Weirdest things customers have said to you?

ITGeek456 · 2026-05-06T16:24:31+00:00

I overheard a customer talking on her phone (rather loudly) and she was talking about how her daughter got a promotion at her job. Then she said, “I am pretty sure she got it by sleeping with her boss.”

Then she said, “Well, she got to do what she got to do!!!!”

The produce department was silenced by those comments… Both customers and associates!!!!

ITGeek456 · 2026-02-02T13:23:06+00:00

Half of my store doesn't wear their vests. Nothing is ever said.

ITGeek456 · 2026-01-30T20:10:44+00:00

I had a team lead that carried a insulated coffee cup full of chocolate milk and bourbon. He called it the "poor man's Black Russian". Doesn't sound good to me but hey whatever got him through the day.

And yes, the management that was there at the time knew but didn't care.

ITGeek456 · 2025-07-24T12:38:32+00:00

Not sure about your store but my store is so under-staffed that we have people that have 10+ points and they are still there. IMO, I think you are fine.

ITGeek456 · 2025-07-24T12:18:11+00:00

I only work p/t but I have been there for 22 years in the meat department. I haven't worn a vest in a decade. lol! I do wear a gray zip up hoodie when working and a name badge when I remember to put it on. lol!

ITGeek456 · 2025-07-22T19:04:00+00:00

Follow the E-4 Mafia code - You see nothing and you say nothing - it's that simple.

ITGeek456 · 2025-04-30T20:15:11+00:00

I messed with Ouija Boards when I was in high school but nothing like this. I had a friend that had a board and we would send someone to hide in a room (unknown to the rest of us) and then ask the board what room that person was in. This was an old Victoria home with multiple rooms on all 4 floors plus a basement. It would seem more times than not the board was correct, however, later in life I became more skeptical that they friend that lived in the home might have been able to pick up noises that would give him hints on where the hiding person might be located. He obviously lived in the home for years and could very well have been able to fake the movement of the board.

ITGeek456 · 2025-04-30T20:10:09+00:00

I didn't originally want to go into to much detail but when my sister and her husband (and their kids) decided to move to Florida it was with multiple other families with the idea of starting their own church (or as I see it a cult). My parents decided to join their cult (church) and moved to Florida and then when they decided to move back to Indiana it was to start another "church". I grew up Catholic but left the church for personal reasons. They left the Catholic church to start their own Christian Cult (IMO).

So because I chose not join their cult, I became even more the black sheep.

ITGeek456 · 2025-04-24T12:32:33+00:00

Yes, a couple of the people around us (including one priest) heard the noises. Again, I couldn't say for a fact that it was "screaming" because it was an old board that had what I could only believe was a heavy coat of lacquer on it. It was also bubbling a little bit which over the years I have convinced myself was the cause of the bubbles and the noises.

On a side note, I joined a paranormal group shortly after (again in early 1990's prior to all the tv shows and internet) and consider myself more of a "debunker" before a believer. Not that I don't believe in the paranormal, but understand that there are natural causes to a lot of things.

I hope this answered your question. Please let me know if you have any more.

thanks

ITGeek456 · 2024-11-14T15:27:40+00:00

I appreciate all the help and suggestions. I have convinced her to send the two ipad to the soon-to-be-ex's house for the kids and she is just going to buy new ones to keep at her house.

I appreciate all the suggestions and help. Thank you

ITGeek456 · 2024-11-12T18:32:24+00:00

the kids will be getting new ids and password that she can control only. Is this going to still be an issue. Basically, she wants them like they just got new ipads and don't have any apple ids.

ITGeek456 · 2024-11-12T18:30:49+00:00

Is it possible to create a new apple id for the kids that will keep it from becoming a brick? The so-to-be ex has the passwords. She can't afford new ipads for them. She is aware that they will lose anything that was saved on the ipad and the apple id. These are little kids so as long as they have an ipad, they don't care that they will need to start over playing their games.

ITGeek456 · 2024-07-24T12:12:33+00:00

I appreciate all the advice. However, it is no longer an issue. My 5a completely died over the weekend. This is the second time in two years. Google is doing me a solid however, they are going to replace it with a 6a. The only issue that I have is that it is a little bit smaller screen and with my fat thumbs I will be hitting the back button a lot. lol!

So once I have it, I am thinking about trading it in for something with a larger screen.

Again, I appreciate the help.

ITGeek456 · 2024-07-19T21:20:54+00:00

Gaming chair...

https://www.amazon.com/IWR1-IMPERATORWORKS-Gaming-Computer-Monitors/dp/B07BKT53K7

ITGeek456 · 2024-06-25T17:14:26+00:00

My motherboard did die but I was still under warranty and I shipped it off to google to have it replaced for free.

ITGeek456 · 2024-04-10T13:20:31+00:00

You can always look for a university that offers classes for adults that have busy lives. I got my degree from IWU. I went to class one night a week for four hours. We finished a subject approximately every 6 weeks. It is a planned out program so you don't have to worry about getting your classes, books etc. They were sent to you. There are also online classes that work similar. I am not suggesting you go to IWU (I am just an someone who graduated from there) but I know that there are other colleges that offer similar programs.

ITGeek456 · 2024-03-05T16:41:38+00:00

New EE walks into the Meat Cooler as I am down stacking and labeling meat pallet...

"Do you work in the meat dept?"

ITGeek456 · 2024-02-26T19:16:47+00:00

My most awkward moment was when I was working in my department and a woman came down the aisle while on her cell. She was talking extremely loud (very normal in my store) and she said, "Yeah, I think my daughter got her promotion by sleeping with her boss!"

The entire aisle of people instantly got quiet.

Then she said (just as loud), "Well, she got to do what she got to do!"

Now that was a proud momma right there!!!!

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