Customers are apparently blind...

[AriRashkae]

Then after all of that...actually came up to me and asked if I sold computers here.

What I was thinking:
"No, all we sell is devices for the facilitation of the downloading and viewing of pornographic materials"

What I actually said and did:
Stared at her for a solid minute before I spoke. "Yes. Yes we do. Now which computer off of the flier you are holding in your hands interests you the most?"

I am so glad my coffee is in the microwave right now (to protect it from the baby. ) or I would be buying yet another new keyboard.

I have, on occasion, been asked questions like that. My favorite is still my best friend,covering my break, being asked if we sold strawberries, and could she please bring some over? We worked at Bradlees (similar to Target before it folded), so ummm no. I guess she was a confused old lady though, so it wasn't that bad.

[Tigress]

This was from Black Friday of last year:

I was working on computer set-ups at the tech counter and directing customers to where the sales were. One of my first customers asked where the digital cameras were. So I helpfully pointed to the huge blue sign that said "Digital Imaging", thinking it would be easier to see than the blue balloons in front of it.

She could not see the sign at all, but when I pointed to the balloons, a light visibly clicked on in her head.

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around that one.

[Andara Bledin]

This was from Black Friday of last year:

I was working on computer set-ups at the tech counter and directing customers to where the sales were. One of my first customers asked where the digital cameras were. So I helpfully pointed to the huge blue sign that said "Digital Imaging", thinking it would be easier to see than the blue balloons in front of it.

She could not see the sign at all, but when I pointed to the balloons, a light visibly clicked on in her head.

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around that one.

It's the word "imaging." She was looking for the word "camera" and couldn't find it. The fact that "digital" was also on the sign is meaningless. Then, you switched to balloons, and those were exactly what she expected.

Unless you actually said the words "digital imaging" in which case she's just hopeless.

^-.-^

[Decker]

Yeeearg. I know how you guys feel.

We keep all of our printer ink in Aisle one, right at the front of the store (It's only one shelf, so there's nothing blocking the view). As soon as you walk in, you see a great big orange sign that says "PRINTER INK" in letters at least as big as my head (and i have a big head).

I swear to God that I get at LEAST three people a day walk past the huge sign, right up to me and go "where's your printer ink?"

It's an exersize in willpower to just say "Aisle 1" and not say "Right under the HUGE SIGN that you just walked past."

[El Barto]

I was really bored, so I made a crappy drawing of the front of my store on MS Paint. Guess what 3 things people have the most trouble finding?

[SuperB]

Where I work we have a lot of people who can't seem to find the bathrooms.

We have 3 doors. The door on the left has a sign saying "Restrooms Next Door", the door in the middle has a sign that says "Restrooms" and the third door has nothing on it. People are forever opening the third door which is a closet. (The owner really should put up an "employees only" sign on that one I guess.)

Won't work. That will actually make more people try that door, I guarantee it. I paid $250 to paint the bathroom door so it would be noticable (big tall bear holding toilet paper should be noticable). The door next to our bathroom had "do not enter" in 5 different languages, "Beware of Dog" and at one point I even added "Not the restroom". They still went back there. The only way I was able to keep people out of my office was to move our ice freezer in front of it. We now have to shimmy behind it to get back there but so far no one else has. (they will though)

[Delphae]

One time someone tried to open the office door. When I asked him what he was doing, he asked if this was the exit. I told him the exit was where he came in. Of course he might have been purposefully trying to get in the office. The office is solid wood, while the entrance and exit are glass.