It's bad enough finding open "sophisticate" magazines in the bathroom or hidden among the shelves. However, I will never forget these two customers. At least they actually had the intention of buying their magazine.
These both happened in September 2005:
#1
Me: [Store/Location], this is [ME!], how can I help you?
Caller: Yes, I was wondering if you have a certain magazine?
Me: Alright
Caller: Has the new scratch 'n sniff Playboy come in?
Me: (suppressing a combination of wtf??? and laughter)Uh. . . I don't think so, let me check the computer. I'm not seeing any indication that we received that.
Caller: Maybe it was Penthouse, I can't remember
Me: Let me put you on hold and find out for you
[Hold]
I call my receiving manager.
Me: [RM], do you know of any scratch 'n sniff Playboys or Penthouses?
RM: (Laughing)No, can't say that I have
Me: Do they even exist?
RM: Wouldn't surprise me.
[pick up the line again and decide that if this is a prank, I'm not going to let him get the best of me.]
Me: Sir, it doesn't look like we've received any. If you want, I can take your number and if we get it in, we'll give you a call.
Caller: No, no, my wife would kill me.
Me: Alright sir, have a good day.
Later, as I walked by receiving, my receiving manager sniffs his fingers and says to me, "The new Playboys have arrived."
#2
The store opens and the first customer comes in, goes straight to the newsstand and grabs a copy of Playboy. Since I'm at the front of the store, I jump on one of the tills and ring him up. As he's paying he says to me, "Y'know, my cousin is in this issue." At that point all I could muster was, "uh . . . Alright."
I told my receiving manager this and he says to me, "You know, if you want to be really crass, you could've said, 'Well, I was in your cousin.'"
If only . . .
These both happened in September 2005:
#1
Me: [Store/Location], this is [ME!], how can I help you?
Caller: Yes, I was wondering if you have a certain magazine?
Me: Alright
Caller: Has the new scratch 'n sniff Playboy come in?
Me: (suppressing a combination of wtf??? and laughter)Uh. . . I don't think so, let me check the computer. I'm not seeing any indication that we received that.
Caller: Maybe it was Penthouse, I can't remember
Me: Let me put you on hold and find out for you
[Hold]
I call my receiving manager.
Me: [RM], do you know of any scratch 'n sniff Playboys or Penthouses?
RM: (Laughing)No, can't say that I have
Me: Do they even exist?
RM: Wouldn't surprise me.
[pick up the line again and decide that if this is a prank, I'm not going to let him get the best of me.]
Me: Sir, it doesn't look like we've received any. If you want, I can take your number and if we get it in, we'll give you a call.
Caller: No, no, my wife would kill me.
Me: Alright sir, have a good day.
Later, as I walked by receiving, my receiving manager sniffs his fingers and says to me, "The new Playboys have arrived."
#2
The store opens and the first customer comes in, goes straight to the newsstand and grabs a copy of Playboy. Since I'm at the front of the store, I jump on one of the tills and ring him up. As he's paying he says to me, "Y'know, my cousin is in this issue." At that point all I could muster was, "uh . . . Alright."
I told my receiving manager this and he says to me, "You know, if you want to be really crass, you could've said, 'Well, I was in your cousin.'"
If only . . .
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