OT - Dumbest Work Interactions

[TheBeav815]

Alright, DO NOT get yourself in trouble with the company you work for, but I encountered a couple of special moments yesterday and it got me thinking...what's the dumbest request/instruction you've ever gotten at work?

I had a few yesterday:

1) A lady called me to ask which version of something was the most up-to-date...the one with a 2009 copyright, or the 2012 one. It gets better...

I could tell I needed to make it easy for her, so I left her a message offering to just email her a PDF of what she'd need to use, and gave her my email. So she emailed me about it...and in her email...she made sure to tell me what her email address was...so I could email her back.

2) Had this fun ride with Bank of America recently. I have a CC with reward points. So the best value on your points is just to get cash for them. You can send the money to any of your BofA accounts, or they can send you a check.

So I have them apply it to my CC account as a "statement credit." A while later, it's still showing that I have a payment due. So I contact them and ask about it, the girl says, "That transaction is just a statement credit, it doesn't count as a payment." They took the money they would have written me a check for, and paid some of my balance with it...but that's not a payment.

So I had to raise hell and get them to refund all my points back. The points go back, I transfer them to my CHECKING account, so that I can then make a transfer from checking to credit card........which counts as a payment.

 

[BleedHuskerRed]

I worked on a helpdesk years ago when I received a call from a lady saying there was a message that her C drive was failing. I told her she should make sure everything on her local drive was backed up to the network or to an external drive and her response was that she was too busy and she didn't have time to do that. I told her there was nothing else we could do and that if the drive failed she would lose everything. Never did hear how that turned out.

Another time I had a lady call and her shift key must have been stuck because, when she clicked on her first email then her last email it highlighted everything. Not a big deal until she told me she pressed delete just to see what would happen.... For anyone who doesn't know... Shift and delete at the same time in Outlook deletes email, bypassing the deleted items folder. This was before they had a deleted items recovery and she lost all her email. I honestly could not believe her choice of action was to press the delete key to see what would happen.

 

[Huskerlife39]

Back in the day I worked for a fairly large hardware distributor. My job at the time was working the city sales desk and helping hardware dealers that came to town pick up their orders and thus avoid a delivery charge. One afternoon I had a dealer come in and ask me for one of those red things, you know their red and their kinda round. We carried about 35,000 items and red and kinda round was not a searchable term. Needless to say I was unable to help the customer.

 

[gw2kpro]

Yep. Those help desk stories that you read -- they're all true.

Worked for a cow-spotted computer maker help desk for a couple years. Stories are unbelievable.

My personal favorite was one lady that called in. Her computer "had just quit working" all of a sudden. No display.

I took her through all the standard questions:

"When was the last time it was working fine?" 10 minutes ago.

"What were you doing just prior to the issue?" Browsing the web.

"Did anything change just before it quit working" No.

"Are any lights on the tower?" No.

"Is the computer plugged in?" Yes.

"It is plugged into a power strip?" Yes.

Just then I heard a bunch of commotion and she had to put the phone down. "Just a minute, I have to go back upstairs and get some batteries, my flashlight is dead"

Hmmm. Flashlight dead. Why?

Lady comes back. Is happy flashlight is now working.

"Why do you need a flashlight?" Can't see without it, power went out in the neighborhood 15 minutes ago.

You can't make them up, you don't need to. They're all true.

 

[planored]

Only stupid people are breeding, as the song goes!Smokin

 

[NikkiSixx_rivals269993]

My favorite is to just ask why? or say and then? and watch these people go into their own circular reference.. sometimes they find their way back out, but most don't. You're essentially pretending to be more passive and stupid than they are, just to see where they take the conversation and how it ends up.

 

[resdog851_rivals159165]

Sadly, you don't have to work this job very long before somebody tells you the pants they are wearing are not theirs. It has happened to me on several occasions.

