Dating customers

Attol

A guy I work with and I were discussing this earlier. Would you ever ask a customer for their phone number while you were working? Or have you ever given someone who was, for example serving you in a shop, your number or asked them out? You see so many people every day working in a shop so surely some people must have the guts to do it. Plenty of people seem to flirt with sales assistants but that seems to be the extent it goes to.

Collie D

Think it would be the other way around, worked in a restaurant for a year and there's a lot of flirting but nobosy ever asked a customer out although customers did ask the staff out, always without luck. Plenty of flirting though

Gone West

mabye....

Smoggy

on the flip side, I like the saying "never mix the poon and the biz", it's a saying that everyone should live there life by, as I have seen many office relationship that have turned bad and one of the two have had to leave. Dating customers thou is a while different matter and I dont see there being any issue there. its an easy way to meet, maybe a little cheesy.

TempestSabre

Depends on the job. If you are only passing through, why not.

Miss Fluff

My hairdresser (who I have been going to for over two years and always have a good chat with) asked me out on a date last time I was getting my highlights done. I nearly died. I said that I was a bit busy as was travelling with work but "maybe sometime" and then had to sit while he stared at me in the mirror while blowdrying my hair for 20 minutes....!!!Don't do it!!!:(

Bounty Hunter

I often get girls trying to chat me up at the bar i work at tho id never do anything at work or if they were drunk cos thats just taking advantage.

tho if they were sober and slipped me their number tho its rare why the hell not

Nightwish

One of the girls I work with is always being asked out by customers. She gets requests for her number as well as guys slipping her their number. She has never taken any of them up on their offer cos she's in a relationship, and tbh, I think it freaks her out.

RoadSweeper

If you asked a customer out - they might complain to management by been hit on by staff. The flip side is much more likely.

Brian Capture

Nightwish wrote:

She has never taken any of them up on their offer cos she's in a relationship, and tbh, I think it freaks her out.

That's not fair on the guys asking her out.

nlgbbbblth

In 1991 I asked a girl working in a newsagents in Inchicore out. She said yes.
Went out twice and some fun.

In 1992 and 1995 I asked two customers out that used to come into my workplace. They both said yes but the dates proved fruitless.:mad:

GerryRyan

Why not? You only live once.
Just don't make the mistake of going out with someone you work with - it's too awkward after you break it off *speaks from experience*

monkeyfudge

The closet thing I have to customers is my students... and it would be a big no-no asking them out... There's also the fact that in all my years of teaching I haven't had a single girl in my classes that I'd consider attractive.

I suppose there is the customers in my little internet café... but at the moment they're mostly the so-called 'Mediterranean students' and they're a bit young for me... plus 12 of the bastards will sit around one single computer and I have to get the caretaker to chase them away with a big stick.

Attol

Naw, this isn't dating co-workers, just customers. It seems totally bizarre to me. Like "here's your change, oh and I slipped my phone number in there too". I don't see how it'd work at all.

GerryRyan

Ok, was a bit off-topic. Just take them up on it - or don't and be flattered by it.

Adam

monkeyfudge wrote:

I suppose there is the customers in my little internet café... but at the moment they're mostly the so-called 'Mediterranean students' and they're a bit young for me... plus 12 of the bastards will sit around one single computer and I have to get the caretaker to chase them away with a big stick.

What cafe? Coffee + Tech =

Never been in the position to do so but I think I probably would go for it, being the customer. Being the employee less likely, possible loss of jobbage...

monkeyfudge

fade_to_grey wrote:

What cafe? Coffee + Tech =

Oh it's a very, very, very small one in the heart of Coolock.

It was really just an experiment... I hope to do a proper big internet café in the next few years.

Adam

monkeyfudge wrote:

Oh it's a very, very, very small one in the heart of Coolock.

It was really just an experiment... I hope to do a proper big internet café in the next few years.

So the experiment was a relative success then?

monkeyfudge

fade_to_grey wrote:

So the experiment was a relative success then?

