Boys and Girls of Every Age, Don't You Think Customers are Very Strange?

[Luna]

I do that with songs all the time. I can hear a song, and as it's playing - adlib completely different lines to suit my mood or theme of the day. It's great fun!

Your customers are damn weird princess. I would have given lots of money to see you walk into the parkign lot with crazy wind lady and start chanting and frantically waving your arms though.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Jack's Lament
A guy comes into my line and promptly introduces himself as Jack. Then he starts telling me of his problems at home with his wife, kids, job, you name it, he moaned about it. What he does he think I am, his therapist? I tried to get him to move along after he paid, but he stayed their and continued bitching until the customers behind him told him in no uncertain terms, they would like to pay. Finally he left.

Methinks he mistook you for the bartender...

As for bug guy, here's a few titles you can pass along to him if you see him again...

The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook
Creepy Crawly Cuisine: The Gourmet Guide to Edible Insects
Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects

yeah, um, excuse me while I .

[Buglady]

Methinks he mistook you for the bartender...

As for bug guy, here's a few titles you can pass along to him if you see him again...

The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook
Creepy Crawly Cuisine: The Gourmet Guide to Edible Insects
Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects

yeah, um, excuse me while I .

Um, is it bad that I own two of those?? Hee hee (perils of working at the Bug Zoo...) I haven't made any of the recipes, though!

[BookstoreEscapee]

Um, is it bad that I own two of those?? Hee hee (perils of working at the Bug Zoo...) I haven't made any of the recipes, though!

Ah-ha! Now I finally understand your screen name!

[friendofjimmyk]

What's This?
A lady comes up to me and holds up a jar of bell peppers stuffed with cheese and ham. She asks me what it is. I told her. She does the same thing with a container of potato salad. This goes on with every item in her cart. Finally she was satisfied and left. If you want to know what something is, couldn't you just read the label?! Oh wait, that's common sense.

I would've felt that I was on candid camera or something with this one.

[/QUOTE] Making Christmas
Lady comes up to me and asks if we had any Christmas decorations. We just started July. We don't have Christmas decorations. She said she was having a Fourth of July barb-b-que and she wanted Christmas decorations because her relatives weren't there for her Christmas party. She got upset when I told her that we only carry Christmas items during November and December. She told me that was poor business practice and left in a big huffy. [/QUOTE]

Wow, well, shit, why don't you have Christmas stuff in july?!?!!? Don't you know it's important to please that one person who will randomly walk in off the street and look for Christmas crap in July. As a matter of fact, all business should spend the time to think of any random situation and make sure they are prepared for it.

[/QUOTE] I Sense There's Something in the Wind
That feels like idioticness at hand. An old lady comes up and tells me that the wind outside was making it hard for her to walk and breathe, and it smells like a dirty shoe. She then asks what we were going to do about it. We can't control the wind. When I pointed that out, she said, "Hmmph! Well then, I'm going to take my business somewhere that knows how to treat their customers!" Then she left.
[/QUOTE]

Wow, when you get control over the wind, please let me know!

[Max]

I used to have customers complain when we put up Christmas decorations after Halloween because they thought it was too early! (I agreed with them, but it wasn't my choice.)

You should have gone outside and looked up at the sky and said,"Let their be no smelly wind."

I would LOVE to do this. Particularly while gesturing grandly at the sky, or maybe dancing with a Native Indian tambourine. It would totally make my day.

[Bella_Vixen]

Wow, well, shit, why don't you have Christmas stuff in july?!?!!? Don't you know it's important to please that one person who will randomly walk in off the street and look for Christmas crap in July.

Just out of curiosity, does anyone else remember the story about the lady who was looking for fruitcake in July for her dying mother?

[Imogene]

I'm going to be singing "I'm the Oogie Boogieman."

a-Hem!

Whoa-oa!
Whoa-oa!
Whoa-oa!
Whoa-oa!
I'm the Oogie-Boogie Man!

"Release me fast or you will have to answer for this heinous act!
The children are expecting me so please come to your senses."

Oh brother, you're somethin
You put me in a spin!
I can't believe you aren't comprehendin
The position. That you're in.
It's hopeless.
You're finished.
You really are too much.
And now, with your permission, I'm goin' to do my Stuff.

"What're you going to do?"

I'm gonna do the best I can!

