Employees Reveal The Absolute DUMBEST QUESTION Ever Asked By A CUSTOMER (r/AskReddit)

[@lxverdant1837]

_"How does the bathroom know someone is in there?"_ Maybe he's from the future where bathrooms are operated by AI, and they talk to you while you're inside.

[@kyle18934]

@warystatue33 ooooh that could end really badly lol

[@JoelDiez]

@warystatue33 That could end in some uncalled situations lmao

[@mananexus]

When I worked at McDonald’s when I was still in high school there was a guy who ordered a Coke and a Diet Coke well he asked which was which I told him I didn’t know because the drink machine automated he then told me that he didn’t want them anymore.

[@IaeyanElyuex]

I think that stupid watered down reboot of Teen Titans did something along these lines.

[@ExDud]

Cars 2

[@Shigellosis]

Now I have proof that Starbucks customers are actual zombies

[@willisbronze9984]

"dOnT tAlK tO Me bEfOrE i hAvE mY cOFfeE"

[@DsgSleazy]

@@mrcoolxoxo7007 nobody should have to deal with McDonalds customers, it's like they either turn into the most evil or braindead people as soon as they walkthrough the doors.

[@friendlycanadian3150]

They put something in the coffee to make it so the brain can't properly function around 24 after consumption then they just go off of scent to the nearest coffee shop in hopes it's a Starbucks if not for a short time afterwards they get higher brain functions in order to scope out the next coffee shop

[@beelzeboss9631]

I drank Starbucks once, tasted foul, instant coffee honestly tastes so much better

[@bubaaaaaaaaa]

@@beelzeboss9631 fr

[@WolfStreak]

"This room contains all of itself." Wow.

[@DivineBeaver]

Poetic

[@reneenevermore2771]

This one was my favorite lol

[@pravus9769]

"Hmm, yes. This room is made of room."

[@roadkillpotato3468]

@@pravus9769 and this floor is made of floor.

[@JaelinBezel]

“Who are you?” “I am all of me!”

[@baconinsurgent8261]

“Do giraffes hunt in packs “ is legitimately a frightening statement

[@Restrictedeightteen]

Okay, but imagine if they were carnivorous and 𝗱𝗶𝗱 hunt in packs

[@_raythefairy_]

@@Restrictedeightteen that would be utterly terrifying

[@quaianthegrimreaper7556]

@@_raythefairy_ imagine you're in a forest and you see a pack of giraffes running at you

[@u6uggg6hguiuggy]

They might be togather in deserts, but they only hunt vegetables.

[@constanceskalecki4294]

When my daughter was little she would collect perfume samples from magazines, she put them all in a bag and labeled the bag with “Abby smells “. It was adorable. Maybe that woman expected free perfume samples with her food.🤔

[@rockinrootbeer1795]

I was thinking the same thing, or maybe a food scented air freshener? Haha

[@Walker-ow7vj]

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[@Walker-ow7vj]

Beeth Stew pgot last ypoplpl lo 🎱 mom lolpp lol pl pool pop ol pop p lop pyou lol

[@tidepodpadthai2633]

@@Walker-ow7vj are you having a stroke

[@ianmoseley9910]

scratch and sniff cards maybe?

[@sarahmcdonnell7705]

“What type of sandwich is this?” “This is the chicken club sandwich” “Oh, does it have meat in it?” Come on lady...

[@tmcdowell7977]

Jezz

[@jacklow9611]

For some reason, many people don't believe that chickens have meat. Evidently, only mammals are "meat", but fish and/or fowl/birds are not.

[@jackiec8680]

Many people don't consider chicken as meat. So silly

[@julife.ka.3899]

My in-laws consider chicken as not meat because "when you go buy it you ask for meat OR for chicken, so meat is something else" (might sound weird because original language is not english sorry)

[@tonypeppermint5329]

@@julife.ka.3899 It cool. Only person not cool is your In-Laws thinking chicken isn't meat.

[@Alittlebithungryartist]

I work in a clothes shop. One time, I saw an older lady picking up a navy blue dress and she took it to the shop entrance. The dress had a security alarm on it and as she stood at the entrance, the alarm of course went off. My supervisor and I were watching her, wondering if this seemingly innocent old lady was going to try to steal the dress. He approached her as she stood in the doorway with the security alarm going off, very loudly. He told her about the tag in the dress and she said; “Oh I’m sorry, I just wanted to see what the dress looked like in natural daylight.” The kicker? It was pitch black outside. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@clayhorton9366]

Lol Granny is a klepto

[@srbrant5391]

That’s sad.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

That's just embarrassing.

[@TheGreatHotDogConsumer]

Yeaaaah she was trying to steal it

[@thehorseformerlywithoutana2522]

I had a guy who tried to leave with a cart full of stuff, but it locked up on him at the door. When I went to check it out he tried to play it off like he forgot his wallet. I just told him, “Let’s say I believe that.”

[@LendriMujina]

5:17 : "She was my favorite. (Apart from an old gentleman who tried to eat a children's toy.)" 14:45 :

[@ThomasDimensor]

I just checked, but those are indeed the same dude.

[@kazumakanjifreak3010]

Your name and video you choose.................................. lol

[@jessicabrown3129]

My favourite bit

[@irishhuskie2585]

“Do you sell guitars?” “Here? At Guitar World? Gee, I don’t know!”

