I am so sick with what people can get away with when sueing over the DUMBEST CRAP! I had a customer come in, some 50-60 yr old man who wanted to use some ANCIENT Dairy Queen silver coin that can get you a free sundae. I in my live had never seen that type of coin before and neither did my boss who was standing beside me.

Customer: "I'd like a sundae and theres no expiration date on this." *hands over coin*
Me: "I'm sorry sir we can't accept this."
Customer: "Why not?!"
Me: "1, I've never seen that before 2..."
Boss: "Those are not used anymore and we don't invest in those coins."
Me: "And the place has been under new ownership and management and this Dairy Queen doesn't use those." (keep in mind this coin looked like it came from the 50's or something).
Customer: "BUT THERES NO EXPIRATION DATE!"
Me: "Doesn't matter."
Customer: "You'll regret this. I'm going to get my attorney...blah blah blah...yadda yadda, i want both your names."

My boss continued to write our names down and yet STILL the idiot bossed us around demanding we signed our names. *shakes head* YOUR GOING TO TRY TO SUE US OVER A FREAKING SUNDAE THATS NOTHIG MORE THEN A COUPLE OF DOLLARS?!!!   I hate our freaking society, what pho called in another thread, a sue hungry town. jesus people, its a freaking sundae, who gives a damn if you can't get it for free?

yeah no lie. but yeah we had a good laugh after that. after the guy left, one of the customers in the lobby came up and yelled "I DEMAND A FREE SUNDAE". that made us laugh even harder. its great when customers acutally agree with you. but sometimes its the stupidest customers that can make you laugh.....but stupid's a harsh word......more like oblivious is more like it

had this customer come in drive thru one time and they asked "yes um, whats in the oreo cheesecake blizzard?" ......."um.....orea cheesecake"....."dont get smart with me i was just asking blah blah blah".

whats even funnier is the number of ways to ask for a swirl icecream cone which is like vanilla and choclate at the same time. "yes id like a COMBINATION please!" "yes id like a squirle ice cream cone" "yes id like a WHITE icecream cone"...."you mean vanilla?" "yes....a white icecream cone."

I worked in a guitar shop for a while and one time this bloke came in and said 'do you sell needles?' so I said, no try the textiles shop down the road a little.

He said ' not that kind of needle idiot' I said (trying to keep my cool) then you want the chemists shop, next door but one'  He said ' not that kind of needle, I want it for my record player'

I just said 'look, just f*ck off. this is a guitar shop.


That really happened.

Another time a man came in and said he had a bomb and would detonate it unless we gave him a guitar! (this was before the days on bombs in england) I said what kind? he didn't know, just wanted a good one. we basically threw him and the 'bomb' out onto the street. no way would i do that now......

retailing was such fun.

I think we have different 'strengths' to our swear words from the americans. We used to say 'bloody' a lot, and now lots of people use the F word. We have a big rasist thing at the moment, but you can say most things as long as its not racist.

I was also lucky to be working in a small shop, owned by a friend, not a large chain, and I was hard to replace, being a guitar maker!

Still, I've done a lot of retailing in my life (mostly part time) as i enjoy the company, rather than sitting at home, and working with the band on an evening. Main thing is not to take it personal. laugh about it later, and ALWAYS GET REVENGE.