Bizarre regulars & interesting characters..

[missjef]

For the people in retail or similar.. Does the shop you work in have strange regulars who come in or had any strange requests?
Because in the clothes shop i work in on a daily basis a little 70 yr old man will come in & stroke the shoes & lingerie, he will always buy some underwear & say that its either for his grand-daughter or step-daughter & will usually ask for help from one of the staff. Once or twice he has even come in with an empty wheel chair!

[MrBen5]

Hmmm, the guy is stroking the underwear and shoes, checking for the quality of them. Thats what they used to do. Its just like you always see thumb nails in the fruit in corner shops, thats what they do. I dont see whats wrong with him coming in asking for help. I dont understand what he seems to be doing wrong ...

[cascarelli]

missjef......do you want me to stop coming into your shop? Just say and I will if you feel uncomfortable about it!!





only joking!

[redcrx]

when i worked in retail we had a little old lady who came in on pension day. She'd buy a packet of polos, smile at you (no front teeth at all) and then wet herself.

[Dom Tuk]

Stroke underwear on a daily basis. Dont go by the age, the man is a pervert. better call the police if this continues, who knows he may have previous form. Some people are plain evil until they die. Remember last month a 95 year old man was arrested for kerb crawling. Age is nothurdle for leching.

[missjef]

okay there is nothing wrong with him coming in and doing that, however there is something wrong when he asks a member of staff what kind of lingerie they like to wear.
& also my manager's husband actually knows him & he doesnt have any step children or grandchildren.

[MrBen5]

Hmmm, whats wrong with curb crawling? I wouldnt do it myself but i dont see any harm in a woman trying to earn money. She is only offering a service like redcrx selling polo's to the old lady...

[MrBen5]

Ahhhh, missjef , you never said all that in your original post...Ok i totally agree with Dom, he is a pervert. Just one thing though, are you sure its a man and not one of them transvestites?

[aka pixi]

I worked in a finance company a few years ago and an old guy in his 70's came in every week to pay his loan. He always asked for me and if I wasnt there he would go home and come back later. Why? Cos he didnt want anyone in the office to know he had a loan, bless his heart. lol

[missjef]

He is a bit of a weird man, but i think maybe he's just a lonely old man who maybe likes dressing up in womans shoes & underwear.
One of the people who work in the shop though he always looks out for her, because she didnt know that he was a regular and that everyone else tends to avoid him so gave him lots of really good help so know he always looks out for her, & when she was outside having lunch he was talkin to her asking her where she lived, and saying that if she has lunch when he does he would treat her to lunch and stuff. :-/
But he carries this little bag round with him which looks just like a camcorder bag!

[notfrom-oz]

lol @Mrben5!!!!!!

[MrBen5]

Hmmm, do i detect a hint of jealousy there missjef?
Are you upset that he doesnt come looking for you?
Only joking :)

[missjef]

oh yes i'm soo jealous MrBen5!

We had a promotion a bit ago where you got a free bag of snackajack popcorn, & one lady used to come in & buy something just so she got the popcorn, & when we told her we'd run out she got really angry!!

[Eve]

We used to have loads, many of which had mental problems.

There was a lady who always wore the same clothes and stank to high heaven, she'd come in everyday for cigarettes and we had a can of air freshner under the counter just for her.

There was a man who'd come in, put all his junk in his trolley including a stereo blaring and wnader round shouting randomly. Don't think he ever used to buy anything.

Another guy who again would shout randomly to himself and other people. He had to pack each item he bought in a separate carrier bag.

Another guy was one of my favourites belss him, he talked utter nonsense all the time and would come up and tell you bizzarre stories. i used to play along with him and he loved it and would seek me out and wait for me to ask him what he was going to tell me that day with a huge grin on hi face. He used to scare some of the checkout girls though.

When I worked in a restaurant a guy wold come in, complain about the music, order a cup of tea, pour it into the saucer and then run out with the cup. Used to have waitresses chasing him up the seafront!

[rugeleyboy]

when i first opened my shop i used to have a bloke who came in twice a month and ask about a certain item....... i would say to him " its �199" and everytime he would say "so how much change would i get if i gave you �200?"

he hasnt been in since i put my prices up,but im waiting for him!!!!

[missjef]

hehe.
My boyfriend works at Argos, and one of his friends there was telling me about this woman who once came in and said that she'd lost her house keys & was told that Argos were selling them!!

[samuel23]

When I was at Uni I worked in the student bar ~ there were loads of wierdos using that place.
A Japanese guy used to come in every friday, order a pizza (They were large, cheap and tasted of cardboard), eat one portion, then wrap the rest in serviettes and put it in his inside coat pocket. I offered him a bag a couple of times (we didn't do take away, so there were no boxes to offer) and he refused it saying the pizza would get contaminated ~ WTF ????
Stranger still was the woman who used to come in, buy a pint of cider and put alka seltzer in it. I thought she was a mature student as she had an SU card and seemed to know some of the other students. The manager, not sure of the physical affect this concoction would have on her, got worried that she would end up ill and one day he refused to serve her. She just shrugged went to walk away and then swung round and chinned him ~ knocked him flat on his ar*e. It turns out she was supposed to be supervised at all times when out in public, but the woman who was her carer sent her into the bar so she could go off to have meetings with her married lover.