[@WalnutSpice]

"sorry, here at guitar center we only sell woodwinds"

[@skullkittii8813]

*”Nah man, we sell trombones...”*

[@hero-bo7qc]

Nah we sell many different drums at the guitar center

[@autisticpatrick2494]

ChicagoDomer2596 “sorry bro you need to go to the Apple store for guitars we sell phones”

[@LunaBari]

This comment thread is full of nonsense

[@jayamarillo628]

Me: “hi, welcome to McDonald’s. What can I get for you?” Woman: “can I have a happy meal cheeseburger?” Me: *puts it in the order* Woman: “actually can you change it to a hamburger, but with cheese?” Me: “that would be a cheeseburger.” Her kids: *burst out laughing* Woman: “and can I have the savory burgers?” Me: “the...what?” Woman: “savory burgers” Me: “we...don’t have a burger called the savory burgers” Woman: “yes you do! Look!” *points to a poster on the window that says “savory burgers and delicious desserts” with a picture of a bacon barbecue burger on it* Me: “oh, that’s actually called the bacon barbecue burger. Would you like that?” Woman: “yes”

[@mottdropsie]

As a McDonalds employee, people order "cheeseburgers with no cheese" too often.

[@justsomeguy1014]

Most people who buy fast food seem to be a special breed of moron

[@NextBachelor2025]

@@mottdropsie I guess It just became a meme

[@Thastormable]

@@NextBachelor2025 I recall hearing something about how a 'cheeseburger with the cheese removed' is cheaper then a hamburger, that is probably the logic they are going off of, don't know who spread that though.

[@waffleauflauf4213]

@@mottdropsie I had a customer order two hamburgers, and then "two more hamburgers, plain with only the cheese on them". I had to pause and ask to make sure the first two hamburgers were *actually* hamburgers (they were). No clue why it was ordered that way, though I guess we all have our days lol

[@TheTrainmobile]

An excerpt from a colleague's interaction with a customer: *"Is your pork grass fed?"* "Pigs don't eat grass." *"Okay, then what about your fish, are they grass fed?"*

[@williamdagnall4149]

"Hi is this the Krusty Krab?" "No, this is Patrick"

[@mimiceagle2654]

William Dagnall 😂😂😂

[@Asteri0519]

아뇨, 뚱인데여

[@whiteb1855]

Is this the Kristy krab?

[@stephensingh4588]

@@whiteb1855 NO THIS PATRICK

[@partyelixir1265]

@@stephensingh4588 Uhh Patrick the Krusty Krab is the name of the resturant

[@flippedoutkyrii]

A few months after I started my IKEA job in 2013, a lady came up to me and asked if there were any nuts in the almond cake. I barely contained my laughter in a half-assed cough and caught up in the moment, I asked her "Could you repeat that, please?". She got halfway through repeating herself before she stopped, blinking profusely before slowly backing away with embarrassment. I probably shouldn't have been so direct but It still kind of brings a dumb smile to my face to this very day.

[@ianmoseley9910]

flippedoutkyrii Almonds are not nutes, they are drupes

[@jesipop1]

I completely lost it at “Do giraffes hunt in packs?” for some reason! 🤣🤣🤣

[@damariuswingfield2144]

😆

[@painfulguess9429]

you both will burn for those emojis

[@skullkittii8813]

painfulguess BURN THEM

[@DrakeyC]

Worked at a McDonalds. Had one customer ask "Do you sell large fries?" Another asked "Do you sell Big Macs?" These were asked sincerely.

[@bittersweet6927]

It makes sense that they didn't know what you sell though . Not everyone eats at McDonalds and certain never ate that in their life cause they were to eat actually cooked instead of precooked frozen food . Even if they did eat fast food , McDonald's isn't the healthiest .To add on they were probably willing to try something knew or getting it for someone else .

[@MagnusSkiptonLLC]

I did too. I still remember the one time some woman walked in and started ordering like she was at KFC, all while staring at the very obvious McDonald's menu above my head. To be fair, there was a KFC a couple stores down, but still, I don't think I ever got anyone else who didn't know what store they were in. I remember another time I got a call from a customer who was mad because their hamburger was made out of beef, not "ham"...

[@DrakeyC]

​@@MagnusSkiptonLLC I had one like that once, guy came in and, while looking up at the menu, asked "do you have 20 packs of Timbits?" He was a semi-regular, so I was comfortable gently quipping "no, but they have them next door" (we're near a Tim Horton's). He paused, closed his eyes, and said "I said Timbits, didn't I?" "You did." "What about 20 packs of nuggets?" "That we have." "Okay, I'll try one." He was smiling, so we both had a bit of amusement over it.

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

Used to work at McDonald's but never ate there. Used to have customers ask me "what's good here?". I used to say "nothing". The darn menu hasn't really changed in something like 30+ years.

[@WalnutSpice]

Unrelated but at the one I was at some bitch would come by twice a day and order a cheeseburger with no meat, ketchup, mustard, onion, pickle or top bun. Just literally the bottom toasted bun and that low quality plastic cheese for $1.25. Like.. what happened to you?

[@damion1865]

"I left my coupon at home, could you give me another one for it?" -No.. That's not how it works... There was also this lady that came up to my register and had me carefully examine the used clothing she was buying (work at a thrift store) I made sure to point out if they had any defect (which some did) then when it was time to pay I tell her the total (she had gotten quite a lot) only to be asked "why is that the total? That's a lot, can you get it down a little?" -"uhm.. No ma'am, this is because of everything you're getting" Her mood changes from nice elderly lady to full on Karen. Proceeds to get mad at me and complain about the money she was paying. "It's not my fault that you're buying all this..." Is what I wanted to say, but had to keep customer service up.

[@samueljay8519]

Customer service rules are so stupid. A customer could be awful and you have to put up with it. But you say one thing offensive and the biggest jerk turns into the biggest snowflake and cries to a manager. Then your fired.

