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<p>Retail workers are dependable friendly faces in the neighborhood, and some customers like to lean on them as confidants.</p><p>A <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/szv4cw/retail_workers_of_reddit_what_was_the_weirdest/">Reddit thread</a> asked people behind the counter to dish on the weirdest customer they&#39;ve ever had, and there are plenty of shoppers selling conspiracy theories while picking up produce.</p><h2>1. The Royal Assassin</h2><blockquote> <p>Either the woman that told me she had just come from the airport and had just killed Prince Charles and Camilla, or the woman that came into the shop screaming for help, but once we all arrived to help all she wanted was to know where the sausages were so she could have a barbecue.-<a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/kingbob1986/">kingbob1986</a></p> </blockquote><h2>2. The Suspicious Granny</h2><blockquote> <p>An old lady who came in and always bought a gallon of bleach.</p> <p>Every. Single. Day.-<a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/theflesheatingmuffin/">theflesheatingmuffin</a></p> </blockquote><h2>3. The Atlantean</h2><blockquote> <p>Probably the lady who I was having a nice conversation with up until she mentioned how she went to the underwater city of Atlantis and they implanted a chip into her brain, She was really nice tho.-<a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/AwesomeAJ/">AwesomeAJ</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4. The Pooper</h2><blockquote> <p>Probably the guy that pulled his pants down and shat on the sales floor.-<a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/RiffsandJams/">RiffsandJams</a></p> </blockquote><h2>5. The Hot Wheels Fiends</h2><blockquote> <p>When I worked at Toys R Us, it was the grown men who were obsessive about Hot Wheels cars. Some of them were very pushy, highly unpleasant dudes.-<a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/patricksaurus/">patricksaurus</a></p> </blockquote><h2>6. The Zucchini Lover</h2><blockquote> <p>The woman who grabbed a zucchini and told me it pleasures her more than any man ever could.-<a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Rextars/">Rextars</a></p> </blockquote><h2>7. The Friendly Anti-Masker</h2><blockquote> <p>One time a lady reached over my sales booth and hooked my mask off of my face.</p> <p>She didn&#39;t seem malicious, and hadn&#39;t made any weird comments prior in the conversation. She had pointed out something I hadn&#39;t considered about the product, I thanked her, and she said &quot;you should give me your number, I can teach you more! You look very young. Who are you under there?&quot; Then she just... Pulled my mask off.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I was in so much shock that I started nervous laughing. She said &quot;Aw, you&#39;re so pretty! You should take that off.&quot; I explained it was store policy to keep it on, and it made me feel safer to wear it. She then told me that COVID deaths were exaggerated and the Pope, the Illuminati and the Boys and Girls Club of America were all in cahoots to make it illegal not to go to church, &quot;but in a satanic way&quot;</p> <p>Needless to say I didn&#39;t give her my number.-<a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/cinderaiden/">cinderaiden</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>8. The Curl Truther</h2><blockquote> <p>Had someone get really upset with me because I used product in my hair instead of just having naturally perfect curls. She reached over the counter, raked her fingers through my hair, and said &quot;see they aren&#39;t just like that on their own&quot;...I never even said they were.-<a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Prestigious_Theme_63/">Prestigious_Theme_63</a></p> </blockquote><h2>9. The Faker</h2><blockquote> <p>Mine would have to be the guy who pretended to be blind.-<a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Haunting-Adeptness-7/">Haunting-Adeptness-7</a></p> </blockquote><h2>10. The Underwear Flaunter</h2><blockquote> <p>Old man pulled his pants down to show me that he&#39;s going to wear his new underwear out and that he&#39;s going to go pay for them now.-<a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/LA9119/">LA9119</a></p> </blockquote><h2>11. The Murder Suspect</h2><blockquote> <p>Guy came in to rent a carpet cleaner, said &quot;his wife was dead, and there was blood everywhere.&quot; -<a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/remyleboi00/">remyleboi00</a></p> </blockquote><h2>12. The Friend of Jessica Alba</h2><blockquote> <p>Coworkers were talking about a senile old woman who kept calling asking to buy like a hundred cans of soup so she could host Jessica Alba for dinner.-<a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/RecreatRemLezar/">RecreatRemLezar</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>13. The Salad Enthusiast</h2><blockquote> <p>Just today at the store, I had a guy who would chat with his produce before putting it is the cart. &quot;Oh, you&rsquo;re going to be so tardy in my salad.&quot;-<a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Jimmack576/">Jimmack576</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

13 retail workers share the weirdest customer they've ever encountered.

