"not me" stories
Not me 1:
Mate of mine used to work in Game (I could do a whole rant about how he and his colleagues all thought they worked in the games industry, but won't) highlights include:
Customer who was told he shouldn't really buy GTAIII for his 10 year old son, then came back a few days later, threatening to "report them" because of the violence, swearing etc. in the game.
Bloke in his mid-20's who expected the trade-in value of his game to be £34.99, because "that's what you sell it for". He basically expected to be able to do a straight swap of a game he's bought months previously for a new one.
The bloke who would come in and ask the release date of just about every upcoming game, every day. And never bought anyting.
The hundreds of "I want a game like X, but not X" customers. See also "I've already clocked that" customers.
Console fanboys. Nuff said.
People trading in games that looked like they'd been run over, but expected full price for them.

Not me 2:
Mate who worked in B&Q - his main problem was with customers returning "unopened tins of paint" that were actually filled with water, bricks, sawdust etc.

Not me 3:
Wife used to work at a credit card company. Like all credit card companies, they would do mailshots with a freepost envelope. The Accounts Incoming department would regularly open the returned envelopes to find them filled with shit. Literally. Now, I can see "sticking it to the man" but these were minimum wage slaves, who had to work fairly long, crappy hours, performing mind-numbing tasks who didn't really deserve to put their hands in someone else's shit.
(ScousersPet, Tue 9 Sep 2008, 14:18, Reply)