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

"Listen lady, you either want this stuff or not. The price is non-negotiable so pay up or shut up." Ugh, that would be so satisfying.

[@thehorseformerlywithoutana2522]

I’m sorry you have to pay full price for the stuff you’re buying?

[@kaylapounds1359]

I work in a thrift store too and your story reminded me of the worst customer I've (currently) ever dealt with. The first time I encountered her, was around Halloween. We get a lot of new goods sent to us to sell at Halloween (along with donated Halloween) to the point we're like a Spirit Halloween store. Anyway, she comes in and shops for about an hour or so, comes up to the front with a heaping cart, got about 1/3 of the way through when she asked her total. I told her and she started getting upset, mumbling about how she didn't like that I had started bagging her items (we have limited counter space and we typically try to bag as we go when customers have full carts because of this.) She went through and wanted me to take off such and such items. As I was trying to work with her, I had another customer get in line behind her. I called up my supervisor at the time to help the other customer. As he's helping the other lady, this crazy Karen is still going on about how much it's costing, how she has a spend down and blah blah expenses, how she is a diabetic and hasn't eaten yet. At that point my supervisor cuts in and says it's now our fault that she has been spending all this time in the store shopping. She starts going off on him then. The other lady suggested to her that maybe she should go eat and then come back. I hoped she wouldn't. But she did. When she came back we finally got it down to what she could "afford." After that, she asked me if a certain item was among the ones she purchased. It wasn't, so she made a second purchase of that and a few more things. Then she went to use our restroom. A couple minutes later she returns to the counter with a few pairs of shoes and boots. She makes a third purchase. I wasn't that ticked off that I had to put away her cart that she didn't want, or that she was difficult about our bagging process, at least not as much as I was about the fact that after all get complaining about not having the money to afford what the original amount was, she made *three* separate transactions!! I had 2 more encounters with her, unfortunately, but thankfully haven't seen her now in years.

[@maryianna912]

The last sentence reminds me how often customers are mad at me that "they waited in line". I'm alone in a one cashier service place. Like I'm sorry you really wanted that one thing and there are other people with the same need. And I'm particularly devastated that you saw those other people and decided to use your time for waiting anyway. I used to unironically blame it on myself, like I'm working too slow etc, but had changed my mind after i got to work at opening hours to the literal crowd one time, the one that lasted for hours without even a chance to get a toilet pass for me.

[@fpsHQ]

*Me, managing shift at dominos* Lady: “How much are your $7.99 pizzas?” Me: “Uh, $7.99” People are braindead I guess

[@miraveta]

plus tax plus round up plus whatever the place charges for delivery or add on charges. If the bill isn't exactly 7.99 they'll make a huge tantrum about it and say a refund is in order for scamming them.

[@linkhidalgogato]

nah i feel like thats just a legit brain fart its like looking for ur phone while using it to talk to someone it happens

[@tactilcalhorize]

@@linkhidalgogato unfortunately, so do the complaints.... a lot...

[@thehorseformerlywithoutana2522]

Probably wanted to know what it was with tax.

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

In my mother's grocery store, we had this apprentice who could explain even the most obvious thing in such a way that the customer did not feel stupid. A rare and useful skill.

[@Johnthecardboardsmileyface]

"Does this picture of The Beatles have John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in it? ". This video in a nutshell.

[@theinimitablejora522]

Feels like something my father would ask right before buying it anyway, because it's The Beatles.

[@thehorseformerlywithoutana2522]

Nah. Just the insect kind. You can name them whatever you want though.

[@cinemacynic980]

>No, it has Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Pete Best.

[@erikwoodruff5643]

I've had people ask if the minimum height requirement was negotiable or if their little kid would be able to go down if they put a life jacket on. Like, why would I bother telling you they're too little if there are any ways around it?

[@DaniTheBlueRecluse]

Those height requirements aren’t there just to exclude kids, they’re for safety, it’s infuriating when people don’t realize that. I went on a roller coaster with a friend who was like 2 inches too small, but the worker let her go on anyway. During on of the drops she got slammed down on her seat from the force because there was so much room between her and the safety bar that she was above the seat, so when the coaster changed directions she was thrown around with a ton of force. She got off the coaster with horrible pain in her spine. Those height requirements matter.

[@erikwoodruff5643]

@@DaniTheBlueRecluse I know. That's exactly my point. I've had co-workers who won't stop kids that are too short from going and they end up tumbling out and struggling to get upright in the water.

[@gennbear]

I wonder if when people say "I want a cheeseburger with no cheese" they say that because they A) either do not know what a hamburger is or B) think a hamburger has HAM and not beef. I'm so curious.

[@HaloNeInTheDark27]

No fam, they just stupid

[@wallaceluna6241]

Ppl are stupid, don't read the menu and realize theres like 2 or 3 meals on every menu that are basically the same thing with or without something added ontop. I've heard ppl at mcdonalds infront of me order "A mcdouble with 1 patty" im like what. What did you just say? lol

[@vigilis6220]

@@user-ud6zk6sb6t If you look up "hamburger" on Dictionary.com it will tell you that a hamburger is "a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground or chopped BEEF, usually served on a bun or roll and variously garnished." gennbear isn't a "stupid idiot," you just need to update your personal dictionary.

[@vigilis6220]

@@sapphirekawaii8384 I thought I was pretty good at detecting sarcasm, apparently I'm not.

[@asurasyn]

There was an incident where a place had pepperoni pizzas for like 7.99 but a cheese pizza was 9.99 so they ordered a pepperoni pizza with no pepperoni to save money. Sounds dumb at first but logical when explained.

