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Luckily, it wasn't one of mine.
I was sitting at my friend Popcorn's bar, relating some of my dumb customer stories to him, when he tells me that he has one that will top them all, even though it isn't his, either. When he finishes telling me the story, I am so blown away by the stupidity that I can't remember two stories I wanted to tell him. My mind has just completely crashed and burned, and is desperately trying to reboot.
Why? Here's why, told to Popcorn by the man who was working the counter that day:
In a newly opened local donut shop, a woman ordered a donut and a cup of coffee. The clerk gave her the donut and an empty coffee cup, as the shop has several different coffees to choose from. The woman looks at the empty cup and asks, "Where's my coffee?" The clerk says, "in the coffee machines behind you."
At which point the woman turns around, walks right past the bank of coffee machines, walks OUT the front door of the shop, goes right up to a parking meter, puts the coffee cup up to it, and tries to get it to dispense coffee.
At this point the clerk and pretty much all the customers in line are cracking up.
The woman, frustrated that she can't get coffee from the "coffee machine," turns back around, walks back INTO the shop, and angrily tells the clerk, "your coffee machine is broken."
Trying not to completely break down in tears, the clerk indicates the ACTUAL coffee machines and says, "Ma'am, THOSE are the coffee machines. THAT was a parking meter!"
No word on the woman's reaction to that information.
I'm sorry, but that pretty much trumps any dumb customer story I've ever had from my bar.
And I hope I NEVER top it!
I was sitting at my friend Popcorn's bar, relating some of my dumb customer stories to him, when he tells me that he has one that will top them all, even though it isn't his, either. When he finishes telling me the story, I am so blown away by the stupidity that I can't remember two stories I wanted to tell him. My mind has just completely crashed and burned, and is desperately trying to reboot.
Why? Here's why, told to Popcorn by the man who was working the counter that day:
In a newly opened local donut shop, a woman ordered a donut and a cup of coffee. The clerk gave her the donut and an empty coffee cup, as the shop has several different coffees to choose from. The woman looks at the empty cup and asks, "Where's my coffee?" The clerk says, "in the coffee machines behind you."
At which point the woman turns around, walks right past the bank of coffee machines, walks OUT the front door of the shop, goes right up to a parking meter, puts the coffee cup up to it, and tries to get it to dispense coffee.
At this point the clerk and pretty much all the customers in line are cracking up.
The woman, frustrated that she can't get coffee from the "coffee machine," turns back around, walks back INTO the shop, and angrily tells the clerk, "your coffee machine is broken."
Trying not to completely break down in tears, the clerk indicates the ACTUAL coffee machines and says, "Ma'am, THOSE are the coffee machines. THAT was a parking meter!"
No word on the woman's reaction to that information.
I'm sorry, but that pretty much trumps any dumb customer story I've ever had from my bar.
And I hope I NEVER top it!
Was she chuaffeured around so she never had to use a parking meter before? Was she (name of celebutante here)? Did her breath smell like 40 proof? Wow.
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