Finally, I have a decent "dumb retail customer" story!

[yllus]

I usually don't get much in the way of stupid or irritating people coming into the Best Buy i part-time at, just the occasional cheapass. Today, however, I met a real gem.

Barely a single person came into the store this Victoria's Day (Canadian holiday), but as it happens I was talking to a customer about wireless routers when a lady comes up to me (mid-twenties, redhead, kinda bitchy-looking) holding a 50-foot Ethernet cable and looking fairly confused.

Lady (butts into conversation): "Where can I find a longer wireless cable than this?"

We stare at each other for a moment, and I finally reply, "Well...wouldn't you want a wireless receiver card if you were going wireless?"

Lady (impatiently): "Just show me the longest wireless cable you've got."

I point to the premium quality, vastly overpriced 100-foot Ethernet cable placed directly in front of her. "That's one hundred feet instead of the fifty you're holding. $69.99."

Lady: "Ah good." Picks it up and turns towards me in the way that I know means drop what you're doing and ring this up for me right now.

sully (level stare): "You can pay for that up at the front."

Lady leaves.

Customer I've been standing with the entire time: "Holy $hit, I want some of what she's smoking."

Just another day in retail.

 

[Anubis]

hehehe

 

[Viper GTS]

$69.99 for a 100' network cable?

Even in CDN, that's an assload of money for a network cable.

I could make them for <$5 apiece.



Viper GTS

 

[BatmanNate]

LMAO :beer:

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
$69.99 for a 100' network cable?

Even in CDN, that's an assload of money for a network cable.

I could make them for <$5 apiece.



Viper GTS

They also have 50 feet for $49.99, 25 feet for $24.99 and 25 feet in red instead of black for $29.99. Crazy huh?

 

[MistaTastyCakes]

I used to work in a 2 story Barnes and Noble.. apparantly the 2nd biggest aside from some one in NY at the time from what I'd heard. Anywho.. the ENTIRE top floor was fiction. Plain ol' fiction, and way in the back were the respective genres. Downstairs was everything else. I remember two of the most retarded questions I've ever heard from working there..

"Where are nonfiction books?"
Me: They're all downstairs.
"Oh yeah, I saw the escalator, but I didn't know we were allowed to go down there!"

*while working upstairs behind the counter, looking out on an ENTIRE FLOOR of fiction books*
"Where's fiction?"

People are funny

 

[SKORPI0]

$7.99/50 ft.

 

Lady (butts into conversation): "Where can I find a longer wireless cable than this?"

BAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHA
Hohhhh
hahaehHHEEHEHA
AAHHA
rich.

 

[Electric Amish]

"Where can I find a longer wireless cable than this?"

"Just show me the longest wireless cable you've got."

ROFLMAO!!!


"I'm sorry, ma'am, but all the cables we have contain wires. We have no "wireless" cables. A cable without a wire is basically a long straw."



LOL! Canadians.

amish

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Wireless cable? wtf? bahahaha

 

[LeeTJ]

Originally posted by: MistaTastyCakes
I used to work in a 2 story Barnes and Noble.. apparantly the 2nd biggest aside from some one in NY at the time from what I'd heard. Anywho.. the ENTIRE top floor was fiction. Plain ol' fiction, and way in the back were the respective genres. Downstairs was everything else. I remember two of the most retarded questions I've ever heard from working there..

"Where are nonfiction books?"
Me: They're all downstairs.
"Oh yeah, I saw the escalator, but I didn't know we were allowed to go down there!"

*while working upstairs behind the counter, looking out on an ENTIRE FLOOR of fiction books*
"Where's fiction?"

People are funny

sorry, but you think that your story even comes CLOSE to someone asking for WIRELESS cable?? WIRELESS, did you miss that part? WIRELESS CABLE.

any casual person could make the mistake made in ur stories. it takes a TRUE moron to ask for a WIRELESS CABLE.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

WinnAr!

- M4H

 

[simms]

which BB do you work at!? I'm close to the Heartland one or the Winston Churchhill/Dundas one, so if you're there..

 

[BDawg]

Whaddya mean you're out of ice? You mean I gotta drink this coffee hot???

Oooh, Navy Seals!

 

[jinduy]

thanks for the entertainment. that was funny!:moon:

 

[Jmmsbnd007]

Originally posted by: BDawg
Whaddya mean you're out of ice? You mean I gotta drink this coffee hot???

Oooh, Navy Seals!

Good movie

 

[amnesiac]

My favorites from working the takeout counter at the Cheesecake Factory:

"The Chicken Piccata... is that a chicken dish?"

"Do all your cheesecakes have dairy?" :Q :Q

"Does the caramel almond nut cheesecake have nuts?"

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: simms
which BB do you work at!? I'm close to the Heartland one or the Winston Churchhill/Dundas one, so if you're there..

I'm at the Oakville store southwest of that location.

 

[HappyPuppy]

You should have unzipped your trousers, whipped it out and asked her if she needed an antenna to go with it.

 

[everman]

LMAO, crazy Canadians.

 

[dighn]

wireless cables roflmao

Customer I've been standing with the entire time: "Holy $hit, I want some of what she's smoking."

ahhahhahahahhah

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

ok, that bitch is dumb. Thou i had a case of retarditis the other day, i was in the drive through at KFC and ordered a 10pc meal, and without hesitation i asked "How many pieces does that come with?"

When i got to the window, i just let out the biggest retard "DDUUUURRRRR" and scared the crap out of the lady working there.

 

[LeStEr]

IDIOT!

 

[BDawg]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
ok, that bitch is dumb. Thou i had a case of retarditis the other day, i was in the drive through at KFC and ordered a 10pc meal, and without hesitation i asked "How many pieces does that come with?"

Depends...do you want white meat, or dark meat?

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: yllus

Originally posted by: simms
which BB do you work at!? I'm close to the Heartland one or the Winston Churchhill/Dundas one, so if you're there..

I'm at the Oakville store southwest of that location, give me a yell if you're looking for anything you see in that store and I'll see what I can do.

Don't let mgmt. know what you are implying...ultra strict about that. Even suspicion is grounds for termination.