32 Ridiculous Things a Stranger Has Asked of Someone

‘Stop walking like that!’
32 Ridiculous Things a Stranger Has Asked of Someone

Have you ever been asked to turn down the sun?

While working at a bar, a Redditor watched as an obviously wealthy woman took her seat. She was almost immediately put off by the late afternoon sun reflecting off the bar, and asked the bartender, “My God, can you people turn that light down?” 

At first, you might think she wanted him to draw the blinds or provide a covering of some sort, but no, she quite literally wanted him to “turn down the sun.” That, of course, is impossible, and so, unfortunately, there was no way for her absurd request to be met. 

Sadly, she’s far from the only person who’s asked a stranger to do something ridiculous. Other Redditors have shared the insane things a stranger has asked of them, including a guy who told people at the water park not to get him wet.

Rollingstone557 12y ago . I have Tourettes syndrome and once one of my ticks were happening. Then some guy turns around and says shut up. I tell him I have Tourettes and that I can't stop it because it's a habit. Не then says well un-habit it! 26 ...
nicstic85 3mo ago My friend had an old lady knock on the door and ask her to take her urine sample to the drs. The drs was closed so my friend stored it in the fridge until the next day The same lady then knocked another day and asked her to go and get her fish and chips lol 29 Reply ...
LanguidVirago 3mo ago Someone rang me up once and asked why they were stuck in a traffic jam. Apparently they though my landline area code was near them and obviously everyone in that area would know why there was a tailback on the motorway she had been stuck on for the last hour. I admire her lateral thinking before we all had the internet in our pockets, but what an odd thing to do to random person. 19 Reply ...
tlc0330 3то ago Top 10% Commenter On a megabus going back to uni. I was having my dinner, which included some quiche. I get a tap on the shoulder from behind, and get asked if I can give a bit to this other passenger's pet crow. I was so shocked that I just broke off a piece of the wonderful home made quiche my Mum had made just for me and gave it to him! When we got somewhere where you could get out for 5 mins, the guy out there crow in his backpack and stepped off for a
SyanticRaven 12y ago They asked me to make their security password their spouses maiden name...but refused to tell me it because then I would know what he wants his password to be, and only he should know it. 12 ...
borshlite 12y ago D Lady in store: Keep control of your kids! They were like 20 feet away, and I have no idea whose kids they were. 11 ...
8Ace8Ace 3mo ago e Was in a pub with my fiancée (now wife) just off the high street in Richmond. It was about 2pm on a Saturday. Some guy came over and asked to borrow my crutches (which I needed as I was recovering from surgery and my knee was literally the size of a football). Не was most aggrieved that I said no and then got cross that I didn't trust him. 31 Reply ...
Sleepyllama23 3mo ago Age 13 my friend and I were in the local shopping centre food court probably having a milkshake or something. A woman (early 20s) came up to us with a baby's buggy and asked us to mind her baby for a minute. She rushed off and we both had a realisation that maybe she wouldn't come back. Five anxious minutes later she returned, said thanks and left with the baby. 38 Reply ...
RaspberryJammm 3то ago Top 10% Commenter Worked in marks and spencer changing room, old lady wanted me (18 year old at the time) to try on her items for her because it was cold and she didn't want to take her clothes off. Her logic was that we were both about the same size and height. Needless to say I didn't do it. 87 Reply ...
Temporary-Zebra97 3mo ago Stopped by a bloke clutching a tin of beans and a loaf of bread, he asked me how to make beans on toast, initially I was skeptical but he advised he was recently housed in the community after living at the large mental health hospital for 20 years and it had recently closed, and he loved beans and toast but had never made it. So I ended up sat on a bench, writing a step by step guide on how to make the dish. + 184 Reply ...
Proper-Blueberry-812 . 3mo ago Years ago I lived in Düsseldorf. One day while shopping in the city centre I was approached by some Japanese tourists who asked to take my photograph. I've wondered since if my image was shown to Japanese folk back home as a typical example of German womanhood. I'm British. + 63 Reply ...
 6y ago When I was in high school, I used to volunteer at a children's hospital. One of the kids asked me to be his mom. Lol. It was so sweet but also unsettling. + 39 ...
CharlotteBee 6y ago I was offered £1,000 by a random guy to kick him in the balls. Не wanted it done so hard that I would 'pop one'. Of course I said no but damn, £1,000 would have been nice. 3 ...
freestyle45 6y ago A man stopped me in the grocery store and asked me to come home with him and make him a chicken dinner. Didn't know the guy at all. 3 ...
TrayJack1981 . 3mo ago 2011 Royal Wedding. A random Polish lady messaged me on FB and asked if I could send her any magazines with pictures of the Royal wedding. I sent her one of those that came out at the time of just pictures of the Royal wedding. She was over the moon, I got Polish chocolates in return. + 191 Reply ...
poochmaker 3mo ago . Someone once asked me if I knew how one of those electric scooters worked and I said no, but surely you should if it's yours? She said it was her husbands. Then she asked if I would just stand there and watch her scoot up the road in case she fell off... 133 Reply ...
