The commonplace insanity of customer service.

I have worked customer service for 15+ years now. One aspect that I never get tired of is the absolutely silly things people do. I have kept my friends laughing so I thought I'd share some with you all too.

We have a woman who comes in the store almost daily. She will corner anyone and everyone to tell them how good god is. The main show starts when she goes to check out though. She looks for her money, says "oh no, I have no money, maybe god will provide if I pray". She'll pray over her purse then "find" money at which point she'll pull it out, throw it into the air and let it rain down as if from heaven. She does this every. single. time. It would be irritating if it wasn't so funny.

We had a regular at a former workplace who would demand that every one around her put away their cellphones. Customers, employees, everyone. She claimed that she could hear the "radio waves"( her phrase, not mine) and she didn't want to be privy to all our information. Claimed she got everything fro peoples cell phones. Messages, financial info, images. She was "fun".

Another woman would ride her bike to the store(about 3 miles from her home) then come in and insist on using the motorized scooters because she wasn't mobile. She was utterly awful at driving them and would regularly knock over large displays by running the cart directly into them. We all suspected this was at least somewhat on purpose as she never removed her large pink helmet. Seemed she came in geared up to do some damage.

Another peculiarity of working these sorts of jobs in a wealthy area is how you never know what background your coworkers or customers are from. It makes me giggle every time our 17yo bag boy clocks out and drives off in his 2016 mustang or the ancient cashier who helps everyone with their coupons goes and gets in his new model BMW or the lady that just threw a hissy fit about a 75cent price disparity drives off in her brand new hummer.

My hometown has got to be one of the most ridiculous places on the planet but I don't think I could live anywhere else. I'd miss the lunacy.