 

[sparky4986]

How about this one. Lady with chest pain. Medic is doing his assessment and palpating the abdominal region.
Medic:Mrs ######, is that your colostomy bag.
Elderly patient: No, son that's my boob. I just took off my bra
MedicNot blinking an eye) Ok, do you have pain in your stomach?

Rest of crew is doing their best to not bust a gut. Medic never flinched.

 

[TheBeav815]

How about this one. Lady with chest pain. Medic is doing his assessment and palpating the abdominal region.
Medic:Mrs ######, is that your colostomy bag.
Elderly patient: No, son that's my boob. I just took off my bra
Medic:Not blinking an eye) Ok, do you have pain in your stomach?

Rest of crew is doing their best to not bust a gut. Medic never flinched.

I don't know if it quite fits the category but that's f-ing hilarious! Did you guys charge her extra for that?

 

[Lars72_rivals313832]

Only stupid people are breeding, as the song goes!Smokin

Like Idiocracy.

 

[sparky4986]

I don't know if it quite fits the category but that's f-ing hilarious! Did you guys charge her extra for that?

Just a little exta TLC. BTW, I've got dozens of them, most aren't fit for the board though.

 

[GretnaShawn]

I used to work with a lady that was the best I have ever seen at not working. She could get out of almost every responsibility possible. She worked with us for years and everyone disliked her because not only did she do nothing, she was also unpleasant and would throw anybody under the bus. She went to high school with the owner and he felt bad for her, so he didn't have the heart to fire her. She eventually quit when her only friend/person that did all her work left. Here are some of the tales of 'G'.

-Went on vacation for 2 weeks. I checked her emails while she was gone because we don't have auto-forwarding. She got zero work emails. For 2 weeks there wasn't one email outside of the online shopping spam. She was in an inside sales position. I don't know what she did all day. It was amazing to do so little all the time.

-One of the managers knew she was wasting a lot of time on the internet so they rearranged her desk so that it faced the wall and her computer screen faced her door. That way people could she was she was doing when they looked into her office. G decided that rather than doing work, she would sit at the end of her desk so you could not see her computer. So she had to sit sideways because there was nowhere to put her legs, because it was the end of the desk. It was almost impressive to see how she could find away around doing work.

-Since she did have a lot of free time, we had her show a new guy some of the software we used. She was struggling with it. And when the new guy questioned her about how to do something she said, 'we're both learning this together.' She had been working here for 10 years and was supposed to be using that program often. We still say, 'we're both learning this together' around the office.

-We were doing a 'meeting for a meeting' thing and preparing some stuff for the end of the year meeting and she starts going off about why do we need to have end of the year meetings. 'Why do we need to keeping getting better numbers and make more than the previous year. Why can't we just be happy where we are at?' I about lost it on this one. Luckily a coworker put it into nice terms that companies need profits to survive and if you aren't growing you are dying.

-She would online shop at work a lot and have it shipped to the office so her husband wouldn't know of the stuff she was buying. So her one few responsibilities was to get the mail (it is delivered to a box on the top of the hill). She loved this, because it was an excuse to be late and that she would be able to hide all her packages from online shopping. But when winter hit, she got tired of the 5 cold steps she had to take to get the mail. So she pawned it off to me and I would make sure that all her packages were 'accidentally' included in the bosses mail pile. She then wanted to mail chore back, but I refused to give it up. She didn't like me...

 

[jflores]

Two stand out in my mind, although working with the military does get you in a bunch of "really?" type situations.

The first one that comes to mind was when I was back in high school/college, working help desk at the TAC building for Omaha Public Schools. We had a little old lady call every single day and say her printer didn't work. It was basically a standing requirement for me and my buddy to go down there every morning and power her printer on. She was uber gracious about the situation and we didn't make her feel dumb or anything, and she would generally buy us a snack or bring in something for us to eat.

