Ridiculous things customers say!

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I was in an Italian restaurant today in the UK. The menu was in English. The woman at the next table asked the waiter if the prawns were cooked! He said yes of course they are. She then said that it didn't specify on the menu- it just said 'King prawns with baby tomatoes in a creamy sauce'.

The waiter then said, well it doesn't specific that the chicken is cooked- but most people realise it is. DH and I starting laughing to ourselves. It made me wonder, what other bonkers things have you heard customers say?

All of those items are 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

Coconut is Satan's dried-out jizz.

No! They all sound gluten-free. A rare treat cake for some of us.

🤢 what is wrong with you?

I don't think reasonable people are expecting them to raid the whole of the stock room like they're on Fun House.

They may well have a central computer where they can see with a couple of clicks whether they've had a delivery, or if there's one due in that afternoon including that item; or they may know that they have X items just arrived and ready to put out, so they can tell the customer they'll be out in 10 minutes and no need to trek to another shop.

I may be misinterpreting, but you seem to be taking umbrage at the idea that a customer in a supermarket might dare to ask somebody who works there for a bit of help or info directly relating to their actual job!

@PyongyangKipperbang At our Sainsburys there is only a small slot for Greek yoghurt. It sells out very quickly on the shelf but it isn't unusual for there still to be some 'out the back' which is fetched if you ask (politely).

99% of stock if there’s nothing on the shelf we didn’t have at the back.

Milk, some yoghurts, ready meals if not on offer, bananas (95% of times) and potatoes.

Produce varied on time of year. Winter - salads. Summer - leeks, cabbages

@Onlyvisiting , have you tried your parents pharmacy? If the pharmacist can see what usual meds your parents take they may sell more? Or with a note from the GP?

yup. I have posted twice that I have got one (not a counsellor) and someone else posted too.

I have had exactly this experience in Waitrose.

you can have gluten free goodies without coconut which I think is definitely a scam in any form. People insist its edible and its definitely not.

You can get gluten free cakey things in bakeries and supermarkets but they are usually brownies (bakeries) or contain preservatives (supermarkets).

Macarons and macaroons rarely do, and macarons don’t contain coconut.

I never realised that there were two separate bakery items available called macaroons and macarons. I wonder if the French President likes either/both of them; if so, that must get even more confusing when placing the order

When customers ask for tea cakes. Is it the Tunnocks of biscuit with mallow covered in chocolate or the bread version with dried fruit?

The Scottish macaroons contain mashed potato!

I am also gluten-free and will go hungry sooner than eat Mrs Crimbles abominations.

All the E numbers in the world are preferable to dessicated coconut.

I was in a local production of Acorn Antiques.

There’s a song called something like “Have a Macaroon”.
They kept giving us Mrs Crimble ones to eat on stage. 😢

Ooh , I know my Dad would have asked for a TeaCake meaning the fruited bready cake with a smidge of jam ( he didn't like butter )

If it was the marshmallow one he'd have said "Tunnocks TeaCake" (they're a Scottish delicacy too )

Yes, but a teacake is a fruited, non-spiced yeasted bun. NO JAM. Butter only.

A Tunnocks is a 'marshmallow teacake'.

Different things.

Mr Crimble makes macaroons.

The French make macaron.

Which would be exactly right!

Macaroons are English coconut fancies.

Mrs Overall didn't eat Macaron! No way.

Are you for real?

tour more stupid than the customer.

the question they asked was “are the prawns cooked” NOT “are the prawns served hot”

idiot.

Oh god, please don’t get into the bloody prawns argument again. It’s been gone in huge detail already.

Yes, my distress was that the macaroons were Mrs Crimble ones, not that they weren’t macarons.

I doubt that the budget would have run to macarons, anyway, and they are less easy for the audience to see, especially from the cheap seats.

I worked in a small niche company that had a very similar number to a large insurance company so inevitably we often received calls in error. The majority would immediately apologise and hang up but on occasion a customer would get really angry with us and refuse to get off the line. I remember an exasperated colleague saying 'but I can't give you a quote sir because...' numerous times.