[@angeliqueowen5153]

I asked a dumb question. Veteran: ma’am are you a veteran? Me (who works at a veterans hospital): no sir, are you? Pause...... Me: oh i guess that’s why you are here huh? 😂😂😂😂

[@KnakuanaRka]

Angelique Owen We all have brain farts at times, don’t we? \_(“/)_/

[@lindadaheim3412]

I once asked a very stupid question. I called our tech support man: " There is something wrong with my PC. The mouse is still OK, I can click items, but I cannot type anymore." A short moment of silence at the other end of the line. Then he asks me: "Do you use a wireless keyboard?" Me:"Yes." Admin:"Well, try changing the batteries." We had a very good laugh.

[@shreenidhiravishankar1881]

Don't worry happens to the best of us 😂

[@jasondyrkacz8270]

That really wasn't that stupid.

[@admiraljetro8783]

*Does this sandwich have turkey?* The name of the sandwich was a Turkey Swiss Sandwich

[@silverhawkflash]

Maybe they think "Turkey" refers to it's nationality. It's a multi-ethnic sandwich!

[@bomiata]

Maybe they thougt it was a sandwich from turkey (the country)

[@NextBachelor2025]

W

[@jakepullman4914]

Maybe they thought "Swiss" was like "Vegan", so they weren't REALLY getting a turkey sandwich, but a Swiss turkey substitute.

[@elock1277]

"Do you work here" while I am wearing uniform, name tag ECT. I love that one

[@elock1277]

@Lady Jane I just check the back knkwing we dont have it, and wait a minute

[@marcosbravo9645]

Oh come on, cut them some slack. At least some of them want to start a conversation without going right to asking for things. Either that or "do you always come here?"

[@metarcee2483]

I've been asked that multiple times when I was wearing OBVIOUSLY not the uniform. People tend to ask me that because I like to be helpful.

[@elock1277]

@@metarcee2483 That's nice mate, so do I. Which is why I love retail despite the Karen's and rude customers I do enjoy knowing I made their day easier.

[@samueljay8519]

Customers are assholes. That's why I just spit in everyone's food.

[@heliotropezzz333]

At 10:38 When she said she didn't know how to pay her credit card, I thought she would ask 'Can I pay it with my credit card?'.

[@failure4452]

@Helen Trope I used the card to save the card

[@HeidiBird]

This is why overall depth is mounting, currency is devalued and out economy is crashing. Money is not free, people!

[@kyle18934]

The guy at 17:17 sounds like the person that likes to be offended at everything, and like to get offended

[@broncogray1483]

Yeah

[@jackalantern12]

Don’t take this as an insult, because it’s not. What gives you that impression, though?

[@kyle18934]

@@jackalantern12 the person went to the worst possible conclusion off the bat and was ready to ruin that person's day/job off of a misheard comment. Yeah, asking a person if they are a jew would be weird, but make sure you hear the person out before deciding to drop the axe.

[@willisbronze9984]

Oh please he is just getting triggered for no reason, sometime people become stereotype, ex :like they just assume you are a Chinese if ur from asia and not having dark skins.

[@ZackMarrs556NAT0]

@@jackalantern12 The cashier aksed him a juicer, and he jumped to some crazy ass conclusion? Thats a pretty big clue

[@playerguy2]

My go-to response: "are numbers case-sensitive?" "..sure!"

[@FractalNinja]

Lowercase numbers :D lol

[@ianmoseley9910]

good way to remember those non-alphanumeric symbols you need for passwords these days

[@skeltonslay8er781]

7:13 “Alright kids, time to get sprayed” Screams of pain follow

[@Blue-vd2vr]

Working in a Make up store: Is your blue hair natural? You are born with it?

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

Yeah, I'm half smurf.

[@minicomix6403]

I feel you. I have blue hair too. And someone actually had the audacity to ask if it was natural, and real

[@kush7138]

@@minicomix6403 y'all lucky. I want blue hair, but it won't go well on me, especially with how I look as a black dude.

[@mangaanimefan3089]

Are you a magical girl? Anime protagonist? That's the only way the blue hair would be real. Jeez.

[@minicomix6403]

@@kush7138 I'm sure you'll look amazing with it!! 😁

[@jimmilton4065]

When I used to work at Taco Bell a lady asked me "does the Cheesy Bean and Rice Burrito have any cheese?" After her order I went to the back and started to burst out laughing

[@mroran7513]

On the phone: "why do the different devices models look different from one another?"

[@Bobzillaaaful]

"how do i get this scale to work?" *holds bag of bulk food 2-3 inches above the scale* O.O

[@thehorseformerlywithoutana2522]

I had a customer storm off because we didn’t have “fresh ginger in a can.”

[@Ivy99999]

3:26 this man was obviously a time traveler from Victorian London. In the slums people could pay 1 cent to sit on a bench all night, but were not allowed to sleep, called a 'penny sit-up', there was a 'two penny hanover' where you would hang from a rope (arms over the rope so its resting wear you would place it to raise an unconscious person) and sleep for the night, but not allowed to lay down or on your back. For 4 cents you could rent a space in a 'coffin house' for the night - quite literally that, a plain, wooden, coffin-shaped box with no lid. He was also given food and a tarp to cover himself with. There were shelters where you could rent a bed but they were much more expensive. See link for more details. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_penny_coffin

[@kaylapounds1359]

What does that stuff and nonsense have to do with a guy asking if a hotel comes with a bed?!