The second situation happened while I was deployed with one of America's elite units. We were basically in the middle of a turkey shoot, and we had four JTACs going calling in strikes and the Commander bellows out "attention in the JOC" (joint operational center). We all turn around and look at him, the world goes quiet at that point. He says "Most of the guys I want to kill are hiding in a cave behind that tree, and I can't see them. My top priority is to blow up that muther ******' tree!". So the FIRES officer who is an F-18 pilot assigned to us gets on the radio and calls for a Maverick missile off an A-10 to blow up the tree. The whole time he's talking to the A-10 pilot the Commander is standing basically an arm's distance from him going "No, **** no, I want two ******* Mavericks on that tree, or hell, two off of each aircraft, I want god damn splinters!". We ended up shooting two, which was way more than enough.

 

[Cloud_a_Heart]

Back in the day I worked for a fairly large hardware distributor. My job at the time was working the city sales desk and helping hardware dealers that came to town pick up their orders and thus avoid a delivery charge. One afternoon I had a dealer come in and ask me for one of those red things, you know their red and their kinda round. We carried about 35,000 items and red and kinda round was not a searchable term. Needless to say I was unable to help the customer.

I can't believe you didn't know that the dealer was searching for the "EASY" button!

 

[TheBeav815]

Two stand out in my mind, although working with the military does get you in a bunch of "really?" type situations.

The first one that comes to mind was when I was back in high school/college, working help desk at the TAC building for Omaha Public Schools. We had a little old lady call every single day and say her printer didn't work. It was basically a standing requirement for me and my buddy to go down there every morning and power her printer on. She was uber gracious about the situation and we didn't make her feel dumb or anything, and she would generally buy us a snack or bring in something for us to eat.

The second situation happened while I was deployed with one of America's elite units. We were basically in the middle of a turkey shoot, and we had four JTACs going calling in strikes and the Commander bellows out "attention in the JOC" (joint operational center). We all turn around and look at him, the world goes quiet at that point. He says "Most of the guys I want to kill are hiding in a cave behind that tree, and I can't see them. My top priority is to blow up that muther ****in' tree!". So the FIRES officer who is an F-18 pilot assigned to us gets on the radio and calls for a Maverick missile off an A-10 to blow up the tree. The whole time he's talking to the A-10 pilot the Commander is standing basically an arm's distance from him going "No, **** no, I want two ****ing Mavericks on that tree, or hell, two off of each aircraft, I want god damn splinters!". We ended up shooting two, which was way more than enough.

Well and why wouldn't you? It's not like those missiles are expensive.

 

[TheBeav815]

Just a little exta TLC. BTW, I've got dozens of them, most aren't fit for the board though.

I feel like the mods would probably cut you some slack.

 

[MJAhusker]

Back in college...was working campus help desk...this lady from the admin ofc calls up and is complaining that her "automatic offee cup holder was broken"...I went over and she thought the CD drive was for holding coffee cups:

 

[newAD]

How about this one. Lady with chest pain. Medic is doing his assessment and palpating the abdominal region.
Medic:Mrs ######, is that your colostomy bag.
Elderly patient: No, son that's my boob. I just took off my bra
MedicNot blinking an eye) Ok, do you have pain in your stomach?

Rest of crew is doing their best to not bust a gut. Medic never flinched.

I about spit my pop onto my screen at work. That is just freaking awesome!
RollingLaugh

 

[TwinsRRUs_rivals79748]

I love this topic. Back in 2008 a buddy or mine decided that we should write a book about all of the stupid things that customers did. Within a couple days, we had about 20 stories. He left for a different job and nothing ever came of our stories, but I wish I could remember some of them to post on here.

Well, now I work for my dad and have a million stories of dumb things he has done or said. Here's a couple stories:

1. He was in my office talking to me about adding a bathroom addition onto the back of the office. He told me where he wanted it to connect to the building and that he hoped that would work...as long as the window wasn't in the way. I told him that he had plenty of room and not to worry about the window. He proceeded to walk me into the next room to show me.

