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

[Tarot]

"what's a poutine?"
shivers
Alternatively, the people asking if any of our food is gluten free.
At a concession.
Bye

[Uanessa]

"Excuse me I ordered a LARGE big mac, why is my burger still the other size?"
Ahhh.. The sizes of the actual burgers don't change.

[Ehentalix]

Not an experience from working somewhere, but this seems like a good place to share.

I went to a burger joint and ordered two of their cheaper meals. The old man behind me orders four of their expensive burgers. They set a bag with my burgers and fries on the counter (which I don't notice because I'm checking out the ads while I wait for them to call my order).

Old man asks if it's his burgers. Cashier says no, yours will be up in a few minutes. Old man goes into the bathroom for a minute, comes back out, grabs the bag with my food, and leaves. -_-

[Trump 2016]

"what's a poutine?"
shivers

How was that dumb? If he was asking at a concession after having been made aware of it at the concession, it's not like one would expect him to whip out a device and search the net instead of asking directly.

[Raylu]

not exactly retail, but at one point i had a housekeeper job at a suuuper fancy 5* hair salon and one of my duties was to make tea/coffee/whatever for the customers.

one day a 50-something year old lady requested some water, so i got her a glass. when i set it down for her she gave me the dirtiest, most offended look and asked me "where's the plate?"....... ??????? i mean... it's not tea, miss... its freaking water........ anyway my boss gave me a Look so i had to fetch her the got damn tea plate for her got damn glass of water :| i'm never working at a fancy place again if i can help it lmao

[Tarot]

How was that dumb? If he was asking at a concession after having been made aware of it at the concession, it's not like one would expect him to whip out a device and search the net instead of asking directly.

hi friend idk if u know about these things called ~jokes~ but that's what that was
now beat it and stop asking me more dumb questions

[Trump 2016]

hi friend idk if u know about these things called ~jokes~ but that's what that was
now beat it and stop asking me more dumb questions

You did nothing to distinguish it from the plenty of people who do/would expect one to know certain dishes and would condescend over not knowing said dish.

So two questions (which I doubt you can answer to fit your first answer):

How could those people I mentioned post in a thread like this if they weren't joking? Well, it could easily look like your post. You're neither brilliant nor crafty for adding "shivers".

Secondly, just about everyone who recounted an experience with a customer question in this thread actually had a pretty dumb question. What did you do to distinguish yours and why should my assumption have been what you say it is?

I will beat it for now though. See I was always too enterprising to ever have had to work in retail. Wouldn't want to catch the waft of diarrhea that's still probably in your hair from working around that garbage food. (The aroma is still there long after you quit, I'm betting. ...Wait, you're still not working there, are you?) But hey, try making your answer worthwhile and also a bit cunt-y as long as I can have my customer order. Get on it. And if you mess it up, you're packing my groceries next time.

[Tarot]

You did nothing to distinguish it from the plenty of people who do/would expect one to know certain dishes and would condescend over not knowing said dish.

So two questions (which I doubt you can answer to fit your first answer):

How could those people I mentioned post in a thread like this if they weren't joking? Well, it could easily look like your post. You're neither brilliant nor crafty for adding "shivers".

Secondly, just about everyone who recounted an experience with a customer question in this thread actually had a pretty dumb question. What did you do to distinguish yours and why should my assumption have been what you say it is?

I will beat it for now though. See I was always too enterprising to ever have had to work in retail. Wouldn't want to catch the waft of diarrhea that's still probably in your hair from working around that garbage food. (The aroma is still there long after you quit, I'm betting. ...Wait, you're still not working there, are you?) But hey, try making your answer worthwhile and also a bit cunt-y as long as I can have my customer order. Get on it. And if you mess it up, you're packing my groceries next time.

I'll give u a 2/10 Troll Score only because that made me laugh so fucking hard

[awe]

"I've worked here before and I loved it!"

Bitch, no the fuck you didn't. Don't fuckin' lie to me.

[Chookity]

I used to work at a toy store, and people would call asking for the "toys department" aka the entire store
I would just politely ask what they were looking for but some of my coworkers would actually put them on hold for a while just to laugh about it