Folks in retail, what is the dumbest question a customer has ever asked you?

[Cinnamoroll]

I work in health care, but this made me laugh.
I had a lady filling out an intake form and she was 100% serious and asks "What is the gluteal region..?"
COME ON as if you don't know that is your butt.

[♥ Hydrapple ♥]

*Tries to scan an item*
*Item doesn't ring up*
Customer: That must mean it's free HAHAHAHAHAH

yeah that joke is beyond its expiration da te

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[Hawk]

I had an experience where I had a call in at the Starbucks I worked at at the time.

He asked me point blank: "Do you sell coffee?"

I had no words, calling the Starbucks Coffee and Tea company and asking if we sold coffee; all I ended up saying was yes, Beans and Coffee Beverages.

And they hung up.

[Synth Salazzle]

I don't know if this counts as retail but I worked at pizza hut for a while and the dumbest thing I had a customer ask me on 50 cent wing Wednesday was "Can I buy a single chicken wing?"

That wasn't really the bad part, I got asked that EVERY Wednesday. The bad part was that she threw a fit, and threatened my manager over it.


I also worked at a small local grocery store and was asked "Where is the grocery section?"

THE ENTIRE STORE. WOMAN. THE ENTIRE STORE IS THE GROCERY SECTION.

I mentioned it was a grocery store, and got written up for being rude.

[people]

I now work in a ups store and oh wow the amount of dumb people and phone calls we get is ABSURD
i had a guy yell at me today bc it was $15 to pack AND ship a fragile stained glass bird (that is a good price too....)

[kimmy1989]

I worked at boost juice and they asked if we sold juices.....

I said yeah and pointed at the menu right above my head and they got shitty at me

[Pusheen]

I was in the game store today with my boyfriend, when we overheard a discussion a girl was having with the staff of the store. She wanted to give the game back and get a refund because she "didn't like it" and find it "boring". She claimed that if the client wasn't happy with the purchase, they should give a refund, while one of the guys at staff replied back "If you go to the cinema and watch a movie you find boring, you don't go to the front desk and ask for a refund".

The situation was hilarious, oh boy, what a time to be alive.

[Komari]

.....while one of the guys at staff replied back "If you go to the cinema and watch a movie you find boring, you don't go to the front desk and ask for a refund".

Yep. I walked out of Rogue One and marveled halfway home that I was so disappointed with a Star Wars movie that I actually walked out! (As I write this, I realize that I probably would've walked out of Attack of the Clones if I hadn't been watching it on DVD. But at least that had the cool Yoda scene!)

First and only time I've ever walked out of a movie. Guess I've been lucky that all the other stinkers were on DVD and I could just throw it back into the envelope and chuck it back at Netflix. (We only stream for Fuller House​.)