Strangest reason you have heard someone complain

[Anesthesia Fine]

When I was working at a real estate office down the shore:

"Is there anything you can do about the seagulls? They're just everywhere!"

 

[CPanther95]

I had to complain to a restaurant worker at a hospital cafeteria because she gave me a chili dog with no hot dog in it. I thought that was funny, but it was even more funny to hear her explain that it isn't supposed to have a hot dog in it. "A hot dog has a hot dog in it, a chili dog has chili in it".

 

[Angeejoe]

I worked at a flower nursery in high school. We had a customer ask how much the cement blocks were that the were the foundation of the plant's tables for display. We explained they're not for sale, she said she wanted them & wanted a price. She was told again they were not for sale. She said she couldn't find them anywhere & was taking them. She proceeded to load them (about 10 of them) into a shopping cart & take it out to her car. Our manager followed her out & wrote down her license plate. The customer told the manager that she could not call the police because she tried to pay for them & we wouldn't let her. The manager said she was calling the police & the customer freaked out & left the cement blocks in the cart in the parking lot. It was totally bizarre, like the twilight zone.

 

[damskipi13]

I worked at a flower nursery in high school. We had a customer ask how much the cement blocks were that the were the foundation of the plant's tables for display. We explained they're not for sale, she said she wanted them & wanted a price. She was told again they were not for sale. She said she couldn't find them anywhere & was taking them. She proceeded to load them (about 10 of them) into a shopping cart & take it out to her car. Our manager followed her out & wrote down her license plate. The customer told the manager that she could not call the police because she tried to pay for them & we wouldn't let her. The manager said she was calling the police & the customer freaked out & left the cement blocks in the cart in the parking lot. It was totally bizarre, like the twilight zone.

That is baffling and bizarre and I'm not defending this woman in any way, but I have to ask why she was allowed to get them all the way to her car? Why didn't you just stop her from loading them onto the cart in the first place? I know you couldn't physically stop her, but couldn't someone take the blocks out of the cart every time she put one in? You can't move 10 cement blocks very fast, it seems like someone could have just prevented her from taking them.

The other thing I have to know....what was so special about these particular cement blocks??

 

[Angeejoe]

That is baffling and bizarre and I'm not defending this woman in any way, but I have to ask why she was allowed to get them all the way to her car? Why didn't you just stop her from loading them onto the cart in the first place? I know you couldn't physically stop her, but couldn't someone take the blocks out of the cart every time she put one in? You can't move 10 cement blocks very fast, it seems like someone could have just prevented her from taking them.

The other thing I have to know....what was so special about these particular cement blocks??

I think the issue was we were all teenagers that worked here, we were scared & not sure what to do. I was 16 & I think the manager was 18. She came at dusk & was outside while we were inside. After she was initially told no, she went back outside where the plants were. I think we just assumed it was over & she was plant shopping. I don't think anyone realized what she was doing initially until she rolled back into the store with a cart full of cement blocks & proceeded out the front door. Then the manager followed her.

There was absolutely nothing special about these cement blocks. It was bizarre.

 

[damskipi13]

I think the issue was we were all teenagers that worked here, we were scared & not sure what to do. I was 16 & I think the manager was 18. She came at dusk & was outside while we were inside. After she was initially told no, she went back outside where the plants were. I think we just assumed it was over & she was plant shopping. I don't think anyone realized what she was doing initially until she rolled back into the store with a cart full of cement blocks & proceeded out the front door. Then the manager followed her.

There was absolutely nothing special about these cement blocks. It was bizarre.

Ah, that makes more sense. Thanks for replying!

 

[Angeejoe]

Ah, that makes more sense. Thanks for replying!

 

[WIcruizer]

I will use a Disney related one. Last year at Epcot DH and I visited Guest Services to pick up buttons. Woman next to us was complaining about her son getting kicked out of Epcot, and now she had to leave too along with her young daughter, because she can't send him back to stay alone at the resort. Oh, and she was a DVC member.

What was precious doing? From what I could tell, he was finding partially full beers and drinking them. That's right, for you Caddyshack fans he was "Spaulding it" as we call it. And she was irate that he was being removed from the park.

Sad thing is, I bet that's not even close to the strangest complaint Guest Services hears on any given day.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

Its not strange but here is my funniest episode of complaining.

I managed a customer service department at a convention center, one of our services was electrical. So I am heading over to the desk and a customer is at it talking to Ron, one of my reps. As I get there I hear Ron yelling stuff like "I ought to jump this desk and punch you in the face."
I mean Ron was crazy but this was over the top even for him. I grab the invoice and start apologizing to the customer. But a second in I turn to Ron and say actually I owe you the apology. I looked a the customer and started to walk away. As I did I heard Ron say to him.
"Let me get this straight, you work for Con Edison, and you have the balls to complain to someone about your electrical bill"

 

[jiminyC_fan]

"They only speak Spanish" at a resort in Mexico. Um, ok. You ARE in Mexico.

