questions people ask me

[XCashier]

"How much fabric do I need to recover my sofa / make curtains / make a tablecloth?"
"I need some fabric to make baby clothes. Got any burlap?" (yes, this happened, sort of.)
"Can I use this spray paint for makeup?" (yes, also happened.)

[cindybubbles]

Do you have that thing I saw on TV? The website said you had it.

The As Seen on TV Showcase stores where I live would probably have what they want.

[skeptic53]

Oh you must know the medicine I mean, doc.... it's a little white round pill....

[Racket_Man]

Thank you for calling <nationally know red roof> pizza place <blah blah>

Do you guys sell pizza????


Unfortuneately this "question" has been asked MORE times than I care to count.

[Catwoman2965]

"Do you have that black sweater I saw in the catalog/online?" Um, we have MANY black sweaters. In a number of styles. Best of all? Nine times out of ten, they can't remember correctly, and the sweater is blue or some style totally different from what they've described.

[simplyanother]

I am not allowed to slap the customers with the salmon. I've asked. Nor am I allowed to taze them. It's really no fun.

When I got the answer "Neither", my brain just broke. It's really difficult to reply to that without sounding like a smartass. "What's the difference?" broke me even more.

[PastryGal]

Quoth simplyanother
when asked if they wanted their shrimp raw or cooked "What's the difference?", having them reply "Neither"

Neither! NEITHER! What on could they want then?

Schrodinger shrimp!! Once it goes in the pot it's both raw and cooked! LOL

[crazylegs]

Well, now my brain cells are melting from trying to figure out what they are thinking.

They're not, that's the problem

[RealUnimportant]

I'm going to that place, you know... Up the road from the thing?

Or anyone asking for a street address or post (zip) code, or worst of all just the county(!) with no clue as to how to find out their true destination - yes, my till looks like a computer but I have no way to access anything outside the POS software used to issue tickets.

[Teysa]

Well, one advantage of working the seafood counter is you should have plenty of salmon to smack the silly customers with.

[Teefies2]

"I'm looking for this thing, it was on TV. The box is green, I think. I don't KNOW what it's for, but I want it!"

I work in a drugstore, so it's kind of important what you are going to use the product for ... wrong medicine can kill people.

[An Haddock]

I want a shrimp tree.

[Slave to the Phone]

Do you have that thing I saw on TV? The website said you had it.

OMG. I hate that one!

[Trixie]

Do you have that thing I saw on TV? The website said you had it.

[CoffeeMonkey]

"Do you have the one with that guy who was in that movie last year...?"

I think it was blue...