The room has a door to the outside/backyard and about 20 feet to the south, there is a window on the same wall to see the backyard. He put his hand on the wall to show me where he wants the addition to start. He said, "As long as the window isn't right here [where his hand was on the wall] then we will be fine attaching it to the building in this spot."

He proceeded to open the door, look down the outside of the building to see where the window was, then tells me that it will work great there because the window is like 20 feet further down the wall...

I wish my poor dad understood that you could see windows from inside the building too...


2. I have spent the last 10 months building a large garage and lean-to for my dad in my spare work time. He ran some temporary power through the wall from the lean-to to the main building so we could have power at the front of the building. He did this by having a male plugin plug into an outlet he had already installed in a lean-to wall. He later had an electrician come and install power to the building and put in a fuse box.

The other day we were standing in the lean-to and he pointed out to me that the dumb SOB that installed the electrical had drilled a hole through the lean-to wall to run a wire with a male plugin on the end of it to get power to the lean-to! I had to inform him that the dumb SOB was himself about 4 months ago when it served a different purpose...

 

[newAD]

Sadly, you don't have to work this job very long before somebody tells you the pants they are wearing are not theirs. It has happened to me on several occasions.

And my response is always, but they fit you so well!

Along that line, years ago, like maybe 15 or so, responded to a theft call after the caller called 911. Caller sounded but didn't look like Jeff Spicoli and was just a tad bit stoned. He wanted to report that someone came into his home and stole his pot (nothing else, and no damage anywhere). He was dead serious and moping about it. He didn't say the amount stolen was enough for a felony charge, but it was enough to go to jail (way more than an ounce).

Being the sympathetic person I am, I told him, I certainly take a report for him, but since he was admitting to crime being in possession of an illegal substance, I'd have to also arrest him for possession. His response was a long drawn out stoned sounding, "Oh really?", with a look similar to Spicoli when the teacher took his pizza away and let others eat it.

He decided he didn't want a report taken.

 

[huskerbux]

Years ago while interviewing a guy for an entry level production job, I noticed on his application he listed three previous jobs. Two of the three had the word "fire" in the box for "reason for leaving".
I chuckled to myself thinking he meant "fired" and was crazy enough to list two jobs that he got fired from while applying for a new one. During the interview which I could tell from the beginning was going to be interesting, I mentioned the typo.
Nope. He meant "fire". Both jobs had fires and so he had to find another job. BOTH. So I pressed and asked what happened.
Apparently the girl he was involved with became suspicious of him cheating with someone at work and proceeded to set fire to the establishments! Eek
I thanked him for his time and sent him on his way.

 

[TheBeav815]

Years ago while interviewing a guy for an entry level production job, I noticed on his application he listed three previous jobs. Two of the three had the word "fire" in the box for "reason for leaving".
I chuckled to myself thinking he meant "fired" and was crazy enough to list two jobs that he got fired from while applying for a new one. During the interview which I could tell from the beginning was going to be interesting, I mentioned the typo.
Nope. He meant "fire". Both jobs had fires and so he had to find another job. BOTH. So I pressed and asked what happened.
Apparently the girl he was involved with became suspicious of him cheating with someone at work and proceeded to set fire to the establishments! Eek
I thanked him for his time and sent him on his way.

That is just fantastic.

 

[sparky4986]

I feel like the mods would probably cut you some slack.

I could go down in history & be the only mod that has banned himself 3 times. But I might also hold the record as the only mod that banned himself once & twice. Cool

 

[siebo454]

While working as a product specialist for an outdoors company started in western Nebraska I would get amazing calls all time. This guy from Arkansas calls in and gives me the number of the item he was looking at which was a muzzleloader. He commences to ask a few minor questions and then the doozy "how many rounds can I put in that?" me "sir that is a muzzleloader." him "ya I know" me "ONE!" him "oh...is that it? I thought for sure with that long of a barrel I could squeeze more than one down there. Alright thanks!" I shook my head and laughed for the next hour

 

[dragonraider1]