 

[WIcruizer]

Its not strange but here is my funniest episode of complaining.

I managed a customer service department at a convention center, one of our services was electrical. So I am heading over to the desk and a customer is at it talking to Ron, one of my reps. As I get there I hear Ron yelling stuff like "I ought to jump this desk and punch you in the face."
I mean Ron was crazy but this was over the top even for him. I grab the invoice and start apologizing to the customer. But a second in I turn to Ron and say actually I owe you the apology. I looked a the customer and started to walk away. As I did I heard Ron say to him.
"Let me get this straight, you work for Con Edison, and you have the balls to complain to someone about your electrical bill"

Sounds like horrible customer service to me, and Ron should have been fired. Just because your customer worked for the electric company, he can't question his bill for your services? And threatened with physical violence? Wow.

 

[rajak73]

I had to complain to a restaurant worker at a hospital cafeteria because she gave me a chili dog with no hot dog in it. I thought that was funny, but it was even more funny to hear her explain that it isn't supposed to have a hot dog in it. "A hot dog has a hot dog in it, a chili dog has chili in it".

And just exactly what did she thing chili "dog" was? It wasn't called a "chili bun"
ETA: Strangest? Carrying dog poop in 2 bags to a neighbor to prove who's poop is who's! LOL

 

[sailorstitch]

1,000,000,001 reasons why I will NEVER work retail!

My aunt complains about a lot of things. "Goodwill is too expensive. They shouldn't charge more that $1 for clothes." "You live too far away. You need to move closer to me." Or the one that gave me a real headache.... Every year on Thanksgiving she would ask me what I wanted for Christmas. It didn't matter what I asked for, she would complain about it and tell me I'm not allowed to ask for that. Because as an adult female I am only allowed to ask for two things: clothes and beauty products. I have more clothes than I know what to do with and I don't wear make up. A few years I finally snapped and told her that if she can't respect me for who I am, then just give me cash or get me nothing at all. I get cash now even though that's also on her "not allowed" list.

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[Katlyn]

Years ago,one of my BF's in High School started dating one of the nicest and best looking guys at our School. Her complaint was he wouldn't take her "parking" and try stuff. I told her she was nuts and if she felt that way she should move on.. She did and found the kind of guy she wanted.

 

[brooke789]

"A hot dog has a hot dog in it, a chili dog has chili in it".

My Freshman year of college I was on a date at a Mexican restaurant, but right outside was a popular hot dog place. My roommate loved hotdogs (and they never served them in the dining halls) so I decided to stop in and get her a hot dog when I left. So, I looked at the menu and ordered 1 Chili dog. The person asked me if I wanted a "weiner". And I was like ***? Apparently around there chili dog did mean no hot dog. So weird.


My addition to this thread is from feedback from a catered breakfast during an event. The person complained that the bacon served in his event was "basically just salt and fat". We had a big laugh around the office. Is there any other description of bacon?!

 

[missnic]

These are hilarious! Mine is downright normal.. ish.

I have a coworker whom I cannot stand, and we work in a very small, quiet room with a couple of other people. Our jobs literally have nothing to do with each other, and I have no reason to interact with her. She complained to HR that I didn't make her feel comfortable at work, because I do not chit chat with her. Sorry, I have actual work to do, and zero desire to have any sort of conversation with you. Oh, and I'm the only one she complained about, even though no one else talks to her either.

 

[princesspumpkin]

Patient has baby....
Patient states she wants to breastfeed.....
Nurse brings baby to patient to breastfeed in the middle of the night.....
Patient complains to head nurse that nurse didn't let her sleep
#NoWetNursesHere
#BabiesEatAtNightToo

 

[southernprincess1]

I have two crazy complaints.

1. DH and I were on a Hawaiian cruise. We took a bus tour of one if the islands. This one lady on the bus complained very loudly during the entire excursion. We made a couple of stops to walk around some sites. She actually complained that there was dirt and mud on the ground. She thought they, whoever they were, should have done something about the mud.

2. My son loves watching all of the house hunter type shows. He thinks it's funny when the tiny house hunters complain that there's not enough room for all their stuff.

 

[DVC-Don]

My daughter worked at WDW in the Professional Internship after college a couple of years ago for 7 months. Her post was Guest Relations at the Magic Kingdom in City Hall and her weird complaint was guests coming in for rain checks when it started to rain. A couple of times security had to come escort the enraged guests out of the park.

 

[LilyWDW]

I work at a Children's Museum.

I overheard a lady complain and ask for a refund the other day. Her reasoning? "There are too many kids here."