[@Ivy99999]

@@kaylapounds1359 Back then the common person's "hotel" (and most widely available, comparable place to a motel) often did not come with a bed. Until you started getting into at least the upper-lower class, lower-middle class, if you were paying for overnight lodgings, you weren't guaranteed an actual bed. It's not "nonsense", it's true facts that highlight just how demoralizing and dehumanizing it was and still can be to be poor.

[@kaylapounds1359]

@@Ivy99999 I mean yeah but calling a person a time traveler when that has nothing to do with the post is the issue.

[@33rdStreet]

The free smells lady was probably expecting a scratch and sniff card

[@aplanenerdandagamenerd9087]

I’ve seen that “cheeseburger no cheese” one before but in reverse “I want a hamburger with cheese” ”Oh so a cheeseburger?” “NO A HAMBURGER WITH CHEESE!”

[@tidepodpadthai2633]

"Has Halloween ever fallen on a Friday the 13th?" That dumbass was me.

[@wolfkniteX]

I once worked at a Costco over where they cook the rotisserie chicken. A woman came over and asked, "Is the chicken fresh?" As I'm taking it out of the oven and into the containers, it was still on the skewer and being slid off of it right in front of her.

[@SenXIII]

3:54 I actually had this happen to me at a temporary second job at a craft store. We lost the store and were having a huge sale up to 80% off. I usually would work ONE night shift per week (was just enough to pay a bill off) but was given more hours due to helping with closing the store down for good. With this sale, the line would go from the register all the way to the tape that cut off the customers from going into empty areas. It would rap around down the aisle sometimes. This one lady walks up to me and asks if she can skip the entire line because she had to go to work. I just told her to talk to my manager. I knew what type of person she was and I wasn't going to waste my time on such ENTITLEMENT and STUPIDITY.

[@Boktai87]

"Where's the bathroom?" And it's right behind me as they ask this question.

[@kvngmikey6605]

"Do you sell Icecream today" I work at Dairy Queen

[@CamJam312]

"Does your BLT sandwich have tomatoes on it?" I stared at them for a hard minute...

[@blakeetter280]

I work at a grocery store and often to get to watch the self check. So many people have stupid questions but the top is “what does ‘remove card’ mean?”

[@eliaspanayi3465]

"Is this a bike shop?" "Yes" "can you fix my canoe"

[@wesleythomas7125]

"Where's the other sauce? We're supposed to get sweet AND sour sauce!" "The sauce is sumultaneously sweet and sour. Quite frankly, it's a wonder of culinary science."

[@lightning_elextra]

“Do you fix eyeglasses here?” I work at Petco.

[@karaoconnoraliasraidra]

Gimicky Imp Wow, they really needed better eyeglasses! 🤓

[@picies2020]

Consumer: excuse me, when does this "midnight bowling" thing start? Me: at... midnight... sir....

[@megaquacko5645]

"So does this milk have dairy?" It says DAIRY MILK On the label 😂

[@newtonbomb]

I had to explain to someone (who mind you had an attitude like I had somehow messed up) before about how the poor internet speeds off the wifi they were using in a hotel while on vacation was absolutely in no way related to their internet service or wireless router at home; they also even questioned why their laptop didn't have internet while they were driving on their road trip. It took wayyyy too long to get them to understand, they legitimately just could not wrap their head around the fact that the home fiber internet service they were paying for didn't just magically follow them around everywhere they went...

[@mirac1869]

i worked at dunkin' and someone ordered some fruity starbucks drink that was clearly not on our menu. they got mad that they would have to order starbucks items at a starbucks. barely a mile up the road is two starbucks basically next to one another, but sure we've got your venti peach and strawberry tea

[@PotterBrony82]

be me working at walmart in early 2000's guy buys big ass tv before flat screen was the standard I do carry outs tv won't fit in the trunk, and his whole family is filling the rest of the car he asks me, and I quote "why ya'll sell tv's too big to fit in peoples cars" my head explodes

[@girlwithwifi1359]

I used to work at a McDonald's. One day, I was spot cleaning the Play Place while kids and their parents were eating or playing. The Family restroom is nearby. One dad got my attention. Dad: "The restroom door is locked." Me: "That means someone's using it, sir." Dad: "I've been watching it for a while. No one's in there." I walk over to the Family Bathroom and open the door, showing him that it is both unlocked and unoccupied. Dad: "No! I'm talking about that one!" *points to door a few feet down the wall* Me: "Sir, that's a storage closet." (In his defense, both doors looked the same but, they both had signs indicating what they were 😅.) Edit: I realize this doesn't really involve a dumb question. I just remembered this.

[@MagnusSkiptonLLC]

It involves a customer being incredibly stupid, so it applies. 👍

[@gj8683]

Well, at least you were able to understand something more clearly, even if the dad could not.

[@ForevaMaeva]

I live in France, and the amount of people like this you will find is mind-blowing...

[@no1bandfan]

“Where’s the non-caffeine-free Sprite? Are you out?” “...They don’t make Sprite with caffeine.” “When did they change it?!?” “They didn’t. Sprite’s never had caffeine.” Proceeds to yell at me and call me a bunch of names. I preceded to have him tossed and trespassed at all of the store in the state by some cop friends who stopped in to say hi.

[@Jessi-44]

“Do you work here?” What do you mean do I work here? You think I’m wearing this uniform for fun?

[@lanadelreylvr92893]

They obviously have PTSD from asking someone where a certain thing is and that person saying "I don't work here"

[@damascusraven]

"Can you just use the last 4 numbers of my card? I don't want to give out the full number."

[@elmalifico3708]

When I worked in a pharmacy someone called and asked if taking two B-6 tablets was the same as taking a B-12 tablet.

