If you've never worked retail then it'll be hard for you to have any idea of how it feels to be yelled at for something you have little control over. You do your best to help them out, but sometimes their feelings get the best of their human logic, so they lash out, screaming even, and it's up to you to calm them down. However, the hilarious thing is sometimes it's the customer's own fault, leaving you to fix their mess.
Reddit user, /TvFanaticcx, wanted to hear the most frustrating conversation when they asked:
You Understand What Profits Are, Right?
season 6 eating GIFGiphyThat we sell stuff for a higher price than we buy it in for.
They were genuinely angry that we didn't buy their crap for the same price we sold it at
We Don't Control The Weather, Ma'am.
That if you order ice cream for 4 people on a hot summer day, but the 4 people are still like 30 minutes away, said ice cream is going to melt before the 4 people get there.
And no, that is not my fault.
The Science Doesn't Check Out On That One
My first job at 16 was Party City. One day, I'm blowing up balloons at the balloon counter and a lady comes up to buy some latex balloons. I ask if she wants us to fill them and she said no, she'd do it at home. Making small talk, I said oh you must have one of the party time helium tasks at home.
"No, I blow them up with my mouth. You just put the string on them and they float!"
I do the multiple blinks, trying to work out in my head what she's just said. She fully believed she could blow up the balloons with her mouth and the magic was attaching a string. I tried to give this woman an impromptu chemistry lesson. She insisted.
I still think about that magic woman to this day.
Just A Short List
Oh, so so so many things.
- If you wish to return an item you must present the item and your receipt. I cannot process a refund if you have neither.
- No, we do not sell asbestos. No, I cannot order some in for you.
- When water boils it does indeed produce "bubbles". If the water is bubbling once it reaches temperature your kettle is in fact working properly.
- Zip ties are not simply 'disposable handcuffs'. They can be used for other purposes and it should not be concerning nor surprising that a hardware store sells them.
That's What Directions Are For
sick homer simpson GIFGiphyYou need to take the suppositories out of their foil packaging before you use them.
He complained that they didn't work and were uncomfortable.
I bet they were.
Crazy How That Works, Huh?
A dialogue I actually had to have with a grown adult:
Him, pointing at the price tag on a shirt: "Excuse me, what do these numbers represent?"
Me: "The numbers right after the dollar sign?"
Him: "Yes."
Me: "That's the price of the shirt."
Him: "Oh, I see! Thank you!"
At least he was friendly.
The Math Checks Out On That One
You can't apply a coupon if you 1) don't have it with you and 2) doesn't even apply to wtf you ordered
You Understand We Have A Limited Space Here, Right?
The library does not stock every book in existence.
Also, the library has a finite number of copies of each book it does have. You are not the only one to have the brilliant idea of borrowing an insanely popular new title instead of buying it. In fact, you're #387 on the list, and we only have four copies.
Handling College Parents Must Be A Nightmare
Years ago I worked in student housing at a university and had to explain to a father, for well over an hour, that I could not make sure that his daughter was in her room by 8 PM and ensure that she never spoke to boys.
I worked at a college. Dear Christ the helicopter parents!
"Can you look up the transactions on my child's account and send them to me?"
"Nope."
"Why not?
"Because your child is a legal adult and we protect their privacy."
"I'm their parent. They don't need privacy from me!"
"That's between you and them. The laws protect their privacy from everyone including their parent."
"Im their guardian and entitled to this information!"
"Without a court order, 18 year olds (or 22 year olds for that matter in some cases) do not have legal guardians."
"I'm going to report this to the Dean!"
"Please do as it will let them know I'm doing my job."
Wow...WOW...
frustrated homer simpson GIFGiphy- Hello, I made an online order and I see that you've charged me "X amount" for shipping cost twice.
- Hmm, that's weird, let me check...No, I see that it's the right amount sir.
- You are wrong, I've made 2 orders and I've already paid the shipping cost for the 1st one, I shouldn't have to pay twice.
- Oh, I see! You've made 2 orders, sure, we can make it one package and only charge you once for the shipping, but can you tell me the order numbers for your orders, because the system shows me that you've only placed one today.
