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[SwitchBlade]

OP LOL

 

[HappyBunnyFlower]

Here's the creepiest guest I've ever dealt with (on the phone.)

I get a message over the walkie from HR in TSC that there's a call for men's wear on 2280. I go and pick it up. The exchange went a little something like this:

Me: Hello, thank you for calling YourLocalTargetStore, can I help you find something in men's wear today?
Creep: Yes, hello! I'm looking for a specific style of pants, sort of skinny, but not too tight.
M: I can definitely help you out.
C: Great, because I'm an amputee. I'm missing my right leg from the knee down, and my left leg from mid-calf down, so the fit is important.
M: I'm sure we can find something that will work for you.
C: You see, my wife finds my stumps very sexy. She likes to see them in tight pants because it really turns her on.
M: ...
C: Even the doctor who amputated my legs was an amputee, and she thought my feet were so sexy that she keeps them in a jar. /tone of voice getting progressively creepier, could tell he was smirking and probably getting off at this point
M: ...
C: Do you know what an amputee is?
M: Yes, I do.
C: Because you sound very cute. I bet you have really cute feet.
M: ...
C: You'll know me when you see me in the store. You'll recognize me.
M: Sir, do you want the pants or should I just hang up now?
C: Oh, I still want the pants. We'll talk about cutting your feet off later. /followed by sinister, slithering chuckle

I then put the call on hold and contacted LOD. LOD said to forward the call to him. He had hung up. Found out later that this guy also called pharmacy all the time. We wrote down his number, but afaik he hasn't called in quite some time. I alerted TPS as he basically threatened to show up and/or cut off my feet. Had another caller who would call for A-block and regularly ask TMs about what sort of lube would work best for him and his daughter. Why can't people get the rocks off somewhere else?

A more harmless creepy experience was helping a guy pick out bikinis for his 13 year old daughter. He eventually asked me to try some on for him. "Sir, I haven't fit an extra-small since I was in the womb. Have a great day." And I walked away.

 

[mrknownothing]

Here's the creepiest guest I've ever dealt with (on the phone.)

I get a message over the walkie from HR in TSC that there's a call for men's wear on 2280. I go and pick it up. The exchange went a little something like this:

Me: Hello, thank you for calling YourLocalTargetStore, can I help you find something in men's wear today?
Creep: Yes, hello! I'm looking for a specific style of pants, sort of skinny, but not too tight.
M: I can definitely help you out.
C: Great, because I'm an amputee. I'm missing my right leg from the knee down, and my left leg from mid-calf down, so the fit is important.
M: I'm sure we can find something that will work for you.
C: You see, my wife finds my stumps very sexy. She likes to see them in tight pants because it really turns her on.
M: ...
C: Even the doctor who amputated my legs was an amputee, and she thought my feet were so sexy that she keeps them in a jar. /tone of voice getting progressively creepier, could tell he was smirking and probably getting off at this point
M: ...
C: Do you know what an amputee is?
M: Yes, I do.
C: Because you sound very cute. I bet you have really cute feet.
M: ...
C: You'll know me when you see me in the store. You'll recognize me.
M: Sir, do you want the pants or should I just hang up now?
C: Oh, I still want the pants. We'll talk about cutting your feet off later. /followed by sinister, slithering chuckle

I then put the call on hold and contacted LOD. LOD said to forward the call to him. He had hung up. Found out later that this guy also called pharmacy all the time. We wrote down his number, but afaik he hasn't called in quite some time. I alerted TPS as he basically threatened to show up and/or cut off my feet.

This may or may not be the most horrifying thing I've ever read on this forum.

 

[commiecorvus]

I'd have to say that is one of the creepiest things I've read here.

 

[buliSBI]

The weirdest/creepiest guest encounter was at closing one night. It was like 15 minutes after close, and I walked back in from getting carts. And the LOD is arguing with a guest about how she couldn't leave because some family was out to get her. The LOD kept on telling her that we were leaving and that she couldn't stay.....

The LOD ends up acting like he was going to call the cops to remove her. And she finally agrees to leave. And the LOD tells me to walk her out to her car. By that time, the outside lights have already turned off.

She ends up telling me this long drawn out story about how she was involved in some sort of car wreck (not her fault), and the other family was supposedly stalking and threatening her for revenge. I told her if she really feared for her safety, there are usually cops parked at some of the nearby gas stations and to request an escort home.

