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

[Komari]

@(you need an account to see links) Convenience stores are generally the ones that have "pocket schedules" and they do not provide multiple teams--only the state team. (I don't know how that functions in other states. Maybe they don't give any out?) So to ask for a New Orleans schedule in Minnesota would be completely absurd to an American, especially in the wrong season. (Some teams are also still setting their fall schedules, so even hoping for a Vikings schedule at this time of year might be a little too soon.)


Added: Ooops...we've already set our schedule through the end of the year. Guess not.

[Rumble Bee]

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

[looklook123123]

Worked at a meat store and people would consistently ask "where's the hamburger meat"?
A frozen hamburger patty is hamburg but ground beef was what they all meant by hamburger meat. Then they would ask why it isn't the same color as a cooked up burger.

[Aura]

"Can I just get the regular veggies on my sandwich?"
lady there is no regular..... everyone gets different shit smh

[Bani]

"there's fry sauce and napkins in the bag for you."
"is there fry sauce in here?"

"can i get my hamburger wrapped in lettuce?"

"are your shakes made with ice cream?"

"we have chocolate and birthday cake dips for our ice cream cones right now."
"so can i get mine dipped in butterscotch?"

"i ordered a ranch burger why did i get a double cheeseburger? i want a refund."
(i had been standing right there when my cashier rang him up)
"sir, you ordered a ranch cup and you've already eaten some of the double cheeseburger. i can't refund you, but i can ring you up for another burger."
"you have terrible service, why can't i just get a free burger?"

"how many patties come on your double cheeseburger?"

(the prices are all on the menu clearly)
"how much does this cost?"

[kaito]

worked at burger king once for about half a year.

there were MANY people that demanded real meat on a country burger (veggie burger)

[vj87]

When I worked at Burger King the amount of people who would come in and ask if we sold burgers was absolutely insane.

However a few weeks before I quit...the broiler died and instead of shutting up the manager made us stay open selling only chicken and chips. Which was bad enough but a lot of people opted for chicken royales and that without making much fuss. Which of course meant we then ran out of chicken royales and tendercrisps (not sure if they still do those ones, this was years back). So I actually had to tell people that we had nothing but veggie burgers and chips, and no we couldn't make some fresh ones so its not even a wait..its just a flat out no. Ridiculous.

I know KFC run out of chicken on a fairly regular basis but theres always some new in cooking so its just a case of them saying for people to wait a bit. But no, we actually stayed open for 6 hours when we had no fucking burgers at all. And the manager hid in the office ALL DAY so it wasn't him getting shouted at for the ridiculousness of it.

[elissa]

I've worked in telecommunications for the last 3 and a half years. Yesterday I had a dude argue with me that he didn't want the free 5gb of bonus data we're automatically handing out to existing customers. He didn't sign up for 15gb, he signed up for 10gb and that's what he damn well wants.

Ok mate. Take it up with the complaints team.

[betafish]

@(you need an account to see links) I imagine he was just suspicious that the free data now was suddenly going to cost him extra eventually.

Not so much a question but I'll never get over the times I was doing the bicycle ice cream cart thing during the summer and people would stare at the cart for several minutes, ask me what I'd recommend, nod as I talked and then get something else entirely.

[Buizel]

At an amusement park I used to work at where I sold dipping dot (little ice cream balls) I served someone a cookies and cream flavor and got a complaint 5 minutes later:

"Why are there cookies in my cookies and cream?"