As anybody who's ever worked in any kind of service industry will know, customers can be pretty hard work sometimes. But even though they can drive you nuts, occasionally they come out with something so ridiculous that you simply have to laugh.
When Redditor PrinceETheTruth asked people "what is the dumbest question a customer has ever asked you?" he probably didn't expect them to be so dumb. Below you'll find some of the most amusing, the most ridiculous, and the most unbelievable questions ever asked by customers.
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I read the client's questions in Joey Tribbiani's voice. Can't stop laughing!
Let's just pretend this person had a really exhausting day full of meetings and all. Because if that's not it? Ouch...
Sadly anyone working with the public has to accept conversations like this as a fact of life!!! A daily occurrence I'm afraid**sighs**
Yeah, I would be quite shocked if he said he is here to deliver [insert package content here].
Load More Replies...You have to describe basically what's in the package. I sent 50 UPS packages per day, I know the shipment doesn't get accepted if you don't put up a proper description.
How did you ever get wealthy enough to ride in a private jet without knowing where the sun is?
Yea...I guess someone could take a test flight and see how high up the sun is
Valid question, "above" the sun obviously doesn't mean leaving earth's atmosphere. A private jet is quite fast, and it is not uncommon to see various sunsets/sunrises in a single flight.
I once asked how many slices were in an 8 slice pizza (meant in a medium) I was shocked to find out there's 8.
Reminds me of the joke about how many slices to cut a pizza into, 6 or 8. Oh, six pieces, I'll never be able to eat 8
ummmm....considering it's 5 dollar pizza, I would guess it would be somewhere around five dollars. But I could be wrong you know
I work for a utility and you would not believe how many people are shocked and appalled when they get shut off after not paying for 6+ months
Ugh saaame here! Apparently it's always my fault that they didn't pay their bill.
Load More Replies...-But sir, you can still use your credit card! To open locked doors and cut your cocaine!
-Can I at least pay the bill of my credit card with my credit card?
I don't even understand what the customer wanted. Upper Case Numbers?? Wut?
Well, instead of the customer wanting capital letters, he wanted capital numbers.
Load More Replies...OMG - So I have had the same similar incident. One time while working in a call center I was giving someone their confirmation number, and it was all numbers and no letters. Once I finished reading it off to her, she asked me if that was all upper or lowercase. Some people just don't need to communicate with the outside world at all.
Why, computers are only for photo-shopping, of course. Unless time has just flown right over my head, and we're more modern now maybe...?
Her: Do you have the red roses? Me: Yes, here you are. Her: Will they be like that red in next year also? Me: ?!? erm...no, they will be yellow with pink dots.
Oh, well my yard might be a little too big to pick up...sorry sir, you might have to come to the house and do it. I apologize for the inconvenience.
Lol nah they aint say that Lmao thats bad business... A long pause would have done just fine....
I was in line at a check cashing place and an American (sorry too) couldn't believe that us Canadians had “rainbow money to tell em apart" I just shook my head.
Pretty much EVERY country but the U.S. has coloured money! - and YES Americans, it IS easier to tell them apart and that's incredibly convenient!
Load More Replies...I work as a tourist guide and, No, he's not trolling. My favourite question (from a Canadian): 'So you have mosquitos in Germany????' Urm, yes.
Load More Replies...Some of us take particular joy in being as stupid as possible. I weep.
I worked in a hotel on the coast where whales birthed. American (sorry again!) tourists asked me one day when the whales came to shore to be fed. I told them I had a button under the desk that activated a sonic device in the ocean which played whale-song and called them to feed. They seemed super-impressed.
I worked for years in an hotel, an american guest (well... sorry) was mad and wanted to complain. Why? Because it was raining, she couldn't go to the beach and she found appropriate to bash at the hotel... you know, because it was raining in summer and she paid for her vacations with sun, not with rain.... That was the first and only time I laughed in an angry customers face...
Don't be sorry to say Americans. After all, we're the most mentally challenged people out there.
She probably though it was bear repellent, like "mosquito repellant"
This must be why there are such ridiculous warning on products, because of people like her
Once had a lady order four tall Americanos and one tall cappuccino. I labeled the capp with a "C" and she complained I had not labelled all the drinks. I explained anything without a "C" was an Americano but she flapped her hands and said, "no! no! They'll get all mixed up!" So I wrote "A" on each of the other four cups and she was happy.
