whats the craziest request a customer has given you?

So many posts by baristas. Reminds me of a great Bill Maher joke:

""New Rule: The more complicated the Starbucks order, the bigger the a-hole. If you walk into a Starbucks and order a "decaf grande half-soy, half-low fat, iced vanilla, double-shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra dry, light ice, with one Sweet-n'-Low and one NutraSweet," ooh, you're a huge a-hole.""

I go into one of these once in a while if there's no truck stop handy, and I just order black coffee. The poor sweet girls look at me so strangely. "Yes miss, just coffee. No,, no cream, no sugar, no anything. Just hot black coffee." And then I tip a couple $, which totally blows their minds. :laugh:

MOST people are completely normal about their drinks, but we can always tell when someone is used to going to Starbucks because their order is just ridiculous.

I used to work at a Best Buy and we had someone come in and try and return an empty camera box (one of the big nice ones Nikon d5000 I think). She said that she bought the camera but when she got home the box was empty. The employee asked to see her receipt and it was from about 2.5 weeks earlier. The employee was trying to tell her that she would have to speak to the manager because she wasn't qualified to do a return like that. (she was a new-ish hire). The manager was called and actually replaced the camera with a new one. The kicker? Those cameras are all kept behind the cashier counters in locked cages. So we weren't sure how the "theif" got behind the cash registers, opened a locked cage (which only managers have keys to), took out the camera, put the box back, and walked away without anyone noticing... We think she got a free camera out of the deal

Did you ever stop to think she simply kept a camera she DID buy at home...and brought you back the box to scam you out of another one? :noway:

i worked at a jewellers shop back home in australia. In the part of town i was in it was very multi cultural, so lots of muslims (im not being racist against this culture, if it comes across like that im sorry), anyway working in a jewellers you have to take a certain "pride" in your appreance. lots of make up, hair done nice. anyway a muslim lady (FULL burka, only the eyes showing) came in looking at earrings, kind ironic, i was thinking, but hey, if she pays my wage i dont care. Anyway i was being nice to her, showing her ALL the stuff she wanted to see, even when i put it back five times over and she wnated to see them again, she contastnly asked me for cheaper prices, better prices, managers prices blah blah blah, anywya i went as low as i could, which was like 10% above cost price or something like that, she still wasnt happy.
so after i told her this price she was uhappy, says that i was lieing to her, SHE pulled out the racist card, saying id give "my own people" a better price (this was in australia! a multicultural society!)
Then she turnd around to me clearly saying " your husband should be ashamed of you, you look like a harlett with all that make up and your hair should be covered, no honorable an would want you".. (i was 18 at the time).......

umm excuse me? hahah the nerve of some people, dont push your culture onto me if i dont push my culture onto you, so why should she push hers onto me. i thought it was rude, had a bit fo a cry out the back later ause i thought it was my fault

Don't drink diet coke that stuff is worse then high fructose corn suryp, BAD BAD STUFF, it should be illegal. research that stuff please!!!

Go ahead and provide us the research, why don't you?

I had a guy ask me to marry him at BK when I was 16 because he wanted to have a working wife that would pay the bills for him..... Pretty sure he was the homeless guy the lives in the greenbelt trails

When I used to work at Cheddars, a lady asked for a BLENDED chicken pot pie. She literally wanted it put through the blender. You should have seen the look on the bartender's face when I asked her to blend that pot pie. The people sitting around the bar were disgusted, and it was even more disgusting to watch the customer sip her pot pie through her straw---ICK!

So many posts by baristas. Reminds me of a great Bill Maher joke:

""New Rule: The more complicated the Starbucks order, the bigger the a-hole. If you walk into a Starbucks and order a "decaf grande half-soy, half-low fat, iced vanilla, double-shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra dry, light ice, with one Sweet-n'-Low and one NutraSweet," ooh, you're a huge a-hole.""

I go into one of these once in a while if there's no truck stop handy, and I just order black coffee. The poor sweet girls look at me so strangely. "Yes miss, just coffee. No,, no cream, no sugar, no anything. Just hot black coffee." And then I tip a couple $, which totally blows their minds. :laugh:

Haha, it's true, for the most part!! I mean, yeah, I AM picky with my coffee, but only if I'M the one making it, therefore, I can do it correctly. I wouldn't dream of going to Starbucks, or anywhere, with how I do my coffee for that reason alone--I'm not a coffee *kitten*. :laugh: to be honest, though, we had a lot of people who just wanted plain coffee, so at least in my shop, that's not a strange thing.

ooo but I definitely do not tip at those places. And I always felt a little strange when people would tip me. I never felt "deserving" of the tips, especially when I was paid a much higher wage. But I was still very grateful to anyone that did!

working at a hardware store, i used to mix a lot of paint. lady asked me to make her black and white striped paint one time.