[@GhostRider-xi3pb]

About the Disneyland one, Some parks do have an express season pass that does allow holders go to special line that is shorter to get on a ride. for example a roller coaster will have special seats just for them so they don't have to wait in long line. The pass costs more than regular pass. That may be where the customer had confusion about Disneyland.

[@vaughnlcoleman]

i work at bath and body works. a guy runs in about 15 minutes from when we’re about to close, winded, and asks, “do you guys have lotion?”

[@broodypie2216]

When somebody comes in your restaurant asking for an item you obviously don't have, they either have their own issues, or one of the employees is selling drugs.

[@flufflewarrior]

There are so many :‘D There was a customer who wanted a chewing snack for her chihuahua. I showed her the smallest snacks we got. She then asked: „Can he chew that?“ „Does he have teeth?“ „Yes. He really enjoys chewing and destroying my wooden chairs.“ ..... I made a long pause and waited... I then said that the dog then probably won’t have a problem chewing these soft sticks. „I‘m not sure... His teeth are small..“ So you are telling me: Your dog is able to shred and destroy wooden chairs, but not to bite into a soft piece of meat? Also a pretty stupid one: „Are those baby fish?“ „Yes.“ „Will they grow bigger or stay babies?“ .... •_• ....

[@maryianna912]

'Stay babies' is a funny way to put words lol

[@aretailcashier450]

Me on register (at dollartree, yes everything is a dollar lol): “hello! How may I help you” customer holding up Christmas decoration that is discounted because, while it’s perfectly functional and undamaged it’s missing it’s normal packaging and one fresh off the shelves, holding the good one out*: can you price match this? I found the other one for 25 cents? me: •_• no customer: why me: ...because im not a manager Customer: what does that have to do with anything? Do your damn job

[@KusuKusuu]

My favorite at Dollar Tree was when I coudln't scan something because of wear and tear, or just a poorly place barcode "Does that mean I can have it for free?" It was always a joke but holy fuck I grew to hate that line.

[@buyerenogurlfwendo2106]

@@KusuKusuu I think most cashiers grow to hate that line.

[@kaylapounds1359]

@@KusuKusuu tries to scan hand... "Oh, it didn't scan, it must be free too, here you go!" Pulls a Will Smith.

[@kaylapounds1359]

Not anymore. We jokingly call it dollar a a quarter tree. I still shop there though.

[@ag3498]

6:30 In that lady's defense I was super confused by the "free smells" sign the first time I saw a JJ's and even thought about going in to ask about it.

[@seelcudoom1]

"oh is that lane open?" said after he stood at the empty register watching me ring people up for 5 minutes, and there was a sight literally right under his nose saying "register closed please use other register"

[@SoraDonaldGoofy99]

Kid: "Do you work here?" Me: "I have a box of chips I am stocking in the chip aisle. Gee, I dunno!"

[@evilvampireduck]

working in ice cream,,,,,, "what does the cherry taste like?" [jokingly] "Coconut!!" "really??" ".....no"

[@ubisoftisawful6311]

Idk if I can answer the question in the comments but I'm going to, For context I work at Arby's. Customer "Can I get AB and C and a large potato cake, make sure they're fresh and salt them for me." Me: "Ok you're total is XXX" *Customer gets to window* Customer: "are my potato cakes fresh and salted?" Me: "Ma'am I was just going to give you a few salt packets." Customer: "you can't just put salt on them?" Me: "I'll just pour a salt packet on them." Customer: "You don't have a salt shaker?" Me: "No ma'am this is Arby's." Customer: "Fine I'll just take the packets." *Customer gets her food and waves at the Drive-Through window to get our attention and my manager went to help her as he could see that I was getting quite impatient with this lady* Customer: "Hi are you the manager?" She then complained about how her free sides of lettuce and tomatoes weren't filled enough, she claimed I put one tomato slice in her cup when I know there were 3 in there, then complains about how her potato cakes weren't fresh. Just so everyone knows if you ask a minimum wage worker for fresh food at a restaurant they won't give it to you, they usually just give you whatever is already out of the fryer. We aren't gonna treat you special take your food and get the fuck out of drive-through you're making a line

[@samueljay8519]

I love it when customers act like fast food workers want to serve them. We don't care about them. We only want to work the hours and make our money so we can go home.

[@JakeRandall]

This is why I’d never get food from an Arby’s lmao

[@kaiseremotion854]

Lmao. My mother always asks for fresh fries at every restaurant. I know they dont care but i let her think that it matters

[@K4rm4ttack]

I'll get you fresh food if you ask but then I get the paradox of people who ask for fresh food and then get mad they have to wait for it. Fresh takes time, this should be obvious.

[@kaylapounds1359]

@@K4rm4ttack I rather like the stories about people saying something want fresh enough and the employee goes to the back, pretends to get a new thing and gives them the original back and the customer says something along the lines of "this is much better. That's how you make something fresh!"

[@mouselinguist]

That one person now legitimately thinks salmon comes from space and it's giving me an existential crisis, but with giggling.

[@ianmoseley9910]

mouselinguist Actually, no. They just think the person saying that is ignorant and patronising so walked off to find someone to tell them which region the salmon came from.

[@brleise2942]

I used to work concierge at a movie theater, sometimes got calls asking to speak to the manager. In these situations, I have to know why they need to speak to the manager, since we get a lot of questions that don't require manager's input. The one question that really took the cake though was, "Do you show movies?" Me: "Yes" Them: "Thanks" *click* I'm baffled why they thought they needed a manager to answer that question

[@toc12934]

These people are the reason why every tech support has to say “have you tried turning it on and off?” Thats probably the answer to alot of peoples problems

[@em_nm3]

“where are your hours posted?” “you can find them online and they are on our fromt door.” “the front door??” “um yes?” “how??” “ so have you ever heard of vinyl stickers? they are stuck on to our front door” (.....took him a minute but he got it)

[@dakotasan8719]

“Do you know where your restroom is?” This question stunned me so badly with it’s stupidity that I just wordlessly pointed. Keep in mind there is is a big-ass sign where I work that marks the restrooms.

