Will it never end? More lame customer moves.

[Death Pony]

The employees at my LFS always get a kick out of my intentional stupid questions. Their favorite was "Can I keep the Barracuda Bali in my 10g freshwater tank?" Yes, they were actually selling a baby Great Barracuda (cool little guy).

I used to lifeguard, and you get the bottom of the gene pool with that job. Here are the 2 most memorable:

This middle aged dad was sitting on the submerged steps with his 5 year old son who couldn't swim. I called adult swim and this ******* refused to accept his kid wasnt an adult who could swim. I told him he had to get his son out of the main pool. So, he finally accepts the fact that his kid isn't allowed to be in the pool after all 4 guards are screaming at him. I was ready to flatten that guy with one kick.

I was on stand, and this man comes up to me and asks how long we're open. I tell him the time, but he replies with "Look at me when I'm talking to you!" I told him that I had to keep my eyes on the water so no one drowns on me. Then he proceeds with saying "I don't care, you need to respect your elders, now look at me in the face!" I told him "The pool is closed now, but only for you. Get out." We had to call the police on him.

Oh yeah, then there was the kid who made a prank phone call on the police from our pay phone because he thought it would be funny. We had to close the pool for an investigation.

 

[ewurm]

I think it seems that many people who deal with customers in their line of work have to deal with the bottom of the gene pool often. I theorize that the reason is because the bottom of the gene pool has become much more populated than the top.

 

[amehel0]

dont even get me strted on half the customers in my line of work (fast food). middle of a rush and some absoulutley of his fing nut drunk dude comes in. takes him 30 secs to walk to steps. and then he starts mumbling. and i was like sorry sir. mhdhfjdsbhsss is his reply. im sorry sir could i pleaseget you to repeat that. 5 mins later i finally get an audible response. i then eplain to him thta we ran out of stock for the item he wanted(my manager doesnt bother to do change orders or order in food. and the suppliers are usually 3 days late) he just stares a t me about 3 minutes later he decides to order some food i eplain to him the price. and it took like over 5mins to get him to take his money out of his man purse. i then tell him i dont have the 5 cents to gie to him (my manager did not do a change order). then he stares at me i repeat i dont have the 5 censtchange to give to you. hen kindly the person behind him decides to giv me 5 censt to give to him. he was absoulutly most drunkest person ive ever seen

 

[ewurm]

Heres a good one for tonight. Customer wants "cool fish" for their 29 G. None of the recommended fish are cool, so they went rogue.

Selections:

2 Yellow Labs
1 Electric Blue Peacock
1 Blood Parrot
6 Neon Tetras

WTF?

On a lighter note, not every experience is bad. I GAVE 4 COLLEGE GIRLS CRABS TONIGHT!

They wanted some hermit crabs, I got to spend a half an hour with them. Very Nice!

This customer brought the Blood Parrot back, because it just sat on the bottom in a corner and didn't do anything. Maybe that's because it's terrified of the Africans!

 

[Onion01]

ewurm, you must learn to LOVE the customers. And by love i mean turn them into MFKers

 

[Dread]

So, at a show today.. not technically "customers," but more or less they are. Some guy is talking total crap, right next to the raised stage. The guy on stage is getting really ticked, and starts talking **** back. But, like a true showman, he kept going with the band (The Ruffianz, before them was The Koffin Kats, I think). Eventually, the guy who was talking crap infront of the stage decides to take a drink out of his glass beer bottle. The singer kicked the end of the bottle, and needless to say, there goes most of ****-talkers front lip, and 4 front teeth. Good show, but it was ended early. Wonder why? =P

 

[ewurm]

ewurm, you must learn to LOVE the customers. And by love i mean turn them into MFKers

I don't want these people on the site. I give approximately 2 referrals per month. I don't want to recruit people who have their head stuck in their ass.

 

[Onion01]

lol, right. Guess you have a point. What do you mean by referrals?

 

[ewurm]

lol, right. Guess you have a point. What do you mean by referrals?

I will give someone a business card and write our website on the back if they seem dedicated to Monster fish keeping and also dedicated to the fishes well being. Like I said, average two per month.

 

[Death Pony]

I think it seems that many people who deal with customers in their line of work have to deal with the bottom of the gene pool often. I theorize that the reason is because the bottom of the gene pool has become much more populated than the top.

Like Idiocracy!!!! NO!!!! The movie is becoming a reality!!!