Retail Memories/Nightmare stories

I just posted these on the PE facebook page, for some reason these two incidents popped into my head.

Thought it might make for an interesting thread. Do YOU have a customer memory or nightmare? I am certainly not limited to two : )



Retail Memory #1- back in the 90's, when we had a retail store:

Teen buys a juvie leopard gecko, beautiful animal. Calls back a month later- "it won't eat, it must be sick."

Hmmm, bred here at PE, I know it is a terrific animal. "Bring it on down, I can take a look at it".

teen- "Be right there!"

I see him roll up on his skateboard 20 minutes later, terrified leopard gecko standing on the front of the board.

teen- "We go for a ride every day!"

me- "I think I know the issue..."


Retail Memory #2- back in the 90's, when we had a retail store:

Customer buys Ball python. Bred here at Pro Exotics, terrific animal, feeds every week.

Customer calls two months later- "This snake won't eat!"

"Ok, let talk about your setup and husbandry..."

Customer describes a pretty solid setup, leaving me with a "Hmmmm". Then they casually mention-

"It does try to bite me a lot, and I don't like that. I usually put it in the freezer for 5-10 minutes after it bites, for punishment."

me- "I think I know the issue..."

Well what's he supposed to do, just let the snake bite him?

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Originally Posted by BrandiR

Well what's he supposed to do, just let the snake bite him?

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Are you serious?

When I worked at Petco, my manager pulled me over to talk to a customer, and then he ran to hide in the office. This woman was yelling that we wouldn't sell her a bearded dragon because she looked poor, and we just wanted her money. Backstory... she's homeless. She's been homeless since the first time I saw her pushing a target shopping cart around that Petco store nearly 3 years ago... It's not that she looks poor, it's that she literally has no place to put the bearded dragon, even if she had the money to purchase one. She's tried shoplifting on multiple occassions, and I've seen her causing problems in 2 other stores around the city.. Her name is Gigi... and she insists that everyone working at Petco is in the Screen Actor's Guild, and that to buy an animal, you must also be a member because it's "all a sham!". She also was yelling at the top of her lungs that Petco had Cobra eggs in cryogenic chambers in the back room... she's seen em'!


She ended up getting escorted out of the store by another manager, who proceeded to pull all her stuff out of our shopping cart and hand it to her, telling her not to come back.

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True story. You asked for crazy retail stories, right? Well Gigi is as insane as they come.

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Originally Posted by Andrew21

Are you serious?

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Ha ha! Absolutely not.

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Originally Posted by BrandiR

Ha ha! Absolutely not.

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Good! I was pretty worried.

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Originally Posted by Andrew21

Good! I was pretty worried.

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When mine tries to bite, I just flick her on the head. 10 minutes in the freezer = Genius!

(That was a joke too, BTW)

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Originally Posted by BrandiR

When mine tries to bite, I just flick her on the head. 10 minutes in the freezer = Genius!

(That was a joke too, BTW)

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When my Ball Pythons poop in the wrong corner of their tubs... I rub their nose in it!

One of my corns got away from me and went into a lazy-boy recliner. It took a long time to get her out and she was dusty. So I gave her a bath, but it was mostly punishment. Haha! I wish I could potty-train them. They always poop in the furthest corner of their tub from me. Makes for a difficult cleaning.

P.S. Sorry for going off-topic. :oops:

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Originally Posted by FoxReptiles

When my Ball Pythons poop in the wrong corner of their tubs... I rub their nose in it!

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Sometimes mine hisses at me. I point my finger in her face and sternly say, "NO!"

As funny as this is, we're jacking a great thread here. I want more retail horror stories!!