[@deepfried25]

Had a customer who walked in and ordered a Hawaiian pizza. Someone else had ordered one thru phone before her. The phone order came in right after her and picked up his pizza, and she had a fit. She started screaming that why did this guy get his Hawaiian first. I explained it was ordered thru phone and was before her. She asked so you mean to tell me if I ordered thru phone my pizza would have have been made earlier? The other customers in-store said well yeah, she didn't say anything after that.

[@asurasyn]

"If I put my frozen turkey in the dishwasher, without soap of course, will it thaw in time for Thanksgiving?" It was the day before.

[@ianmoseley9910]

Asura Syn might do better in the tumble dryer!

[@danabananaz]

1:25 I had the exact same thing happen at my job. A man (31-35ish) asked for me to unlock the men's room bc he couldn't get in it .. I had to explain to him that it was locked bc it was being used and he still looked at me like I denied him the use of the restroom... It razzles my brain how people like that make it through life and get to the age they are perfectly fine.

[@wcotton]

Some Men's rooms can handle multiple customers, and some only one at a time.

[@pablofalero2570]

Any time the same question is asked 5 times in 5 different ways.. Just love goin in circles

[@JuliaMarieH]

“Can I have a table by a tv if that’s at all possible??” Ma’am this is a Buffalo Wild Wings. I couldn’t NOT give you a table by a tv even if I tried And then there was the time two ladies came in asking for job applications, then the first one asked us, the hostesses, how to fill out EVERY QUESTION. Then, AFTER all this, the other one asked us all the same questions! Some people...

[@jessicajesswest3305]

16:15 That guy was probably just meaning like what region did the salmon come from When you reply with a snarky remark like space then I would just walk away too It’s rude and clearly he didn’t know much about that fish and where it came from(obviously a body of water but region and such wise)

[@ianmoseley9910]

Jessica Jesswest Absolutely - Scottish, Canadian, wild , farmed etc ...

[@aaron9797]

i work at an airport over night as a custodian i get passengers who do not understand that the airport it closed for business at midnight and they have to wait until 5am to buy last minute tickets

[@mygl4490]

"Do you have boneless beef bones?"

[@skullkittii8813]

what-

[@thehorseformerlywithoutana2522]

Should’ve said yes and sold them a bag of air.

[@sarahfuimaono834]

The first one just is like r/facepalm😂😂😂😂

[@Czesnek]

Some people really doesn't deserve basic human rights.

[@halfhazard7405]

I worked at a mcdonalds for 2 years and I'll never forget when someone asked me what the difference between an egg muffin and a sausage egg muffin was

[@EndlessSummer888]

"That product there, the Spicy Turkey...... is it spicy?"

[@lisarutter916]

Are you open? The doors are open, the lights are on, and it’s obvious that we are working

[@Life-Sky]

Yeah I can see that, but... ARE YOU OPEN!?!?!?!?!

[@HeidiBird]

Oddly, this video managed to have the world make more sense to me. I now understand why Windows OS is getting crappier and crappier, taking more and more fine-tuning options away from me - it's so patronising and frustrating I could scream! - , how some nonsense products come into being (e.g. "smart water"), and other things that have baffled me up to now. Consumers in the US - which are a massive market both for import and export - are just genuinely child-like and can be talked into anything/don't possess the mental capacity for higher logical thought. That explains a lot!

[@AndrewFerrer3d]

When I was working at the cash register at my local food store a quite common question would be ”where is the exit?” Mind you this wasn’t a big mega store or anything it was a small convenience store, where the cash registers were by the exit and the same doors for entrance were clearly used for the exit. This question would always leave me completely dumbfounded, and honestly some of these ridiculous questions and situations would send me into seriously deep philosophical thoughts about how differently we must perceive things.

[@Christine-xt8fr]

What's REALLY dumb is that a 90 count bottle of cholesterol pills should cost 500 bucks to begin with!!! The US has some serious work to do when it comes to the healthcare needs of our citizens. And, honestly, the US has a lot of work to do when it comes to the needs of our citizens in general! This country gets way more credit than it deserves... especially from within itself!

[@abandonwareguru]

Also as tech support: I frequently have to relay 7-digit numbers to my customers, so when the number 0 is involved I make sure to actually say the word "zero." I recently had a customer ask if that was actually a zero or a capital O. I didn't say "O."

[@ErikRaigoso]

“Besides a old man who tried eating a toy”

[@michaelburgess6004]

Hey guys, if you think smoking weed is harmless, this and other reddits like this is something that can be caused by weed. Smoking weed as a minor prevents/damages brain development. Also, smoking weed A LOT will sever connections between brain cells and make you mentally slow. I've got a few relatives that were smart when they were younger, but after years of constant weed smoking, the result is that it's like they are high even when they aren't and as far as I know, it's permanent.

