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Strange retail Requests

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  • #32
    Tippex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭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.


  • #33
    obplayer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭obplayer


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


  • #34
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭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.

    :confused:

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


  • #35
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭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?


  • #36
    Pighead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,184 ✭✭✭✭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.


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  • #37
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭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 :(


  • #38
    sumsar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 501 ✭✭✭sumsar


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


  • #39
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭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? :p


  • #40
    aaronjumper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,128 ✭✭✭✭aaronjumper


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


  • #41
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #42
    hattoncracker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,091 ✭✭✭hattoncracker


    There's an app for that!


  • #43
    Plazaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,037 ✭✭✭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.


  • #44
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭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.


  • #45
    Tippex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Tippex


    davet82 wrote: »
    no no no you're not getting off that lightly, did you make that up yourself? :p

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


  • #46
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭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:


  • #47
    Tippex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Tippex


    davet82 wrote: »
    for shame :rolleyes:

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


  • #48
    RubyWoo83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭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:


  • #49
    johnwest288
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 665 ✭✭✭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 :confused:


  • #50
    RubyWoo83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭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 :confused:

    She was probably looking for American Pie!


  • #51
    Anyone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭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 :confused:

    She wanted Creampie videos? Nasty!!


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  • #52
    summerskin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,760 ✭✭✭summerskin


    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 :confused:

    Brazzers?


  • #53
    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    A lady of a certain vintage asked if she could return knickers she'd bought (minus the tags) because she'd 'changed her mind after trying them on'. Fup no.


  • #54
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,745 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    I worked in a shop specialising in swim gear, the kind of stuff you'd use training for the Olympics. I used to get asked if we sold false nails and chewing gum more often than you'd think.


  • #55
    Tippex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Tippex


    pow wow wrote: »
    A lady of a certain vintage asked if she could return knickers she'd bought (minus the tags) because she'd 'changed her mind after trying them on'. Fup no.

    Nasty


  • #56
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Tippex wrote: »
    no got it from Olaf Tyaransen (it is a few years ago now)

    celebrity name dropping now are we?


  • #57
    Tippex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Tippex


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    celebrity name dropping now are we?

    no it was from reading his column in the herald nothing more...:rolleyes:


  • #58
    Oranage2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    Worked in a supermarket during college and a guy 30s asked me where the roast potatoes were? So i showed him the potato section in fruit and veg. seen the guy still standing there 10 minutes later and he asked which ones were the roast potatoes, so when i told him you have to roast them in the oven, he looked at me kinda clueless then asked me how?


  • #59
    Tim the Enchanter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 309 ✭✭Tim the Enchanter


    Worked in the bar trade when in collage. This old lad came in and ordered a pint of guinness. When he was about 3/4 way through it he called me over and asked had we any fresh eggs and if so could he have one. I went to the kitchen, got an egg and gave it to him. He then cracked it into the pint, swallowed the last 1/4, including the egg, left the pub, got up on a bicycle and cycled away. Very Strange!!


  • #60
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    sumsar wrote: »
    When I was working in Power City a customer asked did we sell Vibrators.

    Please tell us it was a hot blonde. Not a Mrs Brown lookalike.


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  • #61
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Oranage2 wrote: »
    Worked in a supermarket during college and a guy 30s asked me where the roast potatoes were? So i showed him the potato section in fruit and veg. seen the guy still standing there 10 minutes later and he asked which ones were the roast potatoes, so when i told him you have to roast them in the oven, he looked at me kinda clueless then asked me how?

    Did you look in the frozen section?


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