 12y ago I worked in the electronics department of a Walmart years ago. A customer asked me if we had a particular DVD player in stock. The shelf was empty, so I started to say, I don't think we do, but if you'll wait right here I'll go check in the back. Не stopped me mid-sentence and said, I don't care what you think, I care what you know. Go check. Mother fucker. So I went to the back and checked. Sure enough, we had a few in storage. Then I went to the break room, bought myself a
fozziefreakingbear 12y ago Edited 12y ago I was at a Redbox kiosk and I was waiting in line behind the person that was using the kiosk. Of course she happened to be one of those people that are nit picky about it all. I started to get impatient and I was rocking back and forth. I was at lease three feet behind her and all of a sudden she turn around and snaps at me in a really bitchy voice, You need to take like ten steps backwards because I don't want my identity stolen. Keep in mind you only
wurtis16 12y ago I worked at a high end bar and this rich middle aged white woman walked in. The sun was shining as it was like 5pm and reflected off the bar. She immediately said My God, can you people turn that light down? I looked at her and said You want me to turn down the sun? She said Do you have a problem with that? I'm the customer. /sigh + 169 ...
SolKool 12y ago e I was asked to reset the whole internet when some girl's laptop's browser's website's page wouldn't work. + 171 ...
 12y ago I was once asked to stop walking like that. I was walking normally, so i started goose stepping. + 257 ...
redsfan21 12y ago I was heating up a can of ravioli while I was deployed and it had a minute left and a guy behind me told me to hurry up. | looked at him and said Its not up to me how long this minute is going to take and I kept staring at him. Не stood in silence for the rest of the time until I grabbed my bowl out of the microwave and walked away. + 1.2K ...
 3mo ago An old man once asked me and a friend to go and buy him some gravy granules. We must have only been 9 or 10. Не stopped us while walking past his house. It's a long time ago but from what I can remember we went and bought the gravy and he gave us a pound each. + 500 Reply ...
Patton-Eve 3mo ago Top 10% Commenter My husband came home later than normal from walking the dog the other day. We both like routine so I was getting really concerned and ready to start walking the route in order to find him (in my head now convinced dead in a ditch) when he saunters back in. Turns out an elderly neighbour we have never even seen let alone spoken to had been waiting for him (we do love our routine) and when he went past her house she was in the drive and asked him to help move all her
G-Bombz 12y ago . Happened to me at the movies. I was eating a large bag of skittles as quiet as I could, and the lady in front of me turned around and said, be quiet!! I really was eating at a standard movie eating decibel level. Since she was rude about it, I smashed my hand into the bag making the loudest noises for the next couple of handfulls. + 267 ...
MsAnnThrope 12y ago e Edited 12y ago I was waiting for a bus the other day when a lady told me I had to stand at least 4 feet away from her because, as she put it, I think you're dog shit. I thought she said I had stepped in dog shit or something, but she repeated herself enough that I caught the drift and moved away from her. It was weird. And it made me a little sad.
 12y ago I was at a waterpark when I was maybe 12 or 13 with some friends. I was walking up the stairs to one of the water slides and was obviously holding the handrail going up. I guess my hand was still wet from just getting out of the pool (crazy, right?) and the guy behind me on the stairs told me to quit holding the handrail, I was getting him wet. My friends and I thought he was joking with us so we laughed. Не gets pissed and tells the 18 year old lifeguard who just quietly
Macbrantis 12y ago When I was about 16, I used to work for a movie theatre in the Pizza booth. Some one ordered two personal sized pizzas, and as routine I gave back his change and said, It will take about 5 or 6 minutes. Не said Oh, five please. and walked away. + 1.3K ...
sneekymoose 12y ago o I was on an airplane and the child in the seat behind me kept kicking the chair. I turned around and politely asked his father if he would keep him from kicking the chair, and the father told me, You have to tell him yourself. Couple seconds of awkward staring, then I looked at the child and asked him to stop. The kid did not stop. Worst flight. + 1.1K ...
 12y ago I was using the restroom in a bar. The hand dryer was one of those super fancy, super loud Dyson's that get your hands dried in about 3 seconds. There a few other girls around the sink, talking and what not. As I walk to to dry my hands in the super awesome loud thing, I noticed she was on her cell phone. As I stuck my hands in and it started, she tapped me on the shoulder and asked if I could wait for her to get off her phone call because it was loud and
babyhugbears 12y ago I was in the store with my kids. My baby (20 months old) was just laughing. Not at something I was doing or anyone else, just random laughter. (She's goofy like that, I guess.) Some lady in front of me yelled me, telling me to make my baby stop laughing. I did the mature thing...tickled my baby to make her laugh even more and louder. + 1.3K ...
 12y ago e Customer ordered tacos and I asked Beef or pork?, the girl looks at me and goes, I want chicken I told her that those two were our only options, she glares at me and repeats Yeah, but I want chicken. She stands there for an awkward minute before leaving. 12 ...

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