Back in college...was working campus help desk...this lady from the admin ofc calls up and is complaining that her "automatic offee cup holder was broken"...I went over and she thought the CD drive was for holding coffee cups:

Tactfully explaining the obvious to someone who is clueless without offending is an acquired skill that takes a lot of discipline. I had a young woman after purchasing a new home had problems with a light fixture in a hallway. It worked just fine when she moved in, her father told her to change the bulb but it didn't help. I got my ladder out and give the bulb another half turn and a miracle occurred, we could see. I was explaining the science of screwing (a term I no longer use) a light bulb into a socket when she asked, "But, how do I know when it is screwed in all the way?" Gentlemen, it is a whole lot harder than you think to keep a straight face and continue to educate your client in those situations.

 

[TwinsRRUs_rivals79748]

1. A week ago Tuesday my dad was emptying all of the trash out of his almost complete new garage and over-filled the dumpster at his house. He told me that we should clean out the building every Sunday because the trash guy comes on Mondays.

This Sunday he decided to clean up his new garage again and went to dump the trash into his dumpster...only to find out that it was full! He yelled at my brother for filling it before he did. My brother had to remind him that he himself filled it on Tuesday, this is Sunday, and there hasn't been a Monday yet for the trash guy to come. It must be the ***** to get old


2. Not a dumb person story, but funny at work. A woman asked if she could have some help with purchasing a toilet, so my buddy obliged. She wanted one that had a low water level, so he showed her some that had a higher seat and lower S-trap which meant the water would be lower.

He was curious as to why she wanted a toilet with a lower water level, so he asked. She told him that her husband was very well endowed and hated it always touching the water when he sat down on the pot. Eek


3. I was called up to the returns counter one day because a man was mad that the store wouldn't exchange a Craftsman brand ratchet under warranty and he didn't have a receipt. I informed the guy that we do not sell those at our store because [at the time] those are only sold at Sears. In fact, Craftsman is their name brand. He then called me an idiot and wanted to talk to my manager. I asked him if he had a receipt and he said he didn't need one because everyone knows that craftsman hand tools have a lifetime warranty.

While we were waiting for my manager to come over, the man's wife came up to the counter beside him. He told her that our store wouldn't exchange the ratchet and that he was waiting for a "real" manager. She then reminded him that she purchased a ratchet set from Sears for him for Christmas and that the ratchet wasn't from our store. He looked right at me, then turned and walked away with his wife without saying a word.


4. I had a man call in one day to complain that we had sold him a wheelbarrow and had given him the wrong parts box (wheelbarrows were sold as 3 individual pieces: Pair of handles; tray; parts box). He lived two hours away and wanted us to drive him the correct parts box. I spoke with my manager and he said we would never send someone out to do something like that. he had me apologize to the man and say there wasn't really anything we could do.

The man got upset and told me he would drive to our store and exchange the whole wheelbarrow and wanted us to have one assembled and waiting for him. he also demanded that we pay him some gas money. My manager agreed that we could do this.

About two hours later I was told the man was at the returns desk. I brought up the newly assembled wheelbarrow and spoke with the man for a few minutes about the incident and apologized about the mistake. Upon looking at his wheelbarrow, I noticed that he had installed the wedges the wrong direction and that he in fact had the correct parts box the whole time, so I pointed it out to him.

I went ahead and gave him the wheelbarrow that we assembled and took the other one back to assemble it correctly while he left without asking for any gas money. Poor guy wasted 4 hours of his day because he couldn't follow directions.


5. I was working at the paint counter one day when a woman came up and asked me to help her pick out some colors. She grabbed a few swatches and asked if I liked one of the light orange colors. I told her that I didn't mind the color and she asked me what I thought it would look like in her bedroom and whether it would match her curtains. I told her that I didn't know what her bedroom looked like and didn't know what color her curtains were.

She then chose a different color and asked if I thought it would go well in her dining room. I again said to her that I do not know what her house looks like and whether or not it would match anything. She then told me that I wasn't helping much and asked what color I would choose then since I didn't like the one's that she chose...

