Stupid things said by customers etc...

[Twiglet]

Originally Posted by bluejon91

lol if she said burgers grew on trees i dont think i would have been able to stop myself saying.

OMG you have just ate an innocent cow how could you do such a thing an inoccent little cow his mother is probably looking for him in a field now and you ate him! lol yes i would be that evil

Me too. Then I'd have told her that the cows mummys name was Daisy and that her son was called Martin and that she will be haunted by Martin and the 'Ghost of Burgers Past' for the rest of her existance.

Was she really for real?? I mean, I DID once manage to convince an ex that you bought Farmers at a Farmers Market but surely no one is THAT guillable (sp)

Originally Posted by tomwilson
i was in my local store and an rspca inspector came round they had a group of young boa's in store and they had storage tubs to seperate them for feeding.

she told them to put them back in the viv because it was not natural.
staff said niether is the viv
then she ordered put "them in the viv now."
on the way out she said "and make sure that ferret gets lots of fruit and veg" yeah right because thats what a ferret wants.

and shes suposed to police this stuff idoit

Pssst... *whispers*... Most RSPCA inspectors are like that.
Anyway, obviously the best thing for this shop is for the boas to eat eachother and for the ferret to die of malnutrition. Obviously.

LOL! I've had people ask if the snakes are made of rubber. But granted the Pythons and Boas don't move that often so it may be a bit of a mystery to someone not so clued up on the herps.

When people ask "is that real?" I tend to tell them its wind-up and if they exclaim "Oh my god, is that a SNAKE?" I cant help myself.. I just HAVE to respond with something like "Nah, it's a fridge magnet/bootlace/packet of dolly mixtures/pot noodle"
Its quite scary how often the person has to think before realising you're yanking their chain.

A friend of mine heard one the other day at work about spitting cobras. "Did you know spitting cobras spit their teeth at you?? Yeah, those big fangs can be spat like, twenty feet!!"

[bluejon91]

Originally Posted by Twiglet

Me too. Then I'd have told her that the cows mummys name was Daisy and that her son was called Martin and that she will be haunted by Martin and the 'Ghost of Burgers Past' for the rest of her existance.

how could i have forgotten that

[Twiglet]

Originally Posted by bluejon91

how could i have forgotten that

Yes indeed, how COULD you have forgotten about the Ghost of Burgers Past? What were you thinking?!

[waynenoonan1234]

i worked in my dads shop when i was young its was next to the beach so we sold all sea side crap spade, buckets ect ect... so i was on till one day and sold someone one of those dispossale BBQ's and about 20 mins later the guy who i had sold it to came storming back in demanding a refund!!!! so i calmly asked what was up with the item so he said in a clever voice "there are stuff missing out of the box" so i opened it and asked what missing mate then he replied theres no meat in the box like it shows on the front of the box! so i just burst out laughing at him. he looked at me for a few seconds then he turn and left without saying anything. some people have about as much common sence as a over cooked turd

[kimmie86]

my other half believes the snake lying down next to the owner, and feels the need to tell all his friends and they stupidly believe him!! I just sit and shake my head!!


Oh and it aint just customers, i know shop keepers who do stupid things and say stupid things aswell!!

[Elsa]

i work in a vets, had two this morning;

Customer: I'd like to book an appointment for this friday
Me: Ok, what sort of time would you like?
C: Any time, it doesn't matter
Me: Well, morning, afternoon or evening?
C: I don't mind
Me: 9.30 am?
C: A bit later?
Me: 2 pm
C: do you have any later in the morning?
Me: uhh yes, 10am?
C: Yes, thats good, thankyou
....???

And the other;
Customer: I'm ringing up for the results of the blood test you did on monday
(gets details out...)
Me: Ok, i'll just go and ask the nurse... (phone on hold)
(asks nurse, can't find any record of any of his 3 cats having had a blood test)
Me: we can't seem to find that, what was the cats name?
Customer: Sorry, who is this?!
Me: *name of vets*
Customer: Oh! Sorry i thought i'd phoned the doctors for my own results!
He was pretty embarrassed


Also watching two 10yr olds play "rock paper scissors"
Girl 1: one... two ... three
Girl 2: ermmmm, i think i'll do.... ROCK
Girl 1: ok, i'll do... SCISSORS
Girl 2: you win! you get to hit me now!

they repeated this time and time again, the second one didn't always win either!

[The Gex Files]

Originally Posted by Elsa

i work in a vets, had two this morning;

Customer: I'd like to book an appointment for this friday
Me: Ok, what sort of time would you like?
C: Any time, it doesn't matter
Me: Well, morning, afternoon or evening?
C: I don't mind
Me: 9.30 am?
C: A bit later?
Me: 2 pm
C: do you have any later in the morning?
Me: uhh yes, 10am?
C: Yes, thats good, thank you
....???

I work at a vets to, and been getting this kind of calls every day... Really annoying....

It's also annoying when people want the veterinarian diets and not say the name of the food (like Royal Canine Urinary) but when you ask for what kind of food, they just say "Feline" cause that's on the package.... I've been having a hard time explaining people that that means cat....

[Darklas]

Originally Posted by Debbie1982

It's also annoying when people want the veterinarian diets and not say the name of the food (like Royal Canine Urinary) but when you ask for what kind of food, they just say "Feline" cause that's on the package.... I've been having a hard time explaining people that that means cat....

In the pet shop we got stuff like that every single day.

Me: "So what food is it you're looking for?"

Customer: "Dog food."
Customer: "It's little brown bits..."
Customer: "There is a picture of a dog on the front."
Customer: "The bag is yellow."

etc.


We had people come in before with a handful of kibble and they would try and get us to figure out which brand it was from that! They don't realise that most brown kibble just looks like all the other brown kibble.

Weirdly though we got pretty good at figuring out which food they needed.

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by Darklas

In the pet shop we got stuff like that every single day.

Me: "So what food is it you're looking for?"

Customer: "Dog food."
Customer: "It's little brown bits..."
Customer: "There is a picture of a dog on the front."
Customer: "The bag is yellow."

etc.


We had people come in before with a handful of kibble and they would try and get us to figure out which brand it was from that! They don't realise that most brown kibble just looks like all the other brown kibble.

Weirdly though we got pretty good at figuring out which food they needed.

Bloodslugs are my favourite in my shop. Translation: bloodworm.

[Elsa]

Originally Posted by Debbie1982

I work at a vets to, and been getting this kind of calls every day... Really annoying....

It's also annoying when people want the veterinarian diets and not say the name of the food (like Royal Canine Urinary) but when you ask for what kind of food, they just say "Feline" cause that's on the package.... I've been having a hard time explaining people that that means cat....

and the fun of trying to work out what a customer means when they're on the phone attempting to pronounce some name of a drug...