(There’s a box of small toys, mostly in semi-see-through plastic bags (as in, I can see that there are small toys inside, but can’t easily see the quality/number/brand without taking them out of the bags), next to the counter that I’ve been sorting and pricing. I have to stop to serve a customer, when a different customer comes up and starts rooting through the box. Fair enough – usually people ask first, but honestly, we don’t mind pricing on the fly. However, in this case…)

Customer: How much is this stuff?

Me: *still counting the purchases of the other customer* It hasn’t been sorted yet, I’m not even sure what’s in there.

Customer: Well, how much is this? *holds up bag*

Me: I’m not sure, what are they?

Customer: Some kind of small toys. I have grandkids, I just want something for them to play with, how much is this stuff?

Me: I’d have to have a look at it before I could give you a price

(Keep in mind that there were quite a lot of different toys in the box, and I knew some would be worth much more than others, so I could hardly make up a price without knowing what was in the bag she was holding!)

Customer: Well, how much for the whole box?

Me: *thinks* I don’t f-ing know, I don’t even know what’s in there!

(At this point, my coworker stepped in and distracted her, so I could finally give my original (very patient and understanding) customer their change. She ended up buying the whole box of toys for £15 – I know my coworker gave that price just to get rid of her, but I wish she hadn’t, I was pretty sure I’d seen toys in there that were a really collectable brand and they might have been worth more than that. I’m sure that rude customer had seen them too, and was trying to rush me into giving her a bargain price – and sadly, it worked.)

(I work in a small sub shop as shift leader. The store does provide delivery service, but only through two different online apps. Delivery orders cannot be placed over the phone, but pick up orders can.)
Me: Thank you for calling [Store name]. This is [My Name], how may I help you?
Customer: Do you do delivery?
Me: Yes ma’am, but only through [names of two apps].
Customer: So you don’t deliver over the phone?
Me: No ma’am. I’m sorry, but if you would like to place an order for delivery, you’ll have to use [names of the two apps].
Customer: But I’m just across the street. Why can’t you just take my order and deliver it?
Me: Because we do not have a way of accepting credit payments, and the two apps do, so all our delivery orders are placed online.
Customer: Well that’s stupid, you’re right across the street and you won’t deliver. I guess you just lost yourself a customer.
Me: I’m sorry to hear that.
Customer: Well, then goodbye. *click*

I’m a cart pusher at home depot and i was going to go crush some boxes and a customer asked me for some help.

customer, do you know where the seeds are
Me. yes i point to the seeds , he looks back and fourth
comes back asks me again
customer, so they are not outside.
me. no there right over there
after 10 minutes he just leaves

I work for an athletics department and we were getting ready for a football game. An older man had fallen and was having a seizure or stroke on the side of the drive in front of the Athletics building. I’m helping control traffic as it’s a narrow road.
I stop a couple and move them to the side to allow campus security to get through. They roll down their window and ask me where they can park for the football game.

One of my shift duties is to further mark down already reduced foods with that days date on them and every single time…
Customer: “Excuse me will you be marking this down?” (Waves item that is clearly not reduced)
Customer 2: *follows me around the aisles gathering up the items I reduce*
Customer 3: “Can you mark this down for me now? I don’t want to wait until you get to it”
Customer 4: “Do you have this reduced but with another date on it? I don’t want it for today”
Customer 5: *Fills entire trolley with 15p sandwiches*
Customer 6 at 15 minutes to closing: “What do you mean you don’t have any more *names specific item from bakery which are fresh baked every morning* that’s just poor customer service!”