Gotta love the stupid questions...

[Shabo]

I used to work at a pet store chain that had *bright royal blue* polo shirts with red embroidered logo for a uniform. Pretty good job, worked there for nearly 2 years before (and during) the time I was at college. Anywho...

One day, I was standing in the small animal section, elbows deep in the cages while cleaning, clearly wearing my shirt, and a customer walked up to me and asked me if I worked there...

I so wish that I could have said "no".

I also got that question while I was standing behind the fish counter, or reorganizing items and facing the shelves, unloading the pallets, etc. Seriously, I enjoy spending my free time acting like I"m working at the store and wearing their uniform. I get a huge kick out of it.

Oh yeah, and there's the times when it would be slow in the mornings, and I would be standing at the register, reading a magazine, and a customer would approach me and ask me if I was open. There are 4 registers there. The light was on over my register. There was *no one else* up there. :sigh"

The best one though was when I was 12 or 13, and I had gone to a department store with my family after church, and a lady came up to me and asked me for help with something. I look at her and go, I don't work here lady. Her reasoning?

"Oh, well, you are dressed nice, so I thought maybe you worked here." Wow. Just wow.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I have gotten asked that question while wearing an large purple apron with a FedEx Kinko's logo on it, a shirt with the same on it, while standing behind a cash register putting money in. Nothing suprises me anymore.

[Shabo]

Yeah, and there were also the amazing customers that would spot me with my coat still on, walking into the store, and ask me to bag some crickets for them. Geeze, catch me on the way back from punching in or something. Make sure I'm there to actually work first and not just walking in to pick something up!

[terana]

I had a customer ask me if I worked at my store once, while i'm putting the frieght away. I was in the full work uniform, so I looked at him and said no I just like putting things away its a fetish really. He looked at me kinda odd for a mintue before I started laughing and asked how I could help him. That look was priceless.

[Just Ace]

ooo I have had a tonne of these! Normally happens while I am walking thru the supermarket wearing my white uniform and their uniform is red or green. My favourite is one day having someone ask me advice on a medicinal product in a supermarket (I work in the pharmacy). If I remember the conversation went like this

sc: 'Excuse me but will this help with my ......... I am also on this medication'
me: 'Sorry but I don't work here'
sc: 'But you work in the chemist'
me: Why yes I do and if you come into my shop and buy the same product from me then I will gladly give you all the FREE advice that I can'

Then I just walked away. Felt good to do that! Especially after all the times we get people in and ask us a million and one questions about products and when we go to finish the sale they say "Oh no I'll get it in the supermarket. it's cheaper"!!!

[Boozy]

Here's what I've learned from CS:

The only time anyone is asked "Do you work here?" is when its blatantly obvious that they do.

The only time the question "Do you work here?" is NOT asked is when its blatantly obvious that they don't - at which point the customer-mistaken-for-employee is threatened with losing their "job" for not being helpful.