31 of the Weirdest Requests Customers Had for Retail Workers

When you work retail, you’re subject to the pure, unadulterated human experience. Interactions of every ilk and description crash over you, constantly, like waves across a great boat’s broadside. With that volume of person-to-person contact, there’s pretty much zero chance you’re going to get through it without meeting some real weirdos.

Retail employees past and present shared some of the strangest things they’ve ever been asked for at their jobs. Thankfully, reading these stories, you don’t have to force yourself to wear a face that doesn’t say, “This is one of the most confusing moments of my life.” You can simply read the stories, point and laugh, and not concern yourself with whether it’ll get you written up or not.