I worked in a factory once...and we would send the newbies back to mixing and ask them to bring up a gallon of black and white striped paint and everyone of them fell for it. Another good one was to have them go fetch a chain stretcher!!

dude, you don't even know. i work at a power plant. and we always send the new guys for left handed tools, a bucket of steam, a tube of elbow grease, etc.

Haha - my husband works in a power plant and the do that there too. Rotfl

When I was a bartender, I once had someone order a "'57 T-Bird with Honolulu License Plates."

I had to break out the "Bartending for Dummies" book someone stashed behind the bar.

I hate when people order dumb complicated drinks like that!! Stick to the normal beer, easy mixed drinks, etc. Although I did just look up that drink and it does sound good.

I think some dbags just order stuff to see if you can make it!

I was a bartender and I never minded that. Most people who ordered odd drinks knew what was in them, so I'd just ask and they'd tell me. And if not, there was always a book to consult.

When people order from me and i have no idea what it is, i usually get a confused look on my face and then the person will say, "oh it's just ____ and ________." one time when i did that, this guy came behind the bar and made his own drink! too funny.

LOL I would have had no idea what he was talking about and told him to try the auto auction down the road!

Once when I was working on campus at the dorm dining facility, I had a girl who was a freshman come up and order "dippy eggs". I smiled and asked her, "What are dippy eggs?" She laughed at me and said, "You know, eggs you dip your toast into? Come on every restaurant has dippy eggs!" I was still confused, but I kept smiling and said, "You mean eggs over easy?" She stopped laughing and looked me in the eyes and said, "No. Dippy Eggs." And then she sauntered off.

I told the cooks to make her eggs over easy. When I gave them to her, she smiled brightly and said, "See, I knew you knew what dippy eggs were!" and sauntered off.

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/facepalm
How did she end up getting into college?

I called em dippies as a child...but yeah...only as a child.

Once when I was working on campus at the dorm dining facility, I had a girl who was a freshman come up and order "dippy eggs". I smiled and asked her, "What are dippy eggs?" She laughed at me and said, "You know, eggs you dip your toast into? Come on every restaurant has dippy eggs!" I was still confused, but I kept smiling and said, "You mean eggs over easy?" She stopped laughing and looked me in the eyes and said, "No. Dippy Eggs." And then she sauntered off.

I told the cooks to make her eggs over easy. When I gave them to her, she smiled brightly and said, "See, I knew you knew what dippy eggs were!" and sauntered off.

....
/facepalm
How did she end up getting into college?

I called em dippies as a child...but yeah...only as a child.

Ha, I would've assumed she meant soft-boiled, so the yolk is still runny - that's the only time I dipped my toast into eggs as a kid.

Once when I was working on campus at the dorm dining facility, I had a girl who was a freshman come up and order "dippy eggs". I smiled and asked her, "What are dippy eggs?" She laughed at me and said, "You know, eggs you dip your toast into? Come on every restaurant has dippy eggs!" I was still confused, but I kept smiling and said, "You mean eggs over easy?" She stopped laughing and looked me in the eyes and said, "No. Dippy Eggs." And then she sauntered off.

I told the cooks to make her eggs over easy. When I gave them to her, she smiled brightly and said, "See, I knew you knew what dippy eggs were!" and sauntered off.

....
/facepalm
How did she end up getting into college?

I called em dippies as a child...but yeah...only as a child.

Ha, I would've assumed she meant soft-boiled, so the yolk is still runny - that's the only time I dipped my toast into eggs as a kid.

the yolk is still runny for eggs over easy

Egg-zactly :bigsmile:

Once when I was working on campus at the dorm dining facility, I had a girl who was a freshman come up and order "dippy eggs". I smiled and asked her, "What are dippy eggs?" She laughed at me and said, "You know, eggs you dip your toast into? Come on every restaurant has dippy eggs!" I was still confused, but I kept smiling and said, "You mean eggs over easy?" She stopped laughing and looked me in the eyes and said, "No. Dippy Eggs." And then she sauntered off.

I told the cooks to make her eggs over easy. When I gave them to her, she smiled brightly and said, "See, I knew you knew what dippy eggs were!"

....
/facepalm
How did she end up getting into college?

Dippy eggs? sounds like a "cultural" thing

Wikipedia says that's a Maryland thing...or Pennsylvania Dutch thing

My mother and her family is from PA.

I worked in a bakery where we sliced bread fresh. A customer asked me for a sliced loaf and then freaked when I actually sliced it!!