I, Apparently, Do Not Know Where I Work

[Namrepus221]

I would've called your manager and had him bring a copy of your fliers, catalogs, Office Depot "Branded" folders, and anythign else with the logo and watched the putz slink away in embarassment

[Soria]

What was he expecting? You to say ' You've caught me sir! My little joke. Let me show you to the power tools!' Just because he yelled louder and called you a retard?

[PriceytheCashierKing]

Yeah,

He continued to go on and on about how he was in Home Depot instead of Office Depot and eventually I had to stop him and tell him, "Sir if you can find any peice of wood or board that we sell individually I'll be more than happy to give you a free soda for your achievements because you're not in Home Depot, and I don't work there. If you wish to argue I'm afraid I don't have the time so carry on and have a nice day."

Eventually he comes back and demands a free soda because technically our furniture section constitutes lumber. I had informed him that I mentioned specifically sold individually and he goes, "Well if you take them apart they are individuals and they do come packaged individually." I just shook my head and walked away pulling on my hair.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

SC: No I'm in the right store, you're just a retard.

"Takes one to know one. HERE'S YOUR SIGN!"

That man is working with power tools?

He's probably the reason why there has to be so many different warnings on them. Like "The thingy on the end of the drill goes into the piece of wood you want to put a hole in. Not your head."

[AriRashkae]

It's pretty scary when people are that clueless....and then refuse to admit they made a mistake!

Me, i've done stupid things in my time, adn when caught in my stupidity, i will just laugh it off. I must admit i am guilty of asking where things are in a store, esp. if I'm really tired, and just don't feel like looking, or have looked half-heartedly. That's ALWAYS when the assoc. will point out its right in front of me! I will just laugh at myself and apologize.

Yep! I've done that. Usually because my brain's just fried. But sometimes I think I have a little pixie on my shoulder that arranges these things. Just like I know, when I finish knitting this pair of socks, the first sock I knit (I'm supposed to be on the second sock) will reappear right after I put this box in the mail.

[friendofjimmyk]

SC: Power Tools!

After listening to him insist he was at Home Depot - I would've walked him over to the electronic staplers and pencil sharpeners and declared, "Power tools!"

[Becks]

That sort of thing happens all the time. Don't feel too bad.

I don't feel bad...I think it's funny.

[rerant]

I take it the computers, printers, paper, office supplies, highlighters, fax machines, filing cabinets, file folders, lack of orange aprons, wood, toilets, piping, entire aisles dedicated to caulk, paint counters and massive expanding space didn't tip him off.
How in the hell someone can mistake OFFICE Depot for HOME Depot is just so far beyond my scope of comprehension I don't even know how to verbalise the awe that I'm in.

[Earl]

Just for fun I would have said "follow me" and tried to see how many times I could get the guy to follow me around the store before he realized that we weren't really looking for powertools.

[B&NGoddess]

similarly, i had someone on the phone ask me if i was sure which store she had called. she wanted store B, but got me at store A.

"is this store B?"

"no, this is store A."

"are you sure?"

no douche, i just wandered in and hoped for the best.

[AirHostess]

SC: Screw this, I'm going to Lowes you guys are so incompetent and never do ANYTHING right!

OMG. You were being so professional and trying to help him even though he is being a complete tool and he is still horrible to you! Unbelievable.

[Dark Psion]

I can't wait till your local Home Depot gets word from the home office that a customer was insulted, threatened and offered office supplies in their store.


I doubt the name matters, I work at a True Value and you can't imagine how many people come in with Ace sale adds.

[flybye023]

I used to work at Home Depot and every now and then I'd get a customer asking for computers or the plastic floor-mat thingies to put their office chair on. I would explain that we didn't carry them; customer would insist that we did. I would then politely point them in the general direction of Office Depot and they would depart. Idiots.

[Bloodsoul]

Our ecentric name has often gotten us confused with Big Lots, however most of the situations has only revolved around a customer writing BL's name on their check or blurting it to someone over the phone; we had a customer come in with BL's flyer, but that was difused fairly shortly.

...doesn't help that we did, at one point, sell some large construction paper from BL, but then we also had bedding sheets from K-Mart, shopping carts from Wal*Mart, and Christmas wreathes from Ames. >.<

[powerboy]

I have you beat. I ask where stuff is in my store, and I've worked there for almost 4 years. I look hard, too.

One time I looked for something, couldn't find it, asked one of the guys and it turns out I was staring at it.

Lots of laughs.

I done that a few times before.