 

[Cloud_a_Heart]

5. I was working at the paint counter one day when a woman came up and asked me to help her pick out some colors. She grabbed a few swatches and asked if I liked one of the light orange colors. I told her that I didn't mind the color and she asked me what I thought it would look like in her bedroom and whether it would match her curtains. I told her that I didn't know what her bedroom looked like and didn't know what color her curtains were.

She then chose a different color and asked if I thought it would go well in her dining room. I again said to her that I do not know what her house looks like and whether or not it would match anything. She then told me that I wasn't helping much and asked what color I would choose then since I didn't like the one's that she chose...

I would have asked what color her carpet was, as it would have helped you make an informed decision. And it would have proved to her that you really were listening and cared about this important decision. The next question would have been a challenge to ask while keeping a straight face: "Does the carpet match the drapes?"

(I am chuckling and that's all that matters!)

 

[meo1960]

Alright, DO NOT get yourself in trouble with the company you work for, but I encountered a couple of special moments yesterday and it got me thinking...what's the dumbest request/instruction you've ever gotten at work?

I had a few yesterday:

1) A lady called me to ask which version of something was the most up-to-date...the one with a 2009 copyright, or the 2012 one. It gets better...

I could tell I needed to make it easy for her, so I left her a message offering to just email her a PDF of what she'd need to use, and gave her my email. So she emailed me about it...and in her email...she made sure to tell me what her email address was...so I could email her back.

2) Had this fun ride with Bank of America recently. I have a CC with reward points. So the best value on your points is just to get cash for them. You can send the money to any of your BofA accounts, or they can send you a check.

So I have them apply it to my CC account as a "statement credit." A while later, it's still showing that I have a payment due. So I contact them and ask about it, the girl says, "That transaction is just a statement credit, it doesn't count as a payment." They took the money they would have written me a check for, and paid some of my balance with it...but that's not a payment.

So I had to raise hell and get them to refund all my points back. The points go back, I transfer them to my CHECKING account, so that I can then make a transfer from checking to credit card........which counts as a payment.

Having been a web developer in a past life, you learn as a programmer that one comma out of place can prevent the program from working. Translates to our communication as well where you learn to be specific & careful with your words.

You have your skills and others have theirs. Perspective has taught me to be more understanding of others and their particular talents, which may be different from my own.

 

[timnsun]

Having been a web developer in a past life, you learn as a programmer that one comma out of place can prevent the program from working. Translates to our communication as well where you learn to be specific & careful with your words.

You have your skills and others have theirs. Perspective has taught me to be more understanding of others and their particular talents, which may be different from my own.

So are you suggesting we stop sharing anonymous funny stories about people who aren't very smart? This thread has brought a little levity to the board at a time when its needed and you're saying that's not very nice?

 

[newAD]

Years ago while interviewing a guy for an entry level production job, I noticed on his application he listed three previous jobs. Two of the three had the word "fire" in the box for "reason for leaving".
I chuckled to myself thinking he meant "fired" and was crazy enough to list two jobs that he got fired from while applying for a new one. During the interview which I could tell from the beginning was going to be interesting, I mentioned the typo.
Nope. He meant "fire". Both jobs had fires and so he had to find another job. BOTH. So I pressed and asked what happened.
Apparently the girl he was involved with became suspicious of him cheating with someone at work and proceeded to set fire to the establishments! Eek
I thanked him for his time and sent him on his way.

Man, can't believe you couldn't help the poor guy out! Laughing

 

[newAD]

Tactfully explaining the obvious to someone who is clueless without offending is an acquired skill that takes a lot of discipline. I had a young woman after purchasing a new home had problems with a light fixture in a hallway. It worked just fine when she moved in, her father told her to change the bulb but it didn't help. I got my ladder out and give the bulb another half turn and a miracle occurred, we could see. I was explaining the science of screwing (a term I no longer use) a light bulb into a socket when she asked, "But, how do I know when it is screwed in all the way?" Gentlemen, it is a whole lot harder than you think to keep a straight face and continue to educate your client in those situations.

