(I was selling a few things online. There are a lot of them so I can’t remember all the prices and I am working, so I can’t check them all that well. I know I should’ve waited, but the email was titled: URGENT! DESPERATELY NEED!!! Still, all are listed on the page.)

Potential Buyer: Is there a price you want for [Item].

Me: Whatever I priced it is what I am looking for it. The price should be next to the item.

Buyer: It says you are offline.

Me: *thinking they’ve seen the price* Yes, I am sorry about that, but I am tied up. I can pull it for you when I get back in a few hours, if you like?

(I receive no reply for the next couple of days, so I think they’ve changed their mind.)

Buyer: Yes please. How much would you like :)

Me: I am sorry, I thought I told you. I would like for what it is listed at, which is $XX.00. Would you still make me to put it on hold?

(Again, no reply for a few days.)

Buyer: Yes! What Are you looking for it?????

(I gave up replying after that. If they wanted to haggle, they could’ve tried, but expecting me to change my price just because they asked again was a bit much. At least the item finally sold!)

I work at a US zoo that has manatees. A while back we were doing press coverage on several of our rehabilitation residents (manatees who are just there until they recover from illness/injury). Because we don’t want endless amounts of the public walking in and out of the shot some employees, including myself, are forming a barrier and guiding people around the press shoot. There are several manatees in this rehab pool and it is very easy to see at least 2 of them at all times while filming. I’m at the tail end of the human barricade and am guiding people around to a place they can see the manatees off camera view.

Woman: Why are you guys blocking the manatees?
Me: I’m very sorry ma’am, but the press doesn’t want people walking all over the shot. You can still see three manatees down this way.
Woman: No I can’t, you people are blocking them!!
Me: You can still get a pretty good view of the ones being filmed if you look from a bit further down. And there are several other manatees down that way to that you can right up close to.
Woman: No!! You are blocking them!!!! Why would you even HAVE this building OPEN if you’re going to BLOCK THE ANIMALS???”
Me: I’m really sorry ma’am, but there ARE several more manatees further down that you can see. There’s no press down there so you can get as close as the pool allows (which is pretty much nose to nose). Besides, if we closed this building then no-one would get to see the manatees, and I think that might be worse.
Woman: Well not when you are BLOCKING THEM ALL!!!!

I have NO IDEA how this woman thinks we were blocking all the manatees. MOST of the manatees were far away from the camera and she could have seen them very close up.

(I’m working at a game store on a fairly busy Friday night. We have scheduled games, and one is supposed to start at 7pm sharp. Because we are in a large strip mall and share the parking lot with a big-box store, the lot can get pretty full. There’s a lot of honking around 6:58pm, but we don’t think much of it, because this happens often.
A regular rushes in a few minutes later and tells us he’s here, so we delay the game a moment. I’m not paying much attention to him as it’s pretty busy otherwise with other things going on, but I do notice that someone comes in just after him, screaming at him.)

Irate customer: …I HAD MY ***ING BLINKER ON, AND YOU TOOK MY SPOT! YOU’RE LUCKY I DON’T CREAM YOUR ASS RIGHT NOW –

Me: Sir! Language!

Irate customer: *ignores me and continues* I HAVE A WIFE AND KIDS AND I COULD HAVE GOTTEN INTO A ****ING CAR ACCIDENT, ALL BECAUSE YOU WERE LATE TO YOUR STUPID ****ING CARD GAME –

Me: Please, sir, language!

Irate customer: *still ignoring me* YOU COULDN’T HAVE ****ING PARKED SOMEWHERE ****ELSE, YOU HAD TO TAKE MY SPOT BECAUSE YOU WERE LATE FOR YOUR ****ING CARD GAME –

Me: SIR! PLEASE, LANGUAGE!

(I’m busy helping three other people at my till, further into the store, so there isn’t much I can do, but the regular doesn’t really say anything to this guy, and tries to ignore him…but so does my manager, who I speak with later about this. My manager was, unfortunately, helping another five people, but I really feel like we could have done something to help the poor regular – yes, it was bad form to take the guy’s spot, but because this store is supposed to be family friendly, we don’t take that kind of language. The regular did win a few rounds, so it worked out in the end, I guess, though he really shouldn’t have been in too much of a rush…)

I was working as a cashier and usually very welcoming but had two customers back to back that made my head spin
Me: wow this weather has been crazy. How’s your day going and do you have a card with us?
Custome: I’m fine
(She pays and then my manager comes over as I’m keying in my code for the next customer)
Manager: I was just told by your pervious customer that you were talking too much. Maybe tone it down (which I did)
However after the next customer comes my manager comes over again.
Manager: that last customer thinks you were rude because you weren’t talking as much to her. Be a little more peppy
Me: I literally don’t know what to do now

(I am working as a librarian, when the phone at the library rings. I pick up the phone and answer the call.)

Me: “Good evening, Charleston Library, how may I help you?”

Patron: “Yeah… what county is the Charleston County Public Library in?”

Me: “…”

(long silence)

Me: “I believe it is in Charleston County…”

(even longer silence)

Patron: “Oh, I see. Thanks.” *click*