Strangest requests you have heard in a store

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  1. KELPAK

    KELPAK Initiate (0) Aug 25, 2007 Massachusetts

    I'm all over that. I even tugged on her hair to make sure it wasn't a wig, which it was but not for disguise purposes. I've been known on KBS day to allow such tom foolery to be rewarded with an extra bottle. Guy dressed in a suit one year bought 2 kbs, went into the bathroom and came out dressed as super man and picked up 2 more. That is a fair play, I allowed it.
     
  2. EnronCFO

    EnronCFO Pooh-Bah (1,969) Mar 29, 2007 Massachusetts
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    My strangest was actually the other way around. Getting a growler filled at a beer store in upstate NY maybe 5 years ago and I asked which of the two IPAs they had available they liked better.

    Guy 1: Neither of us drinks beer
    Me: Really? You're in the wrong line of business then
    Guy 2: Not true. We don't waste our paychecks like everyone else does

    Needless to say I haven't seen either one at the store since then.
     
  3. jimboothdesigns

    jimboothdesigns Initiate (0) Nov 1, 2014 Pennsylvania

    Another great name for a homebrew "Did Granny get her Flopper?"
     
  4. oldn00b

    oldn00b Initiate (0) Feb 23, 2015 Virginia

    I can't stop laughing at the idea of her thinking or even arguing that it wasn't the right beer - [shaking a can over her head] "No I need Freddy Flopper, not this!"
     
  5. kerry4porters

    kerry4porters Maven (1,495) Dec 31, 2012 Arizona

    that's a running joke here.
     
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  6. kerry4porters

    kerry4porters Maven (1,495) Dec 31, 2012 Arizona

    I see nothing wrong with this
     
  7. HopsDubosc

    HopsDubosc Pundit (791) Apr 24, 2015 Vermont

    For non beer geeks that aren't acquainted with the Byzantine and archaic 3 tier system, I can totally understand why these types of questions are asked daily. After all, you can get your American Spirits, Colgate, and Lucky Charms at any store in America, why not a certain beer (production limits notwithstanding).
     
  8. eppCOS

    eppCOS Grand Pooh-Bah (4,236) Jun 27, 2015 Colorado
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    I don't work in/for a store, but was asking about something that (apparently?) was hard to get... the clerk looked at me and said "Would you dance for it?"....
    I was both flattered and creeped out. ;O
     
  9. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,030) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    I'm sure glad they weren't the owners. (and I'm sure they probably had other ways they were "wasting" their paychecks, whether or not they wanted to admit it)
     
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  10. rgordon

    rgordon Pooh-Bah (2,677) Apr 26, 2012 North Carolina
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    There may not be any clonal ringers for those brews, but who really cares? There are great IPAs all over the place, many made nearby.
     
  11. Jaxbeerdude

    Jaxbeerdude Initiate (0) Apr 17, 2014 Florida

    I was at a bottle shop/bar. A guy walked up and looked at the beer menu with a confused look and said "I'll guess take an ippa." He tried to pronounce IPA as if it were a word and not an acronym. My fiancé a I busted out laughing, but somehow the bartender maintained her composure.
     
  12. CJNAPS

    CJNAPS Initiate (0) Nov 3, 2013 California

    Someone walked into a Bevmo and ask for Pliny. Of course he might not have known that RR doesn't distribute like that but it was still weird to hear it.
     
  13. PhilsPils

    PhilsPils Zealot (721) Feb 11, 2010 Texas

    A guy checking out in front of me had a sixer that wouldn't scan and the clerk was keying in the barcode number when the guy asked if he could exchange it for a different six pack because he didn't want to buy beer that didn't have a "Beep" in it!
     
  14. Brolo75

    Brolo75 Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2013 California
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    I know, I have some pity for craft newbies, I had friends back in college who drank good beer sometimes and they schooled me early, so thankfully I've never look like a fool, at least that's what I think.
     
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  15. BrokenEdge

    BrokenEdge Initiate (0) Dec 15, 2015 Pennsylvania

    Threads like this are why I have social anxiety.

    I worry constantly about embarrassing myself in a beer store (or anywhere, for that matter). I try to keep my head down and my mouth shut until I feel 110% confident in my knowledge. Honestly have never heard anything too weird in a store either. Probably partially because I try not to socialize and because most people around here rush in, grab a sixer of insert-macro-here, and go on their way. Can't even imagine being that quick in a beer store. :confused:

    I guess the weirdest thing I've heard was when a guy approached me browsing the craft side of a store and asked if I knew if any of them tasted like Coors Light and I politely directed him over to the macro side of the store. Not sure why he asked me, I didn't work there. Also, if you want Coors Light, why don't you just get Coors Light?
     
  16. Brolo75

    Brolo75 Initiate (0) Aug 10, 2013 California
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    Not a request I heard at a store while shopping, but as a beer delivery driver I get people that come up to me and ask me about certain beers. Strangely, they seem to have two categories, heavy or light. After telling them that it is not a "heavy" beer, they will ask if it taste like a Bud Light. I tell them no and they automatically walk away. If I tell them it's light, they also want to know if it taste like a light adjunct lager, I say no, and they walk away. Weird.
     
  17. mikeinportc

    mikeinportc Grand Pooh-Bah (3,331) Nov 4, 2015 New York
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    Don't use the word "No". Say "We have [XYZ & ABC] that are excellent, and very close to [xxx]. Many people like it better. Might be the [Zzzzzzzzz] flavor." Then explain why the beer in question isn't there.

    I get those same kind of questions about plants. Often people are asking about something that they can't, or shouldn't, have, because it's the only thing they know of. Asking "Why?" can often go a long way to resolving it, to customer satisfaction. All of that isn't just me talking, especially about saying "No". That's from a lot of marketing , and behavioral, specialists.
     
  18. MisterB330

    MisterB330 Initiate (0) Feb 8, 2015 New York

    Not alphabetically. lol
     
  19. mikeinportc

    mikeinportc Grand Pooh-Bah (3,331) Nov 4, 2015 New York
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    If you look like you know where you are going, and not wandering in a confused daze, people will think you work there, wherever you are. Especially if you are wearing a polo shirt, or a heavier t-shirt, that isn't obviously advertising something. (Other than the store in question.) :slight_smile:
     
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  20. mikeinportc

    mikeinportc Grand Pooh-Bah (3,331) Nov 4, 2015 New York
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    DON'T ____ WORRY. Worst case, you do ask a silly question, and end up learning something. ; ) *shrug*
     
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