[@AxenfonKlatismrek]

Not an employee: My friend used to work in Subway, he had so many customers asking about French fries. It started with a kid, then the adults were asking about fries. My friend found it irritating and then he started to put the paper written "NO FRIES SERVED"

[@mewalchemist]

My favorite one is when I first started my new job at a hawaiian bbq fast food place. Some guy walks in and asks if we sell bbq chicken. I tell him “Yes.” He says, “Thanks.” Then he walks out and doesn’t come back. I mean, it literally has “bbq” in the restaurant name. It’s written on the door, it’s on the sign outside, hell, it’s printed on my uniform. I don’t know what he expected after asking that question. He was completely sober asking me this so I was rather confused. Another time, a woman wanted a bbq chicken plate WITHOUT the chicken and only the sides (she was vegetarian). We literally sell the sides on their own but she insisted on paying the full price, sides only. Weird flex but ok. We tell her we can’t but she continued to be a huge thorn till eventually we just gave her what she wanted so she’d get the hell out. Not my favorite but still a dumb one. “Do you guys have 7-Up?” A customer literally asked me this after seeing that we only carry Sprite. Whatever soda brand we sell, that is all you get.

[@ObsidionshadowX]

Worked at a pizza joint, it's take home and bake yourself pizza.. says so on both the sign out front and inside. A whole family comes in (3 adults a couple of teens and 2 kids) and orders 5 pizzas, they sit there watching us make them for about 15min since they wanted complicated pizzas. You can clearly see that we don't have any ovens and the place doesn't smell like baking pizza, wasn't until they were all done that they asked with a dumbfounded look on their face "You don't cook them?"

[@Boktai87]

Papa Murphy's?

[@ObsidionshadowX]

@@Boktai87 yep

[@Boktai87]

@@ObsidionshadowX Closest one to me is 40 miles away. There were 2 in the area I used to live in almost 5 years ago.

[@nikkivillemaire4855]

That first one, I would have, if I wouldn't get fires for doing so, yell in the customer's face, "Chicken is Pollo and Pollo is chicken! They are God damn same thing!"

[@haleylynn1369]

When I worked at a pizza chain you'd frequently get, Customer: "Can I get a pepperoni pizza without any pepperoni?" Me: "So you want just a cheese pizza then?" Customer: "No, I want a pepperoni pizza without any pepperoni." Me: "A pepperoni pizza without any pepperoni is just a cheese pizza."

[@mckennacarson536]

The one about paying bills hits close to home. My mom manages my dad’s dental office. She has a payment window policy for dental bills. After a certain time range if a bill isn’t paid, she resends the bill with a late fee attached. If the bill is still not paid after another month, she sends the account to collections. That is apparently when people get mad and call my dad’s practice to ask about why their account got sent to collections and now their credit score is lowered. She’s heard it all. “If you had just mailed the bill, I would’ve paid it.” She did. You just didn’t mail a check back or call to pay over the phone. “I paid for my treatment on day of service.” You paid the ESTIMATE. Your insurance did not pay what was ESTIMATED they would, so you have to pay what was left over. “I don’t understand why it’s so important. It’s just a dental bill.” It’s a bill that pays people’s pay checks and keep the office supplied. My dad is not greedy. He’s just earning his living.

[@mimiceagle2654]

12:08 the image in my head is of killer giraffes sprinting towards a lion, and I cannot get it out 😂😂😂

[@Oxios]

I was at a Subway once, as a customer. I ate there about once a week and knew the people there. The kid behind the glass is a nice guy, Latinx from South America, English is his second language. Very good customer service, always smiling. A white guy who looks and sounds to be local comes in behind me and orders, in his words, "A chicken bacon ranch sandwich, with all the stuff that comes on it but without the bread." Kid who works there is thinking he's not understanding and is like what? Guy repeats. All the stuff that you would get on the sandwich but no bread. Kid asks, you just want the meat? Dude is getting agitated now and is all, no I want the meat and vegetables, but no bread. I chime in, "Sir, are you trying to order a salad?" Dude just says, yeah let me get a chicken bacon ranch salad. Kid gets the salad bowl and asks again, OK what vegetables do you want? "Whatever goes on a chicken bacon ranch." I was just standing there looking at this guy thinking how... do you not know how Subway works? It's everywhere. They have just slightly less real estate than McDonalds and the Vatican. Statistically you have to have been in one before.

[@bootstrap52]

White people need to stop with the Latinx bullshit

[@lh9591]

Having worked at subway before, this is a very common and annoying request. I remember with one guest I went through every single vegetable “do you like lettuce? Yes no? Do you like tomatoes?” Etc etc. did the same with the sauces. They ended up with 6 different sauces on their sandwich, even though I suggested only getting one. Customer complained about how it tasted, saying I should have made it “how it’s supposed to come!!!”

[@Oxios]

@@lh9591 I ran a Subway before so yeah, I know exactly how you mean. "What bread comes with the Spicy Italian?" Whatever you want! That's literally how this whole restaurant works!

[@marcosbravo9645]

My mother works on a bank here in Brazil. She once was stationed on the part of the bank with the ATMs for an entire year. This is the most stressful job at the bank, a manager once had to replace someone in that position and he wasn't feeling well at the end of the afternoon. She eventually developed anxiety and an absolute aversion to being touched on the shoulders or arms that borders a trauma. Of course there were the most idiotic questions, at least that made her laugh. My favorite is: My mom: "Now put your fingerprint" Client, suddenly worried: "I didn't bring it" My mom: *poker face* From that day forward she just says "put your finger".

[@Ugh718]

So she works on the roof?I mean,u did say she works *ON* a bank😁

[@marcosbravo9645]

@@Ugh718 so a Soviet knows English better than me? How inconvenient.

[@Ugh718]

@@marcosbravo9645 Lol😁

[@ianmoseley9910]

fingerprint ATMs ? wierd

[@wizardsuth]

@@marcosbravo9645 When I was young my grandparents had a shortwave radio. The announcer on Radio Moscow had the best English diction I've ever heard.