A customer insisted one of our drivers fill his 5lb propane grill bottle off of his tankwagon (small tanker truck). Our trucks pump ridiculously fast under stupid high pressure. It would have taken about 5 seconds to over fill his tank and turn it into a grenade. The driver rightly refused
Oh lord. I can’t begin to detail over a long and diverse career. Warranty ones were always huge. “What do you mean me breaking it/not liking it/changing my mind isn’t covered under warranty?”
When I worked at a car dealership we had fun ones. The customer asking if a car had a “front parking camera...” like... dude... that’s called a window. They come standard.... the guy who bought a car and then literally sent a manifesto- essay form, 15+ pages with gems like: “car loses traction when quickly engaging clutch at 5,000rpm in rain on railroad tracks...” and “final gear ratio doesn’t suit the engine power band..” and of course: “suspension geometry is not optimum....” he literally was asking the service technicians to re engineer and design a car he bought. An economy car.
I’ve gotten some crazy ones from corporate clients in other fields too. Stuff that literally bends the laws of time and physics. Telling a customer that it would take 3 months to do something- then having them deliberate on wether to go ahead or not for 2 months and 3 weeks- then say: “ok. Let’s do it. You said it would be done in 3 months. We are launching in a week and need this done for the launch. So you’ll have it done right?” Crazy stuff. Too much to list. I try to forget a good deal of it to boot.
Asked me where the jelly was, while holding a jar of peanut butter...
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· 5 years ago
Not my story, but a coworker had to explain to some lady how a combo meal worked.
You get the entre, a side, and a drink with a discount for buying all three. The lady didn't understand why she couldn't just get the burger and drink with a discount without fries and fought tooth and nail to save herself maybe $1.50 tops. It did not work.
A customer once asked for a book at Barnes and Nobel. I told her its only available as an ebook. She look me dead and the eyes and said "so do you have it?"
When I worked at a car dealership we had fun ones. The customer asking if a car had a “front parking camera...” like... dude... that’s called a window. They come standard.... the guy who bought a car and then literally sent a manifesto- essay form, 15+ pages with gems like: “car loses traction when quickly engaging clutch at 5,000rpm in rain on railroad tracks...” and “final gear ratio doesn’t suit the engine power band..” and of course: “suspension geometry is not optimum....” he literally was asking the service technicians to re engineer and design a car he bought. An economy car.
You get the entre, a side, and a drink with a discount for buying all three. The lady didn't understand why she couldn't just get the burger and drink with a discount without fries and fought tooth and nail to save herself maybe $1.50 tops. It did not work.