Can you be even more vague?

[Hon'ya-chan]

Request #1:

"Yeah, um, i'm looking for this game. It has squares and stuff. I dunno the name."

No, he wasn't asking about Sudoku or Crosswords or Scrabble. He left after I showed him the games section and after trying to prod a teeny bit more info.

Request #2:

SC: Do you sell Video game guides?!
Me: What game?
SC: Pokemon!!
Me: Sure, which one?
SC: Pokemons!!
Me: ...

Request #3

Me: Title?
SC: (some title I forgot)
Me: I have several matches. Subject? (Note: she didn't know the author)
SC: It's a book.
Me: Subject.
SC: I gave you the title!
Me: What is the book subject?
SC: I don't know.
Me: (Rants off the subjects)
SC: It's not one of those!!

At this point, it takes an extra 5 minutes to figure out the bitch was looking for a MAGAZINE that has a similar title to a whole host of books.

[Aldous]

Do you have that thing, it's a geometric shape and is colored? You know that thing, alot of people have it. It has colors.
Vague enough for you? I hate when people are either too vague or give you more information than is physically possible. The latter is the worst when part of their info is incorrect. But, surely you have the thing.

[Pagan]

"You had a book that was red a few months ago. Do you still have it?" And, "Do you have that movie with that guy that was in a movie with that other guy?"

I wish I was making those up, but I actually have gotten those questions!

[Ill_Used_Heroine]

I get that ALL the time at the library.

SC: Do you have that Oprah book?
Me: Which one?
SC: You know, that OPRAH one!
Me: *sigh*

SC: Do you have that DVD, with whats-his-name?
Me: Do you know the title of the movie?
SC: You KNOW, it stars that guy!
Me: What was it about?
SC: I don't know, but that guy was in it!
Me: What other movies was he in?
SC: Forget it! You don't know!

[Ljt09863]

[QUOTE=Hon'ya-chan;167262]
SC: Do you sell Video game guides?!
Me: What game?
SC: Pokemon!!
Me: Sure, which one?
SC: Pokemons!!
Me: ....[/QUOTE/]


i once had a customer come up to my counter and say," give me a pack of cigarettes." i said,"ok. what kind?" and i swear she said this, with serious attitude,as though she couldn't believe i asked. she then says..."the kind you smoke!" i had to explain to her that there are different brands...

[aurelemsrealm]

I usually answer with equally vague statements until they get the point or give up. "Maybe, it depends....." Even better is the blank look in combination with a noncommital statement, "I don't know."

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Got the same thing the other day. I took an outside call for the furniture department. The caller asked me if we had an office chair in stock.

I asked her which chair she wanted. She said "Well, it's got wheels, and a back, and arms on it"

We have about 7 different office chairs in stock. All but one of them have arms. I told her she'd be better off just coming in to see what we have.

[justZu]

I always get this:

SC - Gimme a draft beer
Me - What kind?
SC - (groan sigh) whatever... domestic
Me - (grrr) all the drafts are domestic
Then the Sc acts like I am wasting their time and I am an idiot, before finally deciding on one of the four tap beers available. Seriously, just pick one to begin with, don't make me drag it out of you.

When I was a library aide one little boy always had the vaguest requests. For instance, he would want "that blue book" or some other obscure thing. Funny thing though, the school librarian was so awesome she always knew just what he wanted. It was usually something she had read to his class the week before.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Request #2:

SC: Do you sell Video game guides?!
Me: What game?
SC: Pokemon!!
Me: Sure, which one?
SC: Pokemons!!
Me: ...

I used to take care of the games books and we had a waterfall display on the top shelf of the game guides. Those size books, it holds 9 titles. I have filled it with Pokemon titles and still had leftovers...

SC: Do you have that Oprah book?
Me: Which one?
SC: You know, that OPRAH one!
Me: *sigh*

The one BY Oprah (really a collection of articles from her magazine, so not really by her) or one of the 60 or so titles she has had on her book club, or one of the dog-knows-how-many books she has featured on her show?

[CrazedClerk]

The squares game he mentioned might have been Origami or something...

[Anoki]

Request #1:

"Yeah, um, i'm looking for this game. It has squares and stuff. I dunno the name."

No, he wasn't asking about Sudoku or Crosswords or Scrabble. He left after I showed him the games section and after trying to prod a teeny bit more info.

I vote TETRIS!!!

[Andara Bledin]

Request #1:

"Yeah, um, i'm looking for this game. It has squares and stuff. I dunno the name."

I vote TETRIS!!!

Hah! That was my first thought.

After that, I think, "is this a computer game, a console game, or some sort of pencil and paper game?"

Lumines for the PSP has squares, too.

^-.-^

[symposes]

QBERT!!!

Surely you know he ment that one

[Nekojin]

QBERT!!!

Surely you know he ment that one

Yeah, but those are cubes (or Qubes, if you're talking about the sequel)! Surely he knows the difference, right?

[Pixagi]

Reminds me of "i feel sick" by Jhonen Vasquez

SC: Excuse me.
Devi: Yes? May I help you?
SC: I'm looking for a book.
Devi: Okayyy...
SC: I think it was blue.