 

[Dying Sun]

Here's the creepiest guest I've ever dealt with (on the phone.)

I get a message over the walkie from HR in TSC that there's a call for men's wear on 2280. I go and pick it up. The exchange went a little something like this:

Me: Hello, thank you for calling YourLocalTargetStore, can I help you find something in men's wear today?
Creep: Yes, hello! I'm looking for a specific style of pants, sort of skinny, but not too tight.
M: I can definitely help you out.
C: Great, because I'm an amputee. I'm missing my right leg from the knee down, and my left leg from mid-calf down, so the fit is important.
M: I'm sure we can find something that will work for you.
C: You see, my wife finds my stumps very sexy. She likes to see them in tight pants because it really turns her on.
M: ...
C: Even the doctor who amputated my legs was an amputee, and she thought my feet were so sexy that she keeps them in a jar. /tone of voice getting progressively creepier, could tell he was smirking and probably getting off at this point
M: ...
C: Do you know what an amputee is?
M: Yes, I do.
C: Because you sound very cute. I bet you have really cute feet.
M: ...
C: You'll know me when you see me in the store. You'll recognize me.
M: Sir, do you want the pants or should I just hang up now?
C: Oh, I still want the pants. We'll talk about cutting your feet off later. /followed by sinister, slithering chuckle

I then put the call on hold and contacted LOD. LOD said to forward the call to him. He had hung up. Found out later that this guy also called pharmacy all the time. We wrote down his number, but afaik he hasn't called in quite some time. I alerted TPS as he basically threatened to show up and/or cut off my feet. Had another caller who would call for A-block and regularly ask TMs about what sort of lube would work best for him and his daughter. Why can't people get the rocks off somewhere else?

A more harmless creepy experience was helping a guy pick out bikinis for his 13 year old daughter. He eventually asked me to try some on for him. "Sir, I haven't fit an extra-small since I was in the womb. Have a great day." And I walked away.

Good god that's creepy as all hell. who were you on the phone with,Jigsaw?

mine has to be a few years back in the dead of winter. it was a closing Saturday night and I was out getting carts in the snow. more like a blizzard to be honest. couldn't see all that well just nasty conditions. so I hear a whistle behind me and look around. through the falling snow I could see a tall hooded figure. he started towards me so I turned and started back toward the store. just fast walking at this point. he whistles again and comes at me like a charging bull. I pop a 180 and slide behind my line of carts and he bangs into them. I take off for the store but slipped on the loose snow. flat on my back with the wind knocked outta me, he leans over me and says "tell no one what you just saw" then he turned and hightailed it. I called the LOD and had them let me in. we called AP and he the LOD and I all looked at the tapes and no one could ID this guy, the height didn't look like any of our guys playing a joke and the fact that he had his hood up the whole time made it worse. we still have no idea who it was nor have we seen him since though to this day I will not go out alone in a snowstorm in the dark to get carts or anything else for that matter.

 

[sigma7]

All I can think is slender man

 

[3LetterDevil]

We had an older guy who was our CA a few years ago and I believe got rid of him because he creeped out too many of the female TMs (myself included....I'm sure that wasn't the reason, but I wasn't the only one to complain about him). He had this way of looking at female guests and TMs that just made your skin crawl. It wasn't quite as bad in winter, but once summer started and the girls started coming in wearing booty shorts, I reported him to our STL. The final straw was the day he actually ran the carts into the wall because he was watching this girl who was probably about 13 and I swear, he was "playing pocket pool"......he was gone by the end of the week

 

[Bored Food Aver]

Here's the creepiest guest I've ever dealt with (on the phone.)

I get a message over the walkie from HR in TSC that there's a call for men's wear on 2280. I go and pick it up. The exchange went a little something like this:

Me: Hello, thank you for calling YourLocalTargetStore, can I help you find something in men's wear today?
Creep: Yes, hello! I'm looking for a specific style of pants, sort of skinny, but not too tight.
M: I can definitely help you out.
C: Great, because I'm an amputee. I'm missing my right leg from the knee down, and my left leg from mid-calf down, so the fit is important.
M: I'm sure we can find something that will work for you.
C: You see, my wife finds my stumps very sexy. She likes to see them in tight pants because it really turns her on.
M: ...
C: Even the doctor who amputated my legs was an amputee, and she thought my feet were so sexy that she keeps them in a jar. /tone of voice getting progressively creepier, could tell he was smirking and probably getting off at this point
M: ...
C: Do you know what an amputee is?
M: Yes, I do.
C: Because you sound very cute. I bet you have really cute feet.
M: ...
C: You'll know me when you see me in the store. You'll recognize me.
M: Sir, do you want the pants or should I just hang up now?
C: Oh, I still want the pants. We'll talk about cutting your feet off later. /followed by sinister, slithering chuckle

