I've been a customer for 10,000 years!

[draggar]

Interesting how customers low to brag how long they've been a customer, even if it's longer than the company has been around.

For example, my company launched in in select markets in 1998 and full blown in 1999. When I started working for them back in 2000, we'd have our "I've been a customer for 5 years!" etc.. Recently, this seems to be making a comeback. I've been a customer for over 10 years! I've been a customer for 15 years!

Usually when you check their account, they're usualy 1/4 of what they say.

We also keep a tally of the "longest" customer. We broke the record the other day and I think it will stand for a while.

"I've been a cusotmer for 37 years!!!"

[Kara]

I get this a lot too. My company has existed in its current form since 2002. Before that, we had a different name (actually 3, a large telecom company from Europe bought three providers in the US and merged them together under a new name). And the company of those 3 that had been around the longest started in 1996. But we get those customers who've somehow been with us for 15 or 20 years. The longest I've heard was 25 years, which I think is longer than wireless phone service has existed, period. At least, in the US.

[Imogene]

"I've been a cusotmer for 37 years!!!"

That's interesting, sir, your ID says you were born in 1980. It's currently 2007, not 2017. Where'd the other ten years of your life go?"

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Conversation at my old job in New Jersey

"I've been a customer of yours (referring to me personally)since 1999 and a customer of the company since 1995! I demand you treat me as I deserve!"

"Well to start off, I have only worked for this company since August 2000 and have only lived here since May 2000 so how you could have been a customer of mine since before that time is hard to understand. The company opened it's doors in January 2000 so how you could have been a customer for 5 years longer than the company existed is even harder to understand. Oh, and the owner came over to the US in 1996 so it makes it even harder to wrap my mind around.

As for treating you as you deserve? Considering the Golden Rule of do unto others as you would have them do unto you, you should be damn grateful that I don't treat you as you deserve."

"....."

Me - 1
SC - 0

[toolbert]

My favorite recently has been "But, I'm a stock holder...you need to help me out!" You'd be surprised to find out how many people actually try to use that line....

[Anakah]

I hate that. I've had customers say: I've been coming here for (enter obscene amount of fake years) years! And I get to say: That's funny this new company has only been here for less than a year...

[ArenaBoy]

My record of I've been a customer for # years is 20 years. Guy said he was going to Whiskeyclone since 1968 when it opened in 1988.

[Shironu-Akaineko]

Been a customer for 15 years! the store's been opened for 14...

Fake amount of years+outlandish policy I've never heard of+Assuming I've been hired the day before= laughs when store owner calls him on it.

[Imogene]

Guy said he was going to Whiskeyclone since 1968 when it opened in 1988.

So, he attended games up until the year the lot opened?

[trunks2k]

"I've been a cusotmer for 37 years!!!"

He said he was a customer for 37 years, he didn't say whose customer

[Shironu-Akaineko]

He said he was a customer for 37 years, he didn't say whose customer

Well in that case I've been a customer for 24 years! A cartoonist for 21! A female for 24! A fetus for 9 months! A spermatozoid for 3 days! I can keep them coming!

[draggar]

He said he was a customer for 37 years, he didn't say whose customer

Actually, she did say the company's name...

[Becks]

Some people. I like when they get called out on their foolishness.

[Blueberry]

I had a woman go off because I wouldn't return her shirt. She had no reciept and the tag had been cut off.
She yelled 'I have been shoppping at this store for 5 years!! The old manager would never have treated me this way!!'
Me: 'Ma'am, we have been open for 4 months. And we've only ever had one manager for those 4 months.'
Cue stuttering and leaving quickly.

[Jack7957]

The longest I've heard was 25 years, which I think is longer than wireless phone service has existed, period. At least, in the US.

I don't remember exactly what year it was, but I know my uncle had a car phone sometime during the mid 80's. It looked like this. The large box was mounted under a seat, and the handset went up in the front seat area.