Dumbass Customer Encounter at Photo Lab

Some of the worst Retail Hell ever can go down in the photo department. Dumbass Customers Everywhere. Here's a story from Tony in North Carolina:

For those of you that don't remember, I sent in a rant a while back about a dumb ass customer in a Waffle House style restaurant arguing over our late-night pre-pay policy. Well, this story is about my wife who works in the photo lab at a major retail chain. Aside from getting the usual stupid questions from customers ("Do you know anything about cameras?", despite the fact that her name badge clearly says "PHOTO TECH"), she had this memorable run-in with a dumb ass customer.

Now as I'm sure most of you know, in the photo lab of any department store, all the cameras that are on display are just that... display models. They don't actually work, and never will because they are just there so that customers can see the actual product and read about all the features that the cameras have.

Anyway, it's about fifteen minutes till close and she's working on cleaning the lab up and getting ready to shut everything down. The customer has been looking over the display cameras. He tries turning one of them on, and when it doesn't work he turns his attention to my wife.

Mr. Moron: Excuse me, is there anyway you could turn this camera on for me?
My wife: I'm sorry sir, that's just a display model, there's no way for me to put a battery in it.
Mr. Moron: So there's no way you can get power to it?

To save you all time I want you to imagine variations of that conversation going on for the next five minutes. So Mr. Moron changes tactics. He notices the cameras that they actually have in stock, in their boxes in the LOCKED DISPLAY CASE!

Mr. Moron: Can you put one of the batteries from that camera (indicates the camera in the display case) in here.
My wife: I'm sorry sir, that's against company policy, and even if I could, it would take two hours for the battery to fully charge.
Mr. Moron: It takes two hours?
My wife: Yes sir, the battery needs to be charged for two hours before you can use the camera.
Mr. Moron: So there's no way you can get power to it?

See where this is going?

So five minutes before she can close up and come home, Mr. Moron suddenly remembers something.

Mr. Moron: Well there is a 30 day return policy if I don't like it, right? Okay, I'll take it.

I don't know if he kept the camera or not (or even if he was smart enough to figure out how to use the damn thing), but I was amazed that after asking my wife fifty times "So there's no way you can get power to it?" that she didn't strangle the dumb shit.

Comments

[I look around]

Everytime you give me something stupid; Stan(Satan) wins by an point.

If the customer couldn't read the 24-30 size font; yeah he return the camera.

And problary said; this:
"You know; when I took out the camera it didn't work and it wouldn't turn on."

Clerk:You know; that it was supposed to be charge first right?

Moron:"It was suppose to be charge? Why would I charge it? How dare you sell something that isn't charge?! Rant Rant!!"

I hate people.

[Jit]

I wish people would understand that 'no' is 'no'.

[Sian]

Yes, fellow photo tech! Your brothers and sisters support you!