I thought to mention "pants slowly down" before but it doesn't like signs
Load More Replies...People like that need a slap. How do they get kids and keep them when so many good people who want kids can't.
Because fertility doesn't work on a moral basis?
Load More Replies...We need to introduce a license to procreate like a driving license but where you take courses to be a good parents then an exam to see if you're really ready for it.
You'd be amazed how many people actually think it's ok to bring a baby into a bar! 🤦♀️
Maybe it was his first day out of the prison... he was expecting to see one right near the bed
I mean if she was really confused, she could've asked. She did have to yell.
Yep used to do IT tech support. My computer won't turn on! Is it plugged in? Ooops
Sadly thats all too common. Got to br smarter than what ya working with.
Load More Replies...Had someone call in saying they cleaned out their computer and now it wouldn't start. Turns out they took off the side panel when the vent was covered with cat fur. And they hosed it out... They asked to talk to my manager when I explained it to them.
i work at computer support and one day a woman come in my office because her computer was off and she doesn't know how to put the power on. i Wonder what she do at home with her tv
Guess she only ever used the remote controller. She must be all lost when the batteries die....
Load More Replies...Listen to the name. They're Christmas trees, they are obviously made of Christmas.
I feel just like you. Also, is it worrying that the first suggestion for the word "just" was "juju"?
Load More Replies...Cme one...technically he is right. Not saying that it is not utterly stupid. ;)
Load More Replies...Well, I'm assuming you mean that in some Asian countries they sleep on the floor, but it still includes a mattress. I really haven't ever seen any hotel room without a bed.
Load More Replies...True. there are places where hotel rooms don't include a bed. If this is in America, I'm not surprised.
And then the technologically-impaired technology drives us tech people who are sick of being required to be tech people up the wall...
Load More Replies...You work here. And you don't know what you're talking about. You're wrong.
Next time make sure that it says it need WiFi in all capital letters and in bold and underlined
"hellokitty gun" LOL! one of the best usernames i've seen 4sure
Load More Replies...Well, since you haven't paid the bill, then I'm afraid you are NOT using the credit card today, sir/ma'am. Have a nice day! 😆😆
A warm, pleasant wave enfolds me, when I see that our cousins across the pond also have their fare share of thundering imbeciles.
A smartassery way of saying his sweet corn isn't sweet. I speak smartassery, it is my customer base. He knew what he was saying.
I would love to meet this woman. I'm curious to know what stupidity looks like
Optics is not for everyone. Unfortunately, many of the quotes here that we label "dumb" really mean "uneducated".
"Ignorance is curable with a dose of knowledge. Stupidity is terminal." -iblowsheep
Load More Replies...She probably thinks that because sometimes there called 'prescription lenses'
Well, the Wright brothers ran a bicycle shop, and they made airplanes, so....
I am supremely grateful that I did not read the final four lines while I had a mouthful of refreshing malt-based beverage in my oral cavity. Otherwise, I would not be wiping down my monitor.
I know, but there will always be more fish. This guy, he belongs in a museum as a live exhibit. "Now, boys and girls ... and by boys, I mean you Justin, and your friends ... quiet! ... here is the man the museum calls "The Village Idiot." It is nearly a law of nature that every village has, and treasures, its Idiot, but there has never been even a "be on the lookout for" issued by any village for this particular Idiot. It is one of life's enduring mysteries.
Load More Replies...That super rare green fish? :P Something something Sativa? :D
Load More Replies...Someone brought in a shetland pony to a deer checking station, with its bridle on, thinking it was a deer. Yes, they had shot it.
Oh my god...this would be funny if it wasn't so utterly sad. Why give hunting weapons to people who have no idea whatsoever?
Load More Replies...Giraffes actually do hunt in packs, they carry smartphones and use those to hunt for Pokemons. ;)
Load More Replies...one it is very where to seeb them in packs and to groups of giraffes are called a tower
That's what I was actually thinking. Until he unwrapped it that is.
Load More Replies...He probably thought that it was a Kinder Surprise, but a big one.
Wait... He tried to ate the egg he bought for his grand-daughter? What kind of man is that?
