In this day and age of Wal-Mart and Target, it seems like people think you can walk into any store and they'll just automatically have whatever it is you want to buy. I work at a BOOKstore, and here is a list of just some of the things people have actually asked if we sold, although I have no idea why they think we would:
Software
Religious figurines
Push pins
Umbrellas (this one was great, it had been raining off and on all day, and the guy had a Target bag, so why didn't he buy an umbrella there?)
Neckties and tie tacks
Nametags
Luggage tags
Printer cartridges
Computer mice
Tamagotchis
3D glasses (I've got this one twice now)
Framed copies of the Declaration of Independence
Laundry markers (you know, so you can write your kid's name on his underwear and it won't wash off)
Portable CD players and headsets (we don't even really sell music CDs)
Plastic sleeves for card collecting
Checkbook covers
Money belts
See-through colored plastic covers (I dunno what she even meant. I kept asking for clarification, and she kept repeating the same thing. She didn't want BOOK covers, but she wouldn't tell me what she DID want covered...)
I also had someone ask once if we framed prints.
Invariably, the next question to follow is "Well, do you know where I can get it?" If they, the customer who knows what they want and is actively looking for it, don't know where to find it, why would I, the completely uninterested third party who probably has never wanted/needed one of those in her life, know where they could get it? Sheesh!
Anyway, what are some of the weirdest requests you've gotten?
Software
Religious figurines
Push pins
Umbrellas (this one was great, it had been raining off and on all day, and the guy had a Target bag, so why didn't he buy an umbrella there?)
Neckties and tie tacks
Nametags
Luggage tags
Printer cartridges
Computer mice
Tamagotchis
3D glasses (I've got this one twice now)
Framed copies of the Declaration of Independence
Laundry markers (you know, so you can write your kid's name on his underwear and it won't wash off)
Portable CD players and headsets (we don't even really sell music CDs)
Plastic sleeves for card collecting
Checkbook covers
Money belts
See-through colored plastic covers (I dunno what she even meant. I kept asking for clarification, and she kept repeating the same thing. She didn't want BOOK covers, but she wouldn't tell me what she DID want covered...)
I also had someone ask once if we framed prints.
Invariably, the next question to follow is "Well, do you know where I can get it?" If they, the customer who knows what they want and is actively looking for it, don't know where to find it, why would I, the completely uninterested third party who probably has never wanted/needed one of those in her life, know where they could get it? Sheesh!
Anyway, what are some of the weirdest requests you've gotten?
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