Strange retail Requests

Tippex

My bph (Better Prettier Half) works for a large toy retailer and always has stories about customers asking if they sell other items (last year it was Xmas trees and fairy lights) but the one she got asked on Wednesday takes the biscuit I think.

A customer walked up to her and asked her if they sell bales of hay (no she didn't mishear she repeated it to the customer and he said yeah bales of hay).

What is the strangest thing you have been asked for when working in retail?

MagicMarker

bph?

FatherLen

is a bar retail?

anyway i was once asked for a bulmers with a guinness head.

weirdo

Where To

Tippex wrote: »

My bph works for a large toy retailer and always has stories about customers asking if they sell other items (last year it was Xmas trees and fairy lights) but the one she got asked on Wednesday takes the biscuit I think.

A customer walked up to her and asked her if they sell bales of hay (no she didn't mishear she repeated it to the customer and he said yeah bales of hay).

What is the strangest thing you have been asked for when working in retail?

Your enlarged prostate?:eek:

Pighead

Tippex wrote: »

My bph works for a large toy retailer and always has stories about customers asking if they sell other items (last year it was Xmas trees and fairy lights) but the one she got asked on Wednesday takes the biscuit I think.

A customer walked up to her and asked her if they sell bales of hay (no she didn't mishear she repeated it to the customer and he said yeah bales of hay).

What is the strangest thing you have been asked for when working in retail?

Pighead refuses to answer this question until you tell him what a bph is. Google says it means 'Enlarge prostate'. Explain yourself. Please.

Kylo Ren

MagicMarker wrote: »

bph?

Their boyphriend obviously...

admiralofthefleet

a few years ago a fella was acting strange in the pub one night, generally being a nuisance and was very annoying. he asked me for a pint of smithwicks and a packet of salted peanuts - which he opened and poured into the pint.

each to their own

Pighead

Threads in tatters Tippex because of this 'bph' fiasco. Had the potential to become a glorious piece of work but Pighead fears for it's long term future at this stage.

SEPT 23 1989

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

a few years ago a fella was acting strange in the pub one night, generally being a nuisance and was very annoying. he asked me for a pint of smithwicks and a packet of salted peanuts - which he opened and poured into the pint.

each to their own

I am going to have to try that now thanks

Wacker The Attacker

Keno 92 wrote: »

Their boyphriend obviously...

no it wasnt

Where To

I was in a coffee shop in Schiphol one time and asked for a large Americano. They gave me an iced coffee with mustard in it, dunno what they thought I'd asked for.

Fizman

Keno 92 wrote: »

Their boyphriend obviously...

Please don't let it be this.

DeVore

I worked for Mister Minit as a cobbler for years as a lad and we used to keep a list of dumb things people would ask for but the top 3 I recall were

3. Postcards.
2. Plectrums.
1. Icecream!


If the heel-bar was located inside say a Superquinn, people would see the register and come over and try to pay for all sorts of stuff... they'd miss the huge collection of shoes and keys but spot the register and start unloading their groceries....


The thing I really learned from that job was: The general public are f*cking bonkers.

SEPT 23 1989

bph

Wacker The Attacker

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

a few years ago a fella was acting strange in the pub one night, generally being a nuisance and was very annoying. he asked me for a pint of smithwicks and a packet of salted peanuts - which he opened and poured into the pint.

each to their own

Peanuts can only improve smithwicks

franktheplank

A single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man's hat.

Kylo Ren

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

no it wasnt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk

Wacker The Attacker

DeVore wrote: »

I worked for Mister Minit as a cobbler for years as a lad and we used to keep a list of dumb things people would ask for but the top 3 I recall were

3. Postcards.
2. Plectrums.
1. Icecream!


If the heel-bar was located inside say a Superquinn, people would see the register and come over and try to pay for all sorts of stuff... they'd miss the huge collection of shoes and keys but spot the register and start unloading their groceries....


The thing I really learned from that job was: The general public are f*cking bonkers retarded.

fyp

Tippex

bph - Better Prettier Half no back on thread.. pighead

Frank Black

Is it boyfriend/partner/husband?

aaronjumper

You have an enlarged talking prostate?

Im no doctor op but I think you should be worried.

Kylo Ren

Tippex wrote: »

bph - Better Prettier Half no back on thread.. pighead

gtfo

FatherLen

Tippex wrote: »

bph - Better Prettier Half no back on thread.. pighead

how did you expect us to know what that was?

even google didn't know that!

SEPT 23 1989

DeVore wrote: »

I worked for Mister Minit as a cobbler for years as a lad and we used to keep a list of dumb things people would ask for but the top 3 I recall were

3. Postcards.
2. Plectrums.
1. Icecream!


If the heel-bar was located inside say a Superquinn, people would see the register and come over and try to pay for all sorts of stuff... they'd miss the huge collection of shoes and keys but spot the register and start unloading their groceries....


The thing I really learned from that job was: The general public are f*cking bonkers.

You seem like an intelligent type of bloke

whats a bph?

