What is the strangest/weirdest thing to happen at your workplace?

[Leo656]

I imagine if you Googled "poop-covered Jar Jar statue", you'd end up with a link to the culprit's FaceBook page.

All answers shall be revealed... except "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHY?!"

[senpai]

I'd be so scared if I was robbed. But nobody's about to rob a public library. They try that I'll be like hey you want stuff, go ahead but you're limited to 50 items per check-out, please don't hurt me.

I had a couple death threats at work. One, from this guy who was rapping loudly at one of the computer so the librarian told him to leave, and when he did he walked past me (I didn't know what was going on) but since he passed me I smiled all friendly then looked away. Noticed he was still looking at me so I glance at him again and we both pause and he goes: "I'mma shoot you in the mouf!" I'm like "I just got here! Please don't." And then the librarian called the cops and the guy dipped. My boss was like "Get in the back! He might be getting his gun!"

The other one was kinda stupid. We didn't have a copy of Walker Texas Ranger so the guy told me I was gonna be sleeping with the fishes later. I'm like oh haha! And he's like no seriously I can't believe you don't have it; I'm Italian. I'm like oh, cool, I'm Scandinavian. And he's like "I have friends in high places." And at that time, I didn't understand that phrase (which is really sad; I thought he meant he had friends in heaven and they died) so I just looked at him all sad-like. And he nodded like "Yeah. I do. You better watch out." It was weiiiird.

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by senpai

and he goes: "I'mma shoot you in the mouf!"

Hah, those wacky Scottish and their garbled enunciation. AmIrite?

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by senpai

I'd be so scared if I was robbed. But nobody's about to rob a public library. They try that I'll be like hey you want stuff, go ahead but you're limited to 50 items per check-out, please don't hurt me.

Funny thing is, I was never scared, just pissed that some dude would try that crap, especially when all he had as a "weapon" was a friggin screwdriver with a four inch blade! And that was AFTER I'd already started beatin' the crap outta him with the three foot shovel handle.

[senpai]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Hah, those wacky Scottish and their garbled enunciation. AmIrite?

Mmm, yes. Scottish. Quite.

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Funny thing is, I was never scared, just pissed that some dude would try that crap, especially when all he had as a "weapon" was a friggin screwdriver with a four inch blade! And that was AFTER I'd already started beatin' the crap outta him with the three foot shovel handle.

WHAT! Duckie's hardcore omg!

[Leo656]

You didn't know that? I heard she shot a man in Reno just to watch him die!

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by senpai

Mmm, yes. Scottish. Quite.

WHAT! Duckie's hardcore omg!

LOL!! I wouldn't say hardcore, but I don't take crap from someone just because they're bigger than I am. I learned a LONG time ago to stand up for myself and not be cowed by jerks who want to throw their weight around.

Originally Posted by Leo656

You didn't know that? I heard she shot a man in Reno just to watch him die!

SHHH! Leo, you weren't supposed to tell, LOL!

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

SHHH! Leo, you weren't supposed to tell, LOL!

Hah hah hah! Boy, if I had a nickel for every time I heard that from a gal, eh?

[pennydreadful]

OMG Marvel - you crazy, gurl! I totally would've just given him the money; my attitude is "I don't get paid enough to deal with crazy sh*t at work" - if someone wanted to rob my work, they can have what they want; my safety's more important.

That being said, sh*t like this is why I'm glad that I have minimal face-to-face contact with people in general at my job. So I'm fortunate enough not to have any bizarre stories like y'all.

[Candy Kappa]

I pity the jackwagons that would try to rob my store if I was working that day. There's plenty of metal pipes around to use, and I have a knife right next to our safe.

[Mayhem]

Ah, remind me not to piss off MsMD in real life if I ever meet her

As for things, this isn't my work place, but it's less than a mile away, so I suspect I may swing by on Monday on the way to work to take a look...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...herts-32764548

[MsMarvelDuckie]

LOL! Don't worry guys, I'm not like that ALL the time- just when someone REALLY asks for it. Blame it on my Irish temper and "Napoleon complex" attitude. Yes, I will cop to having one. (Slightly- it only shows when someone much bigger than me tries to act intimidating.)

But the guy had it coming, and it made me mad as heck that someone would pull that $h*t just because the person working happened to be "petite". Because he'd apparently done this before elsewhere, and had watched to see who was on duty that night. When the cops told me that, I was like, "Yeah, that figures. Try to pick on the short person!" I will fully admit to shaking like a leaf and totally freaking out while I was waiting for the cops and my boss to show up after it happened, though. Mostly from nerves and adrenaline, I think.

On a side-note, it taught me which side of the fight or flight response I fall on. Good to know, I guess.

[discordiatookie]

I worked in a hotel for seven years as a porter and barman. I've seen things.

Here's probably the most disgusting one. I was just starting the bar shift in the morning, and when I was getting the float from the main desk I was told of a strange guest. Just after he had checked in and gone to his room, someone from the train station across the road popped in to say that someone had taken a crap in the middle of a carriage and to watch out for him. Too late, he had just got into his room. Then, in the wee hours of the morning the night porters had heard a voice asking for help around one of the corridors. They went round to find him wandering about naked, locked out of his room, so they let him back in. By the time I started my shift he had checked out.

Anyway, I was just getting the bar up and running when an older gent comes in, very well mannered and wearing a suit. I did think at the time that he had a wee bit of a wiff to him, but never put two and two together. He ordered a glass of coke and sat down on one of the comfy leather sofas at the far end of the room with it. Five or so minutes later my colleague Paul (porter) came through to tell me that he was the train sh*tter and not to serve him any more. Then on closer inspection, I realize that he's got a tissue in his hand which he is currently wiping over the arm of the seat he's on. We go over to see what he's doing, only to find that he's smeared his sh*t over the seat and over his glass. I asked to him leave, which he did with no fighting whatsoever. I then had to clean up the seat and the glass went in the bin. Yuck. I then went through to the public toilets to have a proper wash of my hands, only to find that he had also smeared his excrement all over the urinals. Left that for the cleaner though!

