Most WTF things you've been asked at work.

[BrenDAnn]

My favorite, and the one that has me forcing myself not to slam my head into the cash register or counter every time I hear it: "Do you guys have a restroom?"

"No... No, we go pop a squat behind the store if we have to go. Sorry."

Yes, I'm aware that there are people that would do just that. It's why I fake a smile and point them toward the restroom, silently cursing the whole time.

[XCashier]

Considering all the WTF moments I've had, I can't hardly think of any. I guess a contender for my most hated question is "where is your chevron fabric?" For anyone not familiar with fabric stores, we do not sort our fabric by print or style. It's sorted by intended use. Like quilting, apparel, or home decor. It would be like going into a clothing store and saying "where are your brown clothes?"

I get that too, except usually for animal print fabrics. Actually, there was a fabric store in our town that displayed their fabrics by color, not by type of fabric like we do. It was impossible to find what I was looking for. Needless to say, they're no longer in business.

Other WTF questions, I've posted about before:
"What're the odds that you have something you don't have?"
"Can I use spray paint as makeup?"
"Is your hair real?"
"My wife wanted me to get some tan fabric to make baby vests. How about burlap?"

My favorite, and the one that has me forcing myself not to slam my head into the cash register or counter every time I hear it: "Do you guys have a restroom?"

To be fair, not all stores have public restrooms. The original location of my store didn't have a public restroom. The amount of times we got cussed out for not having a restroom...!

[drjankowska]

I work in Advertising, in the studio, not as a Graphic designer but a Finished Artist - I take the concept and make it work technically for whatever platform it's going on, print, digital etc, make everything nice and correct.

So one of the Account managers was showing around a client, and upon being shown the studio question, he asks what we do. Someone (in shock) replies 'Your artwork.'

'Oh.' he replies 'I thought you guys just sat out here smoking bongs.'

Turns out he thought the account manager did everything. Admin, graphic design, finished art, print production management, billing. The lot.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

"Hey, do you know why Puerto Ricans can't get credit cards? Because they can't use spray paint to sign for the transaction."

^Racist "joke" in white above, posed to me like a normal question a customer might ask.

[depechemodefan]

the library has chat and kids at some school would ask indecent questions like, "can you show me your vagina?"

Also all the sex q. we got over the phone (ex:how do I have sex with my wife)
There was the call, 'something is coming out of my butt' and 1 cw hung up on her. She called back and another cw told her we can't diagnose medical problems, she should
go to the ER. Cw was bullied enough by the customer to look up something about it.

[Android Kaeli]

"Do you serve fries?"

No, we don't.

Got asked this too many times when I was working at the food court area of the Warehouse. We don't even have a deep fryer to do anything with. I've also been asked when we WERE going to get a deep fryer, I shot back "when we hire someone to clean only that".

[smoorman76]

Do you take Canadian money?

I'm in Kansas. ( For the geographically challenged, we are closer to Mexico than Canada.)

I also get the " do you have a bathroom?" question a lot. (No, this is the only truckstop *ever* that does not have a bathroom. Morons.)

[notalwaysright]

Do you take Canadian money?

I'm in Kansas. ( For the geographically challenged, we are closer to Mexico than Canada.)

lol! My city is less than an hour from Canada and even here not all stores take Canadian money, so Kansas? This is hysterical.

And Kaeli's post reminded me of a conversation heard in line at the Costco food court a few months ago. The lady was searching for the price for coffee. I heard her, but in my own naive brain I decided she was looking for the mocha smoothie thing they have. Another lady heard and interpreted it correctly. She tells the other lady they don't have coffee. Original lady was like "They don't sell coffee!!" As far as I know, they never have, so this person was just unfamiliar with the limited menu. Not sucky, just funny.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Had a young guy come up to me today and ask "Do you have those little strips you pee on to see if your piss is clean?"

I wonder what he was trying to pull....

[wolfie]

My guess is that he had applied for a job at a place that does pre-employment drug screening, and he wanted to be sure he had abstained long enough/the "magic potion" he bought was working before he went for the "live" test.

The Clearance Swamp (from your description) sounds like a corporate place - not the sort of establishment that would sell test-yourself kits. His best bet would probably be a "head shop".

[NecessaryCatharsis]

I had a customer today who changed her mind about wanting to do same work this spring. No problem, it's far enough out we can refund your deposit, less 3%, and we look forward to hearing from you when you are ready to go ahead. That wasn't good enough, she asked me to return her signed quote, by email. Sure why not

[WishfulSpirit]

I really don't get what's so annoying about the restroom question. Maybe it's because my store is on the other side of the mall from the food court restrooms, and if I have a parent with a kidlet doing the Potty Dance I'd rather just point them in the right direction than have to deal with pee on the floor. Plus, as someone said, not all places have a public restroom. I've been to truck stops that didn't unless you showed a CDL.

[wolfie]

Plus, as someone said, not all places have a public restroom. I've been to truck stops that didn't unless you showed a CDL.

WTF? Other than a few unattended card lock places that had NO washrooms, all the truck stops I've seen had at least a convenience store, and most had restaurants (sometimes only fast food) and light-duty vehicle pumps as well, in order to catch business other than from truckers.

[BrenDAnn]

It's not the question itself that's annoying, WishfulSpirit, it's the sheer number of times I tend to get asked on a daily basis. I wouldn't want anyone soiling themselves either, to be honest!

[KellyHabersham]

A few more which just came to mind:


From the church secretary job............our then-preschool director had come into the church office for something, she was aware that I worked at a public library, and wanted to know if we had kid's DVDs about the ocean or marine animals. I forget exactly how she put it, but she basically asked "If you find anyone, can you check them out on your personal library card for us?"


And when I was at Macy's, I had a woman ask me to gift-wrap something. (think it was a watch) The "WTF" part comes from it apparently being that another staff member gave her the wrong info, and directed her towards us instead of the actual gift-wrapping department.