Strange questions at work!

[Mishi]

<snip> or are just completely fucking with everyone and making this shit up. Either way, it's hilarious.

That's the answer, right there. Most of Rugz's family has this sort of humor and they're of Dutch descent. My sister's boyfriend is Dutch, and his family is the same. Actually, when my sister translated the nickname that everyone uses for him, our parents freaked. They'd been calling him either 'well-hung' or 'horsecock' for a year or so without knowing. (I can't remember which one it was)

[Lace Neil Singer]

Can't rival Jester's list, but here is the most common stupid question I get where I work:

*after standing there staring at the empty milk chiller for about ten minutes* "Um, do you have any milk?"

Yes we do. It's just invisible. -.-

[Jester]

I can't picture walking into a public building and NOT noticing the name or anything.

Oh hell, I get that kind of question so often that I didn't even think to put it on the list. Almost daily people will ask me, "What's the name of this place again?" Sometimes after having spent quite a bit of time there.

Yesterday had a group of people at the bar, including Loud Obnoxious Drunk Stupid Clumsy Woman. In addition to spilling most of one of her glasses of wine and falling out of her chair, at one point, when I poured her a new glass of wine and saw that there was still some wine in the bottle, the following conversations ensued...

LODSCW: "Hey, there's still some wine in there. You might as well just pour the rest in my glass."
ME, looking at the bottle: "Ma'am, there's almost a full glass's worth of wine in there!"
LODSCW: "Well, I still think I should get the rest of the bottle."
ME: "And I still think I should have a date with Megan Fox. But I don't."

I know, I know, it's not a stupid question per se, but it was a stupid comment, from a stupid customer, with a stupid assumption of entitlement. So I think it kinda fits here.

[MoonCat]

Why did she want three jars, you ask? So she could "collect the three different colors of water."

Blue, yellow and green?

You have to move fast to collect the yellow...

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I think probably one of the strangest questions came totally out of the blue a few months ago on a day when I was running a register and, like a million times before, asked a customer for their store discount card. . .

WC (Weirdo Customer): "Do you ever feel strange handling other people's keyrings?"

Me: Never thought about it. Nobody's ever asked me that strange of a question before. {thinking: WTF are YOU smoking, Dude?}

Is it supposed to give me some sort of orgasm or something to handle keyrings? I still don't get it . . . come to think of it, I don't think HE ever had it, let alone got it.

[Treasure]

At the flower shop "Do you sell flowers here?" - mom deadpanned him "Nah, I just charge 'em rent"

at Valentines (at the flower shop) a gentleman walked past the line of customers trying to pay or pick out flowers, past all of the Neon Pink signage (on every available surface) that stated our prices, and into the work area - to ask "How much is a dzn roses?" "$95" "DOLLARS!?!?!?" "Well it ain't chickens!"

[gaspode]

Somebody today asked me"Is this ready meal vegetarian?"
well seeing as it's Liver, Bacon and mashed potato ,I think maybe not.

[MoonCat]

At the flower shop "Do you sell flowers here?" - mom deadpanned him "Nah, I just charge 'em rent"

at Valentines (at the flower shop) a gentleman walked past the line of customers trying to pay or pick out flowers, past all of the Neon Pink signage (on every available surface) that stated our prices, and into the work area - to ask "How much is a dzn roses?" "$95" "DOLLARS!?!?!?" "Well it ain't chickens!"

Oh god, we used to get that all the time!

"Your ad will be $20."
"Twenty DOLLARS???"

Used to drive one of my co-workers crazy. I always wanted to say "no, pesos!" Or "rubles" or maybe clams...just to see what kind of reaction I'd get.

[wolfie]

"Do you take American money?" Key West is in Florida. Which, last I checked, is still one of the States.

If you really wanted to blow their minds, you could tell them "You're in luck - NOW we accept U.S. currency. 150 years ago, anyone possessing U.S. currency would have been thrown in jail." See how long it takes for the penny to drop and for them to remember Florida's history.

[Ironclad Alibi]

If you really wanted to blow their minds, you could tell them "You're in luck - NOW we accept U.S. currency. 150 years ago, anyone possessing U.S. currency would have been thrown in jail." See how long it takes for the penny to drop and for them to remember Florida's history.

Since Jester was speaking of Key West, US currency was accepted there during the US Civil War. Key West was the only southern city to remain in Union hands throughout the Civil War.

[vloglady]

I work in a public library. In 1998, a kid came up to me and wanted to know if we had any computer software on fish. I said no, we had BOOKS.

He left so disappointed.

[Mr. Security]

It's always funny at the library I do security at when someone walks up and asks where to return books when our desk is right across from returns that has a giant sign saying RETURNS

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I work in a public library. In 1998, a kid came up to me and wanted to know if we had any computer software on fish. I said no, we had BOOKS.

He left so disappointed.

Maybe he was looking for a copy of Odell Lake.

I lost count of how many hours I played that on the Commodore 64.

[smfrazier]

Jester's post about tourists reminded me of the story I heard about a tour boat out on the ocean at sundown. A tourist asked the guide " Can you move the boat closer to the sunset?"

[dalesys]

Jester's post about tourists reminded me of the story I heard about a tour boat out on the ocean at sundown. A tourist asked the guide " Can you move the boat closer to the sunset?"

Only on Discworld. Do you have a turtle?