I don’t know you! I don’t know any of you all!”
Me: “Because if we did, we’d get fired…”
Customer: “…”
Me: “And none of us want to lose our jobs over that…”
Customer: *looks unconvinced*
Me: “Plus, identity theft is a crime so we’d go to jail?”
Customer: “…”
Me: “So, none of us want to go to jail. Because… it’s full of… crazy people.”
Customer: “…Fine. I guess I trust you!”
Question of the Week
What is the absolute most stupid thing you’ve heard a customer say?
