I was having a conversation this evening with someone who'd recently done some shopping at Wal-Mart.  She needed to get grapes, among other things.  Because they were advertised cheaper at another store, she took in the other store's ad so that Wal-Mart would match the cheaper price.

When she got to the checkout, the cashier wouldn't give her the discount because the ad said "Chilean Grapes."  My friend pointed out on the package where the Wal-Mart grapes were also imported from Chile, hence "Chilean Grapes."

The cashier's response? (insert best redneck accent here)  "Chilean means they need to be put in the refrigerator.  These other grapes are from Chile.  It's not the same."

What's the most idiotic thing a store employee/cashier/manager/retail bottom-feeder has ever said to you?

The Mailman 176,464 56
11/24/2008 10:01 PM

I heard Augusto Pinochet is actually having a pleasant stay in Hell. He spends his day sitting on a beach chair, just Chilean.

Millie 116,988 28
11/24/2008 10:16 PM

What's the most idiotic thing a store employee/cashier/manager/retail bottom-feeder has ever said to you?

Instead of that, how about I tell you the most idiotic thing a customer has said to me?

<bitter retail worker>

Millie 116,988 28
11/24/2008 11:07 PM

That came out bitchier than I meant it to. 



 

Phuc 237,919 21
11/24/2008 11:11 PM

What's the most idiotic thing a store employee/cashier/manager/retail bottom-feeder has ever said to you?

Something about Secret Santa, giving ZUG a computer, free tickets to California, and a phpBB humor site.

Spicey Pram's Lobster Taco Undies 80,728 42
11/24/2008 11:18 PM

(it's raining out, and I'm in the grocery store, drenched, clearly showing that I did not drive there)

Bagger: "paper or plastic?"

The Mailman 176,464 56
11/24/2008 11:41 PM

Instead of that, how about I tell you the most idiotic thing a customer has said to me?



One day, when I was working as a cashier at Wal-mart, some woman showed me an advertisement for a competing store that had grapes 15 cents cheaper than what I was charging for them, and she asked me to match that price.

I told her that she could either pay the price I was ringing the grapes at, or spend the extra $5 in gas to drive to the other store and buy the discounted grapes. She gave me a weird look so I made a stupid pun about Chile so she would get the hell out.

GrammarNazi 954 5
11/25/2008 06:15 AM

That came out bitchier than I meant it to.

Not at all, Millie.  I worked in retail.  People are mean, rude, stupid jackasses - mostly.

Worst job ever?  Captain Ds.  First job ever out of high school.

Best retail job?  Staples Copy Center.  Yeah, the pay and long hours sucked, but I had a variety of projects to work on, so I never got bored.

Barefoot Chance 171,275 14
11/25/2008 07:35 AM

I have the bad habit of calling people sweetie, sugah pie, and sweet nipples. Occassionally a customer will scream at me for it. I still dont understand why.

Spicey Pram's Lobster Taco Undies 80,728 42
11/25/2008 10:22 AM

*passes Chance some sexual harrass mints*

Gavvo 1,789 12
11/25/2008 10:50 AM

I work for a sign company here in Cleveland and we recently did a bunch of photo surveys for some of our larger clients in order to prepare them for the shopping season.  Since we're trying to get these done quick and cheap, a lot of the people doing the surveys weren't sign guys, but regular people who just answered an ad and agreed to go to the address and take photos of anything that looked to be out or broken.

One of clients is a major retail toy store and I kid you not, we had someone send us a report for two different locations telling us that somehow the R had been installed backward on the main sign.  They were confused that nobody had reported it before.  For those who haven't figured it out yet, the backwards R is one of the signatures of this retailer.

Worst thing was, we still had to pay this idiot for the surveys...

Th Real Gonzo 118 6
11/25/2008 12:30 PM

I once had a Best Buy urchin attempt to convince me that the Monster brand component video cables had each cable tuned to individually carry their specific color signal better.  When I asked him how the copper in the cable knew that the electrons surging through it's excessive 3 foot run represented a green image versus a blue one, all he could say was: "All I know is that OUR HD TVs here won't work on the cheaper cables."

Yeah, Scooter... dig deeper.

Th Real Gonzo 118 6
11/25/2008 12:31 PM

"Sir... I know the sign says 'No Shirt, no shoes, no service,' but pants are implied"

Jerks need to be more specific.

BillSalamie 67,057 13
11/25/2008 12:40 PM

I worked at a rental car company and a customer had a coupon for 15% off a rental. When he was done 15% came off his total price for 3 or 4 days. He was convinced that if I subtracted 15% each day instead of the total his discount would be higher, so I had to write down the math for each day on a piece of paper to show him it was the same. He still thought I was ripping him off.

Your What Hurts? 5,582 10
11/25/2008 01:07 PM

Extra clickies if you know whether that's the distributive or associative property of math at work.