Whoa! The sound of rollin dice to me is music in the air.
Cause I'm a gamblin' boogie man,
Although I don't play fair.
It's much more fun, I must confess,
when lives are on the line.
Not mine, of course, but yours, old boy,
Now that'd be just fine.

I know there's another verse, but I can't seem to pull it out of my head, seeing as it's been some time since I watched that.

[Andara Bledin]

Because it's just such a great song....

Well, well, well!
What have we here?
Sandy Claws, huh?
Ooooh, I'm really scared.

So you're the one everybody's talking about, hah hah hah!.

You're jokin', you're jokin'.
I can't believe my eyes.
You're jokin' me, you gotta be,
this can't be the right guy.
He's ancient, he's ugly.
I don't know which is worse.
I might just split a seam now,
if I don't die laughin' first.

It's terrible when boogie says,
'There's trouble close at hand',
You'd better pay attention now,
cause I'm the boogie man.
And if you aren't a-shakin',
there's something very wrong,
cause this may be the last time
you hear the boogie song.

Whoa-oh, whoa-oh. Whoa-oh, whoa-oh.
Whoa-oh, whoa oh. I'm (he's) the oogie boogie man.

And if I'm feelin' antsy
and there isn't much to do,
I might just cook a special batch
of snake and spider stew.
And don't you know one thing
that would make it work so nice.
A roly-poly Sandy Claws
to add a little spice.

Whoa-oh, whoa-oh. Whoa-oh, whoa-oh.
Whoa-oh, yeah. I'm (he's) the oogie boogie man.

[Santa]
Release me now or you must face the dire consequences,
the children are expecting me so please come to your senses.

Hah! You're jokin', you're jokin.
I can't believe my ears.
Would someone shut this fellow up?
I'm drownin' in my tears.
He's funny, I'm laughin'.
You really are too much.
And now, with your permission,
I'm going to do my stuff.

What're you going to do?
I'm gonna do the best I can.

Whooaa!
The sound of rollin' dice to me
is music in the air,
cause I'm a gamblin' boogie man
although I don't play fair.
It's much more fun, I must confess,
with lives on the line.
Not mine of course, but yours old boy,
now that'd be just fine.

[Santa]
Release me fast or you have will have to answer for this heinous act.

Oh brother, you're something.
You put me in a spin.
You aren't comprehending
the position that you're in.
It's hopeless,
you're finished,
you haven't got a prayer.
Cause I'm Mister Oogie Boogie,
and you ain't goin' nowhere.

^-.-^

[HYHYBT]

Wow, when you get control over the wind, please let me know!

Just stay away from that weird talking boat.

[WorkAtBBuy]

[QUOTE

I Sense There's Something in the Wind
That feels like idioticness at hand. An old lady comes up and tells me that the wind outside was making it hard for her to walk and breathe, and it smells like a dirty shoe. She then asks what we were going to do about it. We can't control the wind. When I pointed that out, she said, "Hmmph! Well then, I'm going to take my business somewhere that knows how to treat their customers!" Then she left.

Sometimes I wonder if Dr. Finklestein forgot to give his creations brains and they somehow got loose from his lab.[/QUOTE]

Well...you COULD be a Wind Demon like Kagura on Inuyasha. Eh? Doesn't that sound fun? ^_^

[aurelemsrealm]

Making Christmas
Lady comes up to me and asks if we had any Christmas decorations. We just started July. We don't have Christmas decorations. She said she was having a Fourth of July barb-b-que and she wanted Christmas decorations because her relatives weren't there for her Christmas party. She got upset when I told her that we only carry Christmas items during November and December. She told me that was poor business practice and left in a big huffy.

Well, geez, what do you expect? There's always talk of Christmas in July....

I Sense There's Something in the Wind
That feels like idioticness at hand. An old lady comes up and tells me that the wind outside was making it hard for her to walk and breathe, and it smells like a dirty shoe. She then asks what we were going to do about it. We can't control the wind. When I pointed that out, she said, "Hmmph! Well then, I'm going to take my business somewhere that knows how to treat their customers!" Then she left.

You should have told her to quit breathing, then she could concentrate on walking and wouldn't have to worry about the dirty shoe smell anymore.

[Primer]

Just stay away from that weird talking boat.

H.R.Puff'nstuff??

[JustADude]

H.R.Puff'nstuff??

Legend of Zelda: Windwaker, IIRC