Today, at work, this woman came up to my counter and handed me a gold top covered in gold sequins. I like to chat with the customers sometimes at work so I got all excited and said, "Ooh! You shopping for Halloween?" She gave me the biggest death stare. Turns out she wasn't shopping for Halloween. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I was ringing up a woman at work. I saw she'd bought a birthday cake, so I smiled and said I hoped whoever it was for has a happy birthday. She looked at me in disgust, told me to mind my own business, then called me a "chucklefuck bitch." Okay then. FML
Today, at work, I was making an appointment for an old lady who told me, "You look like a movie star!" I started to thank her when she followed up with, "Like that girl from the horror movie! Your black hair and pale skin makes you look scary! Oh, sorry…" with the coworker I hate the most sitting right next to me. FML
Today, I was working as a cashier and a woman brought up a suitcase. As I was ringing her up I checked inside like I'm supposed to and I very jokingly say, "Look at all the stuff you're stealing." She laughed nervously then hit me in the head with her heavy purse before running out of the store. FML
Today, I went to a grocery store after work, exhausted. I nodded politely at a woman who smiled at me repeatedly. I realized at checkout she thought I was someone she knew. I nodded through a full conversation without knowing who I was pretending to be. FML
Today, I was shopping in the mall. A cute store worker kept checking me out, so after I picked a few things I went up to her and started flirting. After a few seconds, she cut me off and said, "Actually I was watching you because you look like someone who would shoplift." FML
Today, I went grocery shopping. Being a bartender, I had a huge wad of dollar bills from cash tips. As I was counting them at the register, I looked at the cashier and joked, "You probably think I'm a stripper or something." He looked me up and down and said, "Uh... hell no." FML
Today, I was at work when a customer, who was going to pay for her groceries, started sorting through her money. She put some coins in her mouth, seemed to suck on them for a while, and then gave them to me. FML
Today, at my new job, I took some food out to a customer. Walking away, I heard a lady mumble, "Oh my God, you could never pay me enough to wear that." FML
Today, a customer came into the store I work at to ask why I hadn't killed myself yet. A month prior, that same customer told me to kill myself. All I did was compliment her shirt. FML
Today, an old woman came into my store for help. Towards the end, she asked me my name. I told her while pointing at my name tag. She then replied, "Oh! I didn't notice since I was staring at your boobs. Much prettier to look at." Sadly, this is the first time I've been hit on in months. FML
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_Noon_ 0
Hahaha, kind of YDI, but I voted FYL because you were just trying to be nice, and lets face it, people who are buying that kind of clothes...
noshitsherlock 0
hahahahhaha. She sounds like a grumpy fabulous person
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diet_otaku 0
likewise. i really dislike it when cashiers try to talk to me. i just want to buy my shit and go. though, it would have been smart of the OP to say something more vague like "that's an interesting top," so that if it WAS for halloween, the customer could have said so. and if not, OP doesn't get the evil eye for telling someone they have horrible fashion sense.
nemo3590 0
YDI for pointlessly talking to the customer. I hate it when cashiers do that it to me.
sobe23 0
I like it when they talk to me, it makes things a lot less awkward and boring I think
RubyFootballCool 0
YDI..Unless the shop was a fancy dress shop why else would she be shopping for halloween cloths?
Loveluck13 0
How about you don't speak to customers? This is going to make me sound really rude and mean but honestly, I hate when waiters, cashiers, etc. try to have a conversation with me. Honestly, just bring me my food and ring up my clothes, give me a nice smile say have a good day and be done with it. (:
BeeSkwaird 0
You hate it when people treat you like a human being instead of an automaton? Then get over it or tell them you're "not in the mood today." The rest of us appreciate strangers being neighborly.
Red_Dawn 0
In some jobs, you are required to make friendly with your customers. It's called retention. But YDI, make small talk but don't assume why's she buying something. Yeah, people have some really ****** up fashion sense, but again it shouldn't matter to you. Ring her up, talk to her about the traffic or something else.
sleepyhungry93 0
fyl. it okay to assume that people dress like lady gaga for practical things like halloween and not on a regular basis. i feel ur pain and confusion in the intelligence of the human race. but seriously she cant expect to get good compliments when wearing crap like that. just sayin...
anton4223 3
Yeah. I work at Tim Hortons, and I'm required to talk to the customers, I have to be nice no matter how rude the customer is.
flylikemusic 0
I learned this lesson the hard way too... I asked a nice couple if they were almost ready for Christmas once. They were very Jewish.
BlacknBlueHaHa 0
I almost did that at a store yesterday; this lady totally looked like she had her Halloween make-up on...but that was her everyday look...ha ha
allmidnighteyes 11
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OhHerrrooo 0
"Today, I was shopping and brought a BEAUTIFUL sequined shirt to the cashier. She assumed it was for Halloween. FML." Lmfao.
freudianego 0
...what the hell did you think she was dressing up as? This Halloween is not a very clever custom.
jeniilouise 0
i feel obliged to say to everyone commenting on this post that sequins are so in style right now :) so even if it was a horrible top, at least the woman is in fashion!
sobe23 0
I'm going to have to disagree with that. Something could be in style but it doesn't mean it looks good. Look at Style magazine or any high fashion magazine, just because they look good on models doesn't mean its acceptable for everyday wear. Plus, sequins are a little tacky and if it's not good quality then it will fall off and you have a shitty shirt that is half sequins.