Also, it seems that a lot of people have no idea what dairy is. "I'm lactose intolerant. Does this contain dairy?" "It has eggs in it."
Downvotes? Come on people. This could be a joke with the Bristish. Comes a guy in suite and hat into the cinema and stand in front of the popcorn machine. Now read in finest oxford English: "Good sir, you won't happen to have any popped corn, do you?"
Load More Replies...My favorite stupid question at the theater was "what time does the midnight movie start?"
I used to work at a Greek café some years back. Many times, I would communicate with my workmates, in Greek. Greeks would come in and ask me "you speak Greek?" I felt like responding, "no, I speak Arabic", whilst speaking in Greek.
I had a small child asked me if I was having a baby (was quite overweight then) and I politely said no sweetie it's a good baby not a real baby.
Food baby not good baby stupid auto correct...
Load More Replies...Yes I'm sure I'm not pregnant. Are you sure you don't deserve a punch in the face?
Thats just rude. I will not ask any female this, ever. You just never know.
That is really really rude and I hate people who don't have any damn manners
I'd bet this guy knew damn well that he was making a ridiculous request and that is the sole reason he did it. Because people like that get off on thinking they have such power over a useless service person.
I'd have aerated it properly and also without breaking eye contact, open straw...place straw in juice...blow hard through straw...ya get me!
they just test you wether you qualified or not for The Matrix.
Wait, why did want his apple juice stirred? What did he add to apple juice?
You should've blown bubbles in his drink with the straw . . . Now THAT'S aeration!
Easy: wireless mouse has internet access. A wired mouse drinks 3-5 Red Bull's studying all night & drinks Starbucks Expresso, 4 breakfast!
you win the internet with that comment! c'mon guys we can all go home now
Load More Replies...It's not THAT dumb a question... If it's an 80 yo grandma who's never used a computer, that's not stupidity.
I agree, some people really are genuinely that uncertain of technology. If they've never used it before I understand wanting to ask
Load More Replies...Probably the same kind of person that orders an espresso cause it's the cheapest thing on the menu then gets pissy cause there's no milk....
Meh, that's fair. He probably didn't understand what he ordered and God forbid you ask a barista
Yup, I worked selling espresso right as coffee culture was become widespread and we'd have folks order a solo or doppio shot because it was the least expensive thing on the menu. I would always hold up the cup and indicate how much extra-strong coffee they were going to get. Most would change their order but there were always a few who insisted I make what they'd order and then stare at the cup and ask, "that's all I'm going to get?"
Not that dumb of a question. A lot of "florists" just sell overpriced plastic s**t instead of real flowers.
Well it would be extra gross and scary if it was used more than once.
Load More Replies...My question is, "how long did it take these m***********s to learn how to walk?"
You were cool however, if you eventually got two lines, only to use both then for Internet access. ;)
Load More Replies...The beauty of being a kid who grew up in the 90s, is knowing the struggles of dial up internet and having to get offline to make a call or whilst waiting for a call.
agreed, like try a few guesses... sounds like a scratching post, could be a toy... show her the cat stuff
Load More Replies...My daughter and I regularly speak to each other this way. And we understand exactly what's being said.
How is it pervy ? :/ I mean it's a man talking to a little girl, just because age and gender different people talk doesn't mean it's pervy..
Load More Replies...I heard of a person who just barged in and started unloading her trolley onto the conveyor belt in front of someone who had already started unloading.
Ah once day it happened to my mother. All the customers and hers herself were waiting patiently their turn to be served when this old lady (not a disabled one, a very lively one) came in and went to the front of the line. A man asked her what she was doing and she answered him : "I'm old, you're not, I have a right to go before all of you." The butcher told her tha if she wanted whe could stay at the front of the line ........... to wait her turn after all the people that were already there before her.
That's the thing... I know "entitled" is thrown at young people all the time, but I've seen entitlement behavior way more in older folks.
