Trash Of The Earth… AKA Customers
I’m just leaving the front desk to do cleaning work elsewhere when a little old lady with a Southern accent calls me over. She has just checked out and all of her groceries are bagged up in plastic bags.
Customer: “Excuse me, but do you take this kind of bag for recycling?”
She pulls out a plastic bag from the bottom of her cart. It is full of reusable bags. You know, the kind you’re supposed to use instead of single-use plastic bags.
Me: *Confused* “I honestly don’t… know.”
Customer: “Well, these have been piling up around the house and I figured I’d bring them here and ask.”
Me: *Absolutely baffled* “I don’t think I’ve ever had anyone ask if we take back reusable bags.”
Customer: “Oh, well. I’ll take them back home and throw them in the trash.”
Me: “…”
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What is the absolute most stupid thing you’ve heard a customer say?