[joefsas]

Only in Scotland

[Lou 500]

- Guy once walked out with a shopping trolley full of electrical items. The other staff only realized when a customer alerted them he'd walked out the door. Two of them rushed outside to catch him just as he was filling his car up. (He drove off with most of it)

- Burglars broked into the store during the night and stole most of the cigarettes and tobbaco products. The night staff were in the store but they were all upstairs in the canteen while this was happening.

- A Local drunkard got caught trying to steal booze and was dogpiled by most of the male staff before being shoved in lock-up behind the ATM until the police could collect him. I heard him outside the store shouting "Let me out!"

- Another alcoholic bought a bottle of vodka, went into the ladies' toilets to guzzle it and threw up all over the floor.

[IndigoErth]

At my old retail job I used to have to cover the fitting room part of the time. (Ladies department, so it's almost always a wreck because fitting rooms are where humans go to stop being human. ) The handicap stall/room is at the front, so most of the time we kept the racks in front of the door to it. Partly out of necessity due to space and partly out of discouraging able-bodied people from using it to 1) keep it reserved for those who actually NEED it and 2) keep able-bodied people from destroying it the way they destroy all the others. (If that one is a mountain of clothing - and dear god there were times it was - it's not like a handicapped customer has the option of just picking another room, ya know?)

Occasionally there would be rather bold customers who just shove the cart out of the way and help themselves to it. This one evening a group of four or five very loud women and a small child did so and just had a great old noisy time in there together.

Not only did they leave all the crap all over the place that they took in there, but the kid also went in with a big order of french fries in his hand.

Naturally by the time they came out it was a wreck AND there were french fries not only spilled all over the place but also ground into the carpet.


Fitting rooms can be such disgusting places. And I swear, if you buy a bathing suit...either do so at the start of the season when they're fresh and new on the racks or consider washing it in burning hot water when you get home.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

All you guys are REALLY making me grateful for my job.

Weirdest thing I ever had happen was a full staff meeting in progress, a lady calls in on the conference room trying to get a different room. Our manager leaves the room to track down the room she's trying to call.

One of my teammates then tries flirting over the phone with the lady, asking her, "So... are you hot?"

Funny thing is, we all teased him about it but no one told the manager... including the lady on the phone, who just ignored him.

I know, it's nothing compared to MsMarvelDuckie clotheslining a giant with a wooden broom handle. It's all I've got, guys.

[IndigoErth]

Jean hunt and leggings gear grind reminded me of one...

Once when I was working in the young men's department for a large clothing store this guy, who apparently was wearing odd leggings under his pants, decided that instead of taking the jeans to the fitting room to try on... he just took his pants off (leaving the leggins on) right there to try them on publicly.

Both the public pant fitting and man-leggings had me scratching my head.

[ssjup81]

Being asked, "Oppai misete" by preschoolers nearly everyday and, "Do you play sex in your room" by junior high girls once a few years back...

Edit: Forgot to translate. Oppai = breasts. Misete = show me. So in other words, they're saying, "Show me your boobs", but with the intonation, it sounds more like a question, like "can you..."

[Candy Kappa]

I had a customer flipping out and getting aggressive because his Driver license was not a valid ID (he had an old license that's no longer valid as ID) when he was trying to pick up some Registered Mail. When I told him that he should have read the backside of the pick-up notice you get in the mail when there's a package to get, since it clearly stands that it's ID required (all registered mail is) and it even have a list over valid IDs, where it states only driver licenses after 1998 are valid as ID.

When he started to berate me, I simply told him he should have learned to read ahead, and he wouldn't be in this situation. he got so mad the threatened to file complaint, to which I couldn't hold it anymore and burst into laughter. I can't take customers like that serious. He left cursing while I was almost on the floor wheezing for air and the other girl that was on work with me was terrified off him cause he did get pretty aggressive and was almost 7 feet tall and just as wide.

Another customer I got in a heated talk with. We have four cash registers in my store, one for post services, one for lottery, one for horse races and the last for the store itself of course. now, if a person wants to bet on horses they have to pay cash cause we don't have a bank terminal on that cash register.

Usually when a customer wants to bet on horses and pay with a card, they have to take out money in the post section if the have the same bank that owns the postage or take out money from the main register. Which, if they have to take out money from the main register, they have to buy something, we are not a ATM, we're a store, so the system to not allow cash-out without any sale.

back in the day we usually bypassed it by scanning a plastic bag, and took it so that the customer did not pay for the bag, we took that on our own bill, cause we used to be nice like that. Used to, mind you. Not after this ******* had his knickers in a twist.

He was taking out 100kr for horse racing, so I scanned in a bag, and took cash-back on 100kr total, which means technically he's getting back 99kr, but we take that 1kr on out own bill and give him the full 100kr. Then he suddenly rants over loosing money and that we are not allowed to do that. In which I reply that that's the only way he'll get out money, either he'll have to buy something or we have to it like that.

I had to teaspoon feed him that he did not loose any money over it, where I asked how much he wanted out, he said "100kr", okay how much are there in the receipt? "99kr" Okay, now how much did I give you "100kr". he still didn't want to play ball, so i carefully said that next time he could take out to the airport (5 minutes drive) which is the closest ATM and take out money there, and I said it a lot less nicer then I wrote it.

in the end, we now take a 0.10kr as an extra for anyone that wants to take out money without a sale, all thanks to him.