Ok I'm shallow, but if she was hot, I don't know how you didn't bust a gut laughing Laughing

 

[Huskerlife39]

I can't believe you didn't know that the dealer was searching for the "EASY" button!

Cloud, my life has been one giant search for the easy button. Unfortunately I'm no better at finding it today than I was at finding Easter Eggs when I was a kid!

 

[TheBeav815]

1. A week ago Tuesday my dad was emptying all of the trash out of his almost complete new garage and over-filled the dumpster at his house. He told me that we should clean out the building every Sunday because the trash guy comes on Mondays.

This Sunday he decided to clean up his new garage again and went to dump the trash into his dumpster...only to find out that it was full! He yelled at my brother for filling it before he did. My brother had to remind him that he himself filled it on Tuesday, this is Sunday, and there hasn't been a Monday yet for the trash guy to come. It must be the ***** to get old


2. Not a dumb person story, but funny at work. A woman asked if she could have some help with purchasing a toilet, so my buddy obliged. She wanted one that had a low water level, so he showed her some that had a higher seat and lower S-trap which meant the water would be lower.

He was curious as to why she wanted a toilet with a lower water level, so he asked. She told him that her husband was very well endowed and hated it always touching the water when he sat down on the pot. Eek


3. I was called up to the returns counter one day because a man was mad that the store wouldn't exchange a Craftsman brand ratchet under warranty and he didn't have a receipt. I informed the guy that we do not sell those at our store because [at the time] those are only sold at Sears. In fact, Craftsman is their name brand. He then called me an idiot and wanted to talk to my manager. I asked him if he had a receipt and he said he didn't need one because everyone knows that craftsman hand tools have a lifetime warranty.

While we were waiting for my manager to come over, the man's wife came up to the counter beside him. He told her that our store wouldn't exchange the ratchet and that he was waiting for a "real" manager. She then reminded him that she purchased a ratchet set from Sears for him for Christmas and that the ratchet wasn't from our store. He looked right at me, then turned and walked away with his wife without saying a word.


4. I had a man call in one day to complain that we had sold him a wheelbarrow and had given him the wrong parts box (wheelbarrows were sold as 3 individual pieces: Pair of handles; tray; parts box). He lived two hours away and wanted us to drive him the correct parts box. I spoke with my manager and he said we would never send someone out to do something like that. he had me apologize to the man and say there wasn't really anything we could do.

The man got upset and told me he would drive to our store and exchange the whole wheelbarrow and wanted us to have one assembled and waiting for him. he also demanded that we pay him some gas money. My manager agreed that we could do this.

About two hours later I was told the man was at the returns desk. I brought up the newly assembled wheelbarrow and spoke with the man for a few minutes about the incident and apologized about the mistake. Upon looking at his wheelbarrow, I noticed that he had installed the wedges the wrong direction and that he in fact had the correct parts box the whole time, so I pointed it out to him.

I went ahead and gave him the wheelbarrow that we assembled and took the other one back to assemble it correctly while he left without asking for any gas money. Poor guy wasted 4 hours of his day because he couldn't follow directions.


5. I was working at the paint counter one day when a woman came up and asked me to help her pick out some colors. She grabbed a few swatches and asked if I liked one of the light orange colors. I told her that I didn't mind the color and she asked me what I thought it would look like in her bedroom and whether it would match her curtains. I told her that I didn't know what her bedroom looked like and didn't know what color her curtains were.

She then chose a different color and asked if I thought it would go well in her dining room. I again said to her that I do not know what her house looks like and whether or not it would match anything. She then told me that I wasn't helping much and asked what color I would choose then since I didn't like the one's that she chose...

These are amazing.

You should have told her to tell her husband you solve that by pissing first and then laying it on the seat for the rest of the process.