Ha... takes in almost €20 a day if I'm lucky, baby!

It's more about providing a service to the community than trying to make money though.

Adam

Well fair play then! Best of luck!

Look at us, we're so cool we're off topic and proud of it!





/me hides from banning stick

Ruu_Old

Good luck with that monkeyfudge.

I wouldnt ask a customer out but the pet store where my wife works, a customer went up and asked gave the store manager their number and afaik they went out a few times.

cournioni

Most of the customers we get are aul hags, and the ones that are half decent looking are all feckin married.

monkeyfudge

Ruu wrote:

Good luck with that monkeyfudge.

I wouldnt ask a customer out but the pet store where my wife works, a customer went up and asked gave the store manager their number and afaik they went out a few times.

Pet store eh? I reckon I could go for a woman used to handling animals all day... a zookeeper would better of course... especially if her name was Mrs. Cheeky.

Brian Capture

PORNAPSTER wrote:

Most of the customers we get are aul hags, and the ones that are half decent looking are all feckin married.

You should say to them

'I want intercourse'

and see what happens.

cournioni

Brian Capture wrote:

You should say to them

'I want intercourse'

and see what happens.

Sacked in every meaning of the word...

Sparky

I went out with a customers daughter.

It was fun, but suitations changed and we broke up

Andy-Pandy

I ve asked three customers out, all said yes (thank christ). I was chatting to them, thought say were sound, said 'fancy a pint sometime' and the rest as they say,'is history'. There was lots of prior flirty flirty with them ,so i thought 'Fcku it!'

the Shades

I know a cute shop assistant I'd like to ask out, and I know someon who'd give out to me if I did

Ruu_Old

monkeyfudge wrote:

Pet store eh? I reckon I could go for a woman used to handling animals all day... a zookeeper would better of course... especially if her name was Mrs. Cheeky.

No pet monkeys I'm afraid.

aidan_walsh

Consumer Issues, tbh :P

Sparky-s wrote:

but suitations changed

The discounts were getting a bit outrageous, were they?

Susannahmia

My friend who works in a newsagents with me was asked out to dinner by a customer the other day. He practically professed his undying love to her and was crushed when my very scared friend explained she had a boyfriend. I was proposed to by a drunken polish customer once as well .

Adam

imred wrote:

I was proposed to by a drunken polish customer once as well .

They weren't actually drunk, just putting it on to make it less obvious that they just needed to marry you to stay in the country!

monkeyfudge

fade_to_grey wrote:

They weren't actually drunk, just putting it on to make it less obvious that they just needed to marry you to stay in the country!

pssst... they're part of the EU.. they don't need to do that.

Tar.Aldarion

I lived beside a shop this year for college, was in there most days.
The girl eventually asked me out as we chatted a bit now and again. I declined rather politely as I was in love. It does happen and fair play to anybody that has the guts to do it. I have a hard enough time asking somebody out without a pint first and knowing they like me. In a shop, I'd find it impossible. as customer or as employee.
I was and would be flattered again though.

simu

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

I lived beside a shop this year for college, was in there most days.
The girl eventually asked me out as we chatted a bit now and again.

Heh, go Tar!

Personally, I tend to partition things so I probably wouldn't think of asking someone out at work. Unless I was really desperate! But I don't see anything wrong with it once it's done in a non-sleazy way.

Black Swan

Reminds me of a film, "As Good as it Gets," Starring Jack Nicolson and Helen Hunt. She was a waitress and they ended up becoming an unlikely item.

Tar.Aldarion

simu wrote:

Heh, go Tar!

Jesus, I forgot you or anybody on here would know her too.
She is nice, I hope the Amy Lee lookalike in Argos asks me out next year. I'm moving up to chain stores now!

simu

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Jesus, I forgot you or anybody on here would know her too.
She is nice, I hope the Amy Lee lookalike in Argos asks me out next year. I'm moving up to chain stores now!

I never noticed the faces of the people in the shop tbh. Me a zombeh!

