I have no words...

[XCashier]

Today around 2:30, a customer came into our store through the unlocked front door, wandered down the brightly lit main corridor, surrounded by other customers and employees...

...and asked me, "Are you open?"

[AmbrosiaWriter]

*BSOD*

*twitch. twitch. twitch.*

[rapana1]

"No, we like having people wander through here when we're closed. It makes us feel...less lonely. *SOB*"

[Kittish]

"No, sorry, this is just a 'get to know our products' day, where we allow customers to wander thru the store and see the merchandise, but we're not going to let anyone actually purchase anything today."

[Treasure]

a man walks into a flower shop and asks:

"Do you sell flowers here?"

shop owners reply:

"Nah, I just charge 'em rent"

[Food Lady]

That's worse than the "Are you open?" at the registers. Also, brightly lit main corridor sent me over the edge.

[MoonCat]

This is the opposite of the kind of person who walks up to a closed shop, in which the lights are off and there are no employees to be seen...grabs the door handle, yanks on it for 5 minutes, shoves his face up against the window to peer inside, and spends another 5 minutes trying to get the door open, before wandering off with many glances back at the store.

And, yes, I have seen people do this.

[XCashier]

"No, we like having people wander through here when we're closed. It makes us feel...less lonely. *SOB*"

"No, sorry, this is just a 'get to know our products' day, where we allow customers to wander thru the store and see the merchandise, but we're not going to let anyone actually purchase anything today."

My first thought was, "No, I'm a recording."

This is the opposite of the kind of person who walks up to a closed shop, in which the lights are off and there are no employees to be seen...grabs the door handle, yanks on it for 5 minutes, shoves his face up against the window to peer inside, and spends another 5 minutes trying to get the door open, before wandering off with many glances back at the store.

And, yes, I have seen people do this.

Me too. They did it many times when I worked at the coin shop. It just goes to show that people just aren't observant anymore. How do you not understand that a locked door and a "Closed" sign right next to a big red sign showing the store hours means that the store is not open?

[Teefies2]

This is the opposite of the kind of person who walks up to a closed shop, in which the lights are off and there are no employees to be seen...grabs the door handle, yanks on it for 5 minutes, shoves his face up against the window to peer inside, and spends another 5 minutes trying to get the door open, before wandering off with many glances back at the store.

And, yes, I have seen people do this.

Me too. The worst one was this ....

The pharmacy in our store closes at 6pm on the weekends. This is posted at the front door and the pharmacy windows, is stated when you call our store, and has been this way for the almost 2 years this location has been open. SC comes in about 6:15, heads to the back, comes back up to the front and DEMANDS to know why there is no one in the pharmacy!!!!

I said "Our pharmacy closes at 6 on the weekends". SC states (I kid you not) "Yeah I just saw the pharmacist get into her car and leave". Really? And that *wasn't* your first clue??????

[RealUnimportant]

"Where do I go for the trains?"

... Yeah. Not "where is the train to X" which could be understandable as we go in 2 directions, but where's the trains at? Over there, through the huge archway, where the big metal tubes are rolling along those other long thin bits of metal.

[telecom_goddess]

a man walks into a flower shop and asks:

"Do you sell flowers here?"

shop owners reply:

"Nah, I just charge 'em rent"

Here's your sign.....

[AyreBiskits]

"Are you open?"

Nope! we're just practicing. we'll be open for real tomorrow, come back then.

Nope! it's surprise inspection day! those are extra janitors we hired and the lights are extra bright to make sure we can see where to clean.

Nope! we're conducting an experiment using holograms and 3-d imaging!

[tedmchugh]

(I work at a hardware store)...One time, I had a sweet old lady come in. She needed larger nuts for her bolts. She was behind me following me to the nuts and bolts isle. While she was following me, she then said in a very serious tone "My husbands nuts are too small, I need bigger ones" and with a straight face I had to help her.

[telecom_goddess]

(I work at a hardware store)...One time, I had a sweet old lady come in. She needed larger nuts for her bolts. She was behind me following me to the nuts and bolts isle. While she was following me, she then said in a very serious tone "My husbands nuts are too small, I need bigger ones" and with a straight face I had to help her.

poor baby

[DGoddessChardonnay]

(I work at a hardware store)...One time, I had a sweet old lady come in. She needed larger nuts for her bolts. She was behind me following me to the nuts and bolts isle. While she was following me, she then said in a very serious tone "My husbands nuts are too small, I need bigger ones" and with a straight face I had to help her.

I think I'd be more worried about the size of the screwdriver but that's just me.