I work in the deli department at a grocery store and have plenty of stories to share.

It was a little after 5pm and we were slammed as people were just getting off of work and picking up food for dinner. My coworker was getting some broccoli cheddar salad for a customer. Just as he's about to scoop it into the container, the customer stops him.

Customer: Wait. Before you scoop that up, can you cut all the broccoli into tiny pieces?

The salad looks sort of like this.

Coworker: ...Seriously?

Customer: Yes. And make it quick, I'm in a hurry.

So my coworker had to fill the salad container, pick out the broccoli, dice it, and then return it to the salad. The customer then had the audacity to complain about the service being slow. It's certainly the strangest request that I've heard so far.

--phantom_moonlight