Tar.Aldarion

simu wrote:

I never noticed the faces of the people in the shop tbh. Me a zombeh!

You are just not adept at noticing hot girls yet. I noticed these ones sharpish!
Or maybe you are above giving any notice to such tea serving plebeians?


Did you even notice they were ridiculously nice and chirpy in the shop, like the Brady bunch tbh. :eek:

simu

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

You are just not adept at noticing hot girls yet. I noticed these ones sharpish!
Or maybe you are above giving any notice to such tea serving plebeians?


Did you even notice they were ridiculously nice and chirpy in the shop, like the Brady bunch tbh. :eek:

They weren't all that chirpy to me tbh.

Tar.Aldarion

simu wrote:

They weren't all that chirpy to me tbh.

Women are rivals to each other, you were the competition, or they were shy and wanted to ask you out. Brady bunch mind games.

simu

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Women are rivals to each other, you were the competition, or they were shy and wanted to ask you out. Brady bunch mind games.

Buying toilet paper and milk... not as simple as it seems. o_O

Tar.Aldarion

A good humanities thread mayhap?
You are not fooling anybody, you no good non toilet paper buying roommate, it was tea and milk with some more tea please. The truth? You can't handle the truth!

Siogfinsceal

my customers talk to us over the phone and we have had a few sleazy people before - eeeww

Sparky

aidan_walsh wrote:

Consumer Issues, tbh :P


The discounts were getting a bit outrageous, were they?

Ha ha No, she moved to France.

Dermington

I have been going into this shop in town for a few months and every Saturday I used to go just to see this girl who worked there.

After seeing her 5 or 6 times working there, and having mini conversation with her about work and the weather etc etc I eventually asked if I could buy her a drink while she was getting my change and she said yes.

So yeah I would ask someone out if I liked them regardless of the location.

Mexicola

Miss Fluff wrote:

My hairdresser (who I have been going to for over two years and always have a good chat with) asked me out on a date last time I was getting my highlights done. I nearly died. I said that I was a bit busy as was travelling with work but "maybe sometime" and then had to sit while he stared at me in the mirror while blowdrying my hair for 20 minutes....!!!Don't do it!!!:(

So, do you still go to that hairdresser...

monkeyfudge wrote:

The closet thing I have to customers is my students... and it would be a big no-no asking them out...

Ha Ha ... Closet...

Táck

i work in a shop some evenings. sometimes when fit girls come in and ask for credit i tell them that the new way of doing it is i take your number and send the 12 digit code in a text. i'd only say it to the ones that are regulars and i would talk to sometimes.

i have met two girls over the counter but wouldn't be to eager to do it again. the first one was ok until i decided to cease contact. its hard when u work in their local shop! the second had a happier ending!

LikeOhMyGawd!

Two nights ago, Lucinda Creighton (Fine Gael) ( http://www.lucindacreighton.ie/ )
was in my street canvassing. I told her I wasn't particularly interested in Irish politics but I asked her if she fancied going out with me some time. She politely declined. I've also asked out our census enumerator (got her number, she was very hot) and Sinead Pembroke, SF candidate for the ward. I've actually no intention of going out with any of them but I'd love to have seen Sinead trussed up in my bedroom naked 'cept for a balaclava . I can't wait until the Jehovies call round...

monkeyfudge

Mexicola wrote:

Ha Ha ... Closet...

Stupid typos.

There's a girl in Eason's that is always very nice to me... she is so enthusiastic when she hands me my receipt and change that I end up spilling coins all over the floor and I have to scramble around after them... this seriously ruins the 'daddy cool' image that I'm trying to portray.

This has happend 3 times now.

Civilian_Target

LikeOhMyGawd! wrote:

...Sinead Pembroke, SF candidate for the ward. I've actually no intention of going out with any of them but I'd love to have seen Sinead trussed up in my bedroom naked 'cept for a balaclava . I can't wait until the Jehovies call round...

lol! If you can't vote for 'em, **** them