Where To

Tippex wrote: »

bph - Better Prettier Half no back on thread.. pighead

Ahh, you mean pbh.

davet82

black francis wrote: »

Is it boyfriend/partner/husband?

good guess, i would have bet on than that

Anyone

So, did the hay help with the enlarged prostate?

Tippex

FatherLen wrote: »

how did you expect us to know what that was?

even google didn't know that!

I've fixed the original post....

davet82

Tippex wrote: »

I've fixed the original post....

too late, thread is ruined

gtfo :P

ibarelycare

Tippex wrote: »

bph - Better Prettier Half no back on thread.. pighead

Why would you use this term? Now I'm sad.

hattoncracker

I worked in a mobile phone shop and the 2 weirdest things I was asked for:

1. A quarter pounder with cheese meal.
2. An underwater thermometer to measure the water temperature in fish farms.

Tippex

ibarelycare wrote: »

Why would you use this term? Now I'm sad.

F*ck knows we all have our moments (yes me more than most) but back on topic.

Another one she got asked was did they sell Dog Food.... It's a toy store ffs.

obplayer

Working in Tesco I had a customer come up to me with a value chicken and ask 'do I have to cook it?'

davet82

hattoncracker wrote: »

I worked in a mobile phone shop and the 2 weirdest things I was asked for:

1. A quarter pounder with cheese meal.
2. An underwater thermometer to measure the water temperature in fish farms.

i dont see the problem, you have phones? now go ring for one ffs

Frank Black

Tippex wrote: »

bph - Better Prettier Half no back on thread.. pighead

Is this the half from the waist down or waist up?

Or is it a left-hand-side, right-hand-side thing?

Pighead

Tippex wrote: »

bph - Better Prettier Half no back on thread.. pighead

Vomited a bit reading that. You seem to have serious self esteem issues buddy. Pighead has only ever had inferior uglier half's.

Ok, back on thread Pighead used to work in Supermacs in Galway during his glorious college years. Happened more than once where somebody asked for a cheeseburger without the cheese. That'll be a regular burger then sir you big eejit.

SEPT 23 1989

Tippex wrote: »

F*ck knows we all have our moments (yes me more than most) but back on topic.

Another one she got asked was did they sell Dog Food.... It's a toy store ffs.

I don't think we can ever get back on topic now

sumsar

When I was working in Power City a customer asked did we sell Vibrators.

davet82

Tippex wrote: »

F*ck knows we all have our moments (yes me more than most) but back on topic.

no no no you're not getting off that lightly, did you make that up yourself?

aaronjumper

I got asked if I sell drugs when I was waiting for a friend to finish work.
Does that count?

Where To

hattoncracker wrote: »

I worked in a mobile phone shop and the 2 weirdest things I was asked for:

1. A quarter pounder with cheese meal.
2. An underwater thermometer to measure the water temperature in fish farms.

You should have sold them a smartphone.

hattoncracker

There's an app for that!

Plazaman

FatherLen wrote: »

is a bar retail?

anyway i was once asked for a bulmers with a guinness head.

weirdo

Yes, I did see someone once ask for a Bulmers shandy (Bulmers mixed with Cidona :rolleyes: )

I was once asked for a bottled of water by two tourists who were hiking.

"Oh, no!" I said, "this is a local shop for local people".

They went missing soon after.









We didn't burn them.

Frank Black

aaronjumper wrote: »

I got asked if I sell drugs when I was waiting for a friend to finish work.
Does that count?

No.

Now stop dressing like a Hispanic drug dealer.

Tippex

davet82 wrote: »

no no no you're not getting off that lightly, did you make that up yourself?

no got it from Olaf Tyaransen when he wrote his column in the herald (it is a few years ago now)

davet82

Tippex wrote: »

no got it from Olaf Tyaransen when he wrote his column in the herald (it is a few years ago now)

for shame :rolleyes:

Tippex

davet82 wrote: »

for shame :rolleyes:

I know I know I've no way of coming back from it at this stage

RubyWoo83

hattoncracker wrote: »

I worked in a mobile phone shop and the 2 weirdest things I was asked for:

1. A quarter pounder with cheese meal.
2. An underwater thermometer to measure the water temperature in fish farms.

It didn't happen to be a mobile phone shop next door to a Maccy D's did it?? If so easy mistake

I also worked in a mobile phone shop in a previous life. I was once asked why the warranty didn't cover people dropping a phone into their pint. The customer who was quite irate at the time explained it was the second time it had happened in a month, and couldn't comprehend why it wasn't covered :rolleyes:

johnwest288

Got asked for a Creampie before by an old biddy years ago. would of been grand if i was working in a bakery but I was working in a Video store

RubyWoo83

johnwest288 wrote: »

Got asked for a Creampie before by an old biddy years ago. would of been grand if i was working in a bakery but I was working in a Video store

She was probably looking for American Pie!

Anyone

johnwest288 wrote: »

Got asked for a Creampie before by an old biddy years ago. would of been grand if i was working in a bakery but I was working in a Video store

She wanted Creampie videos? Nasty!!