- Yeah, the second one was not placed today...
-...When was it placed sir?
- I don't know, like 3-4 months ago, but still, I've PAID for the shipping cost before, why would I have to pay AGAIN?
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Redditor Jeffery_DahmerTV wanted to discuss the ideas that sound too crazy that they have to be true, so they asked:
"What is the most believable conspiracy Theory?"
In this day and age of alternative facts, it all seems like lies and truth.
Enlighten me.
Infection
Sick Computer Virus GIF by Achievement HunterGiphy"That computer viruses are made by antivirus companies to test their antivirus software."
astarisaslave
"Parents bought a new computer recently, the McAfee stuff was in there pretty deep to remove. The staff bogged it down, way faster afterward."
lt12765
War
"We are being goaded into waging culture wars that don't matter to keep us from waging class wars."
virgilreality
"Is this a conspiracy theory though? It would be if you assume it was engineered from the start, but this would also make it very unbelievable. But that existing conflicts had been fueled and taken advantage of by people in the position to for millennia is well evident I'd say."
Leseleff
Double Down
"Mattress Firm is a front for laundering money. There is no other reason for there to be so many. No one is ever even in there."
Free_Bingo
"Double down on this one! I have a Mattress Firm next to my job and I have never seen anyone in there ever. It’s been six years!"
cbcmama781
"I’m not convinced of this. Our local Mattress Firm is clearly baking $1k+ into their margins and then aggressively selling credit-based financing. Selling two or three a month probably covers everything."
Agloe_Dreams
Weather Issues
Climate Change Earth GIFGiphy"Those climate protestors that glue themselves to the road are hired by oil giants to make climate activists look stupid."
milanvlaman
"I feel this way about a lot of 'extremist' groups on both sides, that there are plants from the other side doing really stupid stuff just to discredit the idea."
Herr_Poopypants
The climate is changing. We have to come together. How is that a conspiracy?
That's All
Meryl Streep Pursed Lips GIF by 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentGiphy"That the fashion industry purposefully doesn’t put pockets in women’s clothing so they have to carry purses."
diceunodixon
Financial Clean Up
"That the only reason that the US government doesn’t do anything with student debt loans is because then people would stop signing up for the army."
Brotastic29
"That and healthcare.
"When you join up you get healthcare fully covered for you and your family, and you can get a full college education.
If the government started providing either of those for civilians, no one would need to join the military anymore."
redF5veStandingBy
"I think so too. I know and agree with what that dude was saying but when I see or hear people use 'Army' as a way to generalize the military, it usually means that what they said is something they’re just repeating what they heard."
chefboiortiz
The Commission
"There's definitely more to JFK's assassination than the Warren commission made it out to be. Whether or not LHO was the sole killer, I find it fishy that the CIA was so desperate to hide information from the public."
Bitter-Record-3831
"There is a very well-done documentary that concludes it was an accidental discharge from a Secret Service agent in one of the cars ahead of him."
Babstana
"CIA probably considered the assassination a declaration of war against Russia. They’re probably covering up that they were about to start WW3 over it."
tangcameo
Dairy Pounds
"The Great cheese conspiracy. Each year the US government buys more and more milk to make more and more cheese. The US government is sitting on something like 2 billion pounds of cheese. Just to artificially inflate milk prices."
worfhill
"Not even a conspiracy, just an example of the government controlling the economy in favor of dairy farmers."
Glass_Pies
"I watched a documentary about this. It's actually true."
PreferredSex_Yes
They're Listening
government agent GIF by South Park Giphy"That the CIA posts questions like this on Reddit to measure their past and current work, brainstorm for future projects."
ZRX1200R
Ominous
"I have a conspiracy theory about conspiracy theories. I believe the governments and 'leaders' of the world are actually rather incompetent, so much so, that they require the illusion of them being an ominous all-powerful all-seeing entity in order to remain in power."
"And to accomplish this they allow conspiracy theories like the Illuminati and etc to spread around to add a bit of urban myth to how 'powerful' they are."
"It's probably all a bunch of garbage Europe can barely communicate within itself you expect there to be some secret global order??? Oh, stop it haha."
SparkNoJoyThrw01
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