Our store has mannequins in the front of the store showing off the latest styles in our store. Two guys in fraternity t-shirts walk in. One of them climbs up with the mannequins and poses.

Guy 1: Dude, dude, how do I look?

Guy 2: Dude, it won’t work. They don’t have heads.

I’m folding a table nearby. People do this all the time and I think it’s funny. They’re not going to hurt anything, so I decide to have some fun.

Me: *pretending to talk into walkie* Hey, [manager] don’t you need to strip all the mannequins naked and put the new styles on them?”

Guy 1: Sh*t, dude, we gotta get out of here!

He climbs down from the mannequins, grabs Guy 2 and runs off, leaving me laughing.

<em>(I work in a pretty popular arts and crafts store. Most of our customers and employees are female, but we get the occasional lone man in for something. This particular night I have a man come up with some fabric he needs cut for a project. He’s also on his phone.)</em>

Customer: Well, I’m embarrassed to tell you this, but I’m at [popular craft store].

<em>(I hand him his fabric and he thanks me and turns away.)</em>

Me: <em>*shrugs to myself*</em> Hey, both of my managers are men.

<em>(People are funny.)<em>

I work for a large electronics company that also sells printer ink. One day I had a customer try to return ink, claiming that the cartridges were empty (note: we are not allowed to return open ink cartridges). When I explained our policy to him the man turned irate, claiming that we were scamming people out of money by selling them empty cartridges. I apologised for the inconvenience and suggested that he could possibly contact the manufacturer and see if there was anything they could do. His response was that he was because we were the ones who produced it. I explained that the ink comes from somewhere else and that we don’t manufacture any of the products we sell in the store. He then yelled that he knew we packaged the ink in our warehouse and that we just wanted to steal his money.

(I am getting some of my money exchanged for a trip I am about to go on, and I am navigating through the online form of a particular company, when I encounter a simple problem. I call the number provided on the form to ask for some assistance…)
Currency Exchange No. 1: Hello! This is [company], can I ask for your name and form number?
Me: [provides information and describes problem]
Currency Exchange No. 1: Ah, I see you are from Australia. I will need to direct you to our Australian branch. You will need to call [provides telephone number].
Me: Thanks, I’ll do that!
*I call the number provided*
Currency Exchange No. 1: Hello! This is [company], can I ask for your name and form number?
Me: [begins to repeat earlier information]
CE No. 1: Oh! I’m sorry, you have the same person again! Hmmm, that’s odd. Have you tried [number provided on my online form]?
Me: Yes, that’s the first number I called…
CE No. 1: Oh! Perhaps we can try this number instead [provides number]
(To cut a long story short, I spoke to the same woman three times before I was eventually directed to another person, who sounded so similar to the original lady, that I thought I’d called her again! Even with the new operator, I was still calling the wrong location. She ended up giving me a number that didn’t work at all! Eventually, I opted to go for another foreign exchange place and the process was much easier!)

Going into work early one morning I saw a car on the parking lott with a person in it ( person seemed frustrated) and must have been waiting a good while, person then rolls window down and yells ” WHAT TIME DO YOU OPEN” and I reply 9 ..

9am…

Me: Good morning, how can I help you?

Customer: You can help me by explaining why my service as turned off even though I made a payment, you guys have no sympathy towards your customers.

Me: When did you make the payment?

Customer: Yesterday before the cut of off time at midnight. It was really messed up, my old lady and I got in a fight and she dumped out on the highway at 3am on the way back from the party. I tried calling but it kept prompting me that I needed to make payment.

Me: Let me check your account. Oh…….. it’s a prepaid on a 40 dollar plan and you made a 10 dollar payment..
……?????????

Customer: Yeah…….what needs to be done to get my service restored?

Me: pay the remaining 30 dollars…

Customer: Bruh……I don’t get paid till next Friday……I need my phone. Can we make a payment arrangement and I come back on Friday and pay you guys the 30????

Me : sorry but not on a prepaid account.

Customer: Why not ????! That’s messed up Bruh…….! Because it’s PRE PAID?

Me : yes