Load More Replies...I actually did this once. I never, ever, like to cut people in a line, but these two women were taking far too long to decide where they would like to sit at a concert and pay for their tickets. So I politely asked them "may I please jump in front of you, as I already know what I need and I need to rush back to work and have a taxi waiting for me outside?" They were so nice and said "sure!" The man behind the counter, understandably was annoyed with me. I went up, I said "I want these tickets, I don't care where I sit" and paid. The women were still decided where they wanted to sit.
me in that sitution " this kind lady asked if youb guys can cut her"
"It's just an advertising gimmick. They're saying you can go in to one of their stores and smell the bread and stuff, and they won't charge you for it. It's kind of implying that their stores smell wonderful and you should drop in." - Yahoo Answers
Load More Replies...How is that a dumb question? That's a perfectly civilized how-do-you-do between two seasoned trolls.
Yup, the first person was clearly an a*****e. Maybe the second person had eyes problems and couldn't read the fine line saying where the salmon came from.
Load More Replies...They weren't an employee. It says they were shopping there too.
Load More Replies...It is odd if your not American. I'm Swedish and the cheaper with insurance thing doesn't make much sense to me either :P
It's not actually cheaper; it is only cheaper to the customer because the insurance pays a portion of the medicine's cost. So say a 30 day supply of a medicine costs $200. If you don't have insurance, you have to pay all of that. If you do have insurance, they pay most of that (sometimes it's a percentage, sometimes a fixed dollar amount, depending on your type of insurance), so maybe they pay $170 of that, and you are only responsible for the remaining $30.
Load More Replies...That's because insurance isn't merely "insurance against injury costs" and the prices are a kind of false economics. The drug companies and providers "agree to charge less" (seek less profit) in return for being assured a larger customer base via "participating" in a coverage program.
Since you're a boy with long hair, are you transgender? Or sometimes the call me a f*g and then their face hurts from a dickslap (they made up a b***h slap!)
He was holding the beverages. You don't need to try them really to know what's what. ;-)
Load More Replies...Were there opaque lids on the cups? If so, this seems like a perfectly reasonable question asked of an irascible barista. If there were no lids, then the customer is a moron with no common sense.
He was handed his beverages, so he was holding them. HOLDING them, you know? Holding a HOT chocolate and ICE tea.
Load More Replies...Perhaps he is blind, has numb hands, lips and mouth, no sense of smell or taste...poor sod!!!
Looks like someone who is losing his mind. It's sad. Or maybe he just needs an excuse to have some human interaction because he is lonely.
How did you keep a straight face? This cracked me up. Thanks for posting.
I once asked someone who was running a water taxi service to a small island if they were going to come back for me and my husband. They said, "No, you'll have to rappel your way back." Logic is not my strong point, but I can appreciate a laugh at my expense if it has wit and imagination. :)
I work at Costco on weekends, and we often give out boxes in lieu of bags (as we don't have bags). A customer bought a box of cereal and bulk batteries. When I gave him his items, and receipt, he yelled "Aren't you going to give me a box, I only have two hands" I put his cereal, and batteries in a giant box, which required the same two hands to carry, he took it and walked way.
A society that's become so egotistically fragile that it says it's not acceptable to call a dipshit a dipshit.
Load More Replies...I'm sorry if this will sound racist but these questions or situations are very American. I mean, these customer stupidity usually happen in America (not sure in Europe), in Asia the customers are not that stupid...or maybe my knowledge on these things are very limited. I have friends who work in online customer service and the usual comments they say is American customers are the ones who complains the most in comparison to Australians, English, Canadians, etc.
I once asked someone who was running a water taxi service to a small island if they were going to come back for me and my husband. They said, "No, you'll have to rappel your way back." Logic is not my strong point, but I can appreciate a laugh at my expense if it has wit and imagination. :)
I work at Costco on weekends, and we often give out boxes in lieu of bags (as we don't have bags). A customer bought a box of cereal and bulk batteries. When I gave him his items, and receipt, he yelled "Aren't you going to give me a box, I only have two hands" I put his cereal, and batteries in a giant box, which required the same two hands to carry, he took it and walked way.
A society that's become so egotistically fragile that it says it's not acceptable to call a dipshit a dipshit.
Load More Replies...I'm sorry if this will sound racist but these questions or situations are very American. I mean, these customer stupidity usually happen in America (not sure in Europe), in Asia the customers are not that stupid...or maybe my knowledge on these things are very limited. I have friends who work in online customer service and the usual comments they say is American customers are the ones who complains the most in comparison to Australians, English, Canadians, etc.