Retail workers are dependable friendly faces in the neighborhood, and some customers like to lean on them as confidants.A Reddit thread asked people behind the counter to dish on the weirdest customer they&#39;ve ever had, and there are plenty of shoppers selling conspiracy theories while picking up produce.1. The Royal Assassin Either the woman that told me she had just come from the airport and had just killed Prince Charles and Camilla, or the woman that came into the shop screaming for help, but once we all arrived to help all she wanted was to know where the sausages were so she could have a barbecue.-kingbob1986 2. The Suspicious Granny An old lady who came in and always bought a gallon of bleach. Every. Single. Day.-theflesheatingmuffin 3. The Atlantean Probably the lady who I was having a nice conversation with up until she mentioned how she went to the underwater city of Atlantis and they implanted a chip into her brain, She was really nice tho.-AwesomeAJ 4. The Pooper Probably the guy that pulled his pants down and shat on the sales floor.-RiffsandJams 5. The Hot Wheels Fiends When I worked at Toys R Us, it was the grown men who were obsessive about Hot Wheels cars. Some of them were very pushy, highly unpleasant dudes.-patricksaurus 6. The Zucchini Lover The woman who grabbed a zucchini and told me it pleasures her more than any man ever could.-Rextars 7. The Friendly Anti-Masker One time a lady reached over my sales booth and hooked my mask off of my face. She didn&#39;t seem malicious, and hadn&#39;t made any weird comments prior in the conversation. She had pointed out something I hadn&#39;t considered about the product, I thanked her, and she said &quot;you should give me your number, I can teach you more! You look very young. Who are you under there?&quot; Then she just... Pulled my mask off.  I was in so much shock that I started nervous laughing. She said &quot;Aw, you&#39;re so pretty! You should take that off.&quot; I explained it was store policy to keep it on, and it made me feel safer to wear it. She then told me that COVID deaths were exaggerated and the Pope, the Illuminati and the Boys and Girls Club of America were all in cahoots to make it illegal not to go to church, &quot;but in a satanic way&quot; Needless to say I didn&#39;t give her my number.-cinderaiden 8. The Curl Truther Had someone get really upset with me because I used product in my hair instead of just having naturally perfect curls. She reached over the counter, raked her fingers through my hair, and said &quot;see they aren&#39;t just like that on their own&quot;...I never even said they were.-Prestigious_Theme_63 9. The Faker Mine would have to be the guy who pretended to be blind.-Haunting-Adeptness-7 10. The Underwear Flaunter Old man pulled his pants down to show me that he&#39;s going to wear his new underwear out and that he&#39;s going to go pay for them now.-LA9119 11. The Murder Suspect Guy came in to rent a carpet cleaner, said &quot;his wife was dead, and there was blood everywhere.&quot; -remyleboi00 12. The Friend of Jessica Alba Coworkers were talking about a senile old woman who kept calling asking to buy like a hundred cans of soup so she could host Jessica Alba for dinner.-RecreatRemLezar 13. The Salad Enthusiast Just today at the store, I had a guy who would chat with his produce before putting it is the cart. &quot;Oh, you&rsquo;re going to be so tardy in my salad.&quot;-Jimmack576 

Retail workers are dependable friendly faces in the neighborhood, and some customers like to lean on them as confidants.  A Reddit thread asked people behind the counter to dish on the weirdest customer they&#39;ve ever had, and there are...