I then put the call on hold and contacted LOD. LOD said to forward the call to him. He had hung up. Found out later that this guy also called pharmacy all the time. We wrote down his number, but afaik he hasn't called in quite some time. I alerted TPS as he basically threatened to show up and/or cut off my feet. Had another caller who would call for A-block and regularly ask TMs about what sort of lube would work best for him and his daughter. Why can't people get the rocks off somewhere else?

I want to play a game...

 

[ExpertTL]

I think I jinxed myself with this thread. I was reading it yesterday and thinking of how I haven't dealt with creepy guests in a while and lo and behold I get one last night. Surprisingly the guy looked and seemed like a stable person...but this was the conversation:

Me: Hi, how are you, need help with anything today?
Him: Yeah...actually you can. *looks at Advil and medicine for a good 30 seconds*
Me: *awkward silence*
Him: Do you happen to know a good psychiatrist?!
Me: *akwardly chuckling because I'm trying to figure out if this is a joke that is just going over my head or this guy is just creepy*
Him: So do you have any recommendations?
Me: I cannot say that I do...no
Him: Damn. Oh we'll with enough of this *points to cough syrup* I can probably just talk to myself so that would solve the problem...
Me: Uh...yeah *does an Olympic dash to approach the other guest in the aisle*

It's always the ones that look and seem completely normal and well adjusted that are the creepiest haha.

 

[Jeremy]

I don't want to be alarmist but a coworker of my daughters was abducted at gunpoint from her job so if you feel uncomfortable enough -- you should mention it to the LOD or AP.
In the case of my daughter's friend, the security cameras showed her leaving the building with the man holding her.
Please if something like this ever happens, don't leave.
Yell, scream, even if you think it will get you shot.
There is very little chance that you will get away if you go with them.
My daughter carries a 9mm Glock17 so I'm not too worried but I know that isn't an option for everyone.
Don't just laugh off the really creepy people.
If someone makes you truly uncomfortable, take that feeling seriously.

Ive always been told is to do exactly what people demand in those type of situations, but I don't think I would follow that far, I would never leave our storewith the criminal, if something happened

 

[commiecorvus]

I don't want to be alarmist but a coworker of my daughters was abducted at gunpoint from her job so if you feel uncomfortable enough -- you should mention it to the LOD or AP.
In the case of my daughter's friend, the security cameras showed her leaving the building with the man holding her.
Please if something like this ever happens, don't leave.
Yell, scream, even if you think it will get you shot.
There is very little chance that you will get away if you go with them.
My daughter carries a 9mm Glock17 so I'm not too worried but I know that isn't an option for everyone.
Don't just laugh off the really creepy people.
If someone makes you truly uncomfortable, take that feeling seriously.

Ive always been told is to do exactly what people demand in those type of situations, but I don't think I would follow that far, I would never leave our storewith the criminal, if something happened

I don't know if you saw the result of this but they found her frozen in a lake months later so I stick to my advice.
If you can't conceal carry there are other kinds of weapons that you can keep in your purse or your pocket.
Take some self defense classes, learn how to defend yourself, be prepared to fight back.
A kneecap only takes about five pounds of direct pressure, smash it and run.

 

[Jeremy]

I don't want to be alarmist but a coworker of my daughters was abducted at gunpoint from her job so if you feel uncomfortable enough -- you should mention it to the LOD or AP.
In the case of my daughter's friend, the security cameras showed her leaving the building with the man holding her.
Please if something like this ever happens, don't leave.
Yell, scream, even if you think it will get you shot.
There is very little chance that you will get away if you go with them.
My daughter carries a 9mm Glock17 so I'm not too worried but I know that isn't an option for everyone.
Don't just laugh off the really creepy people.
If someone makes you truly uncomfortable, take that feeling seriously.

Ive always been told is to do exactly what people demand in those type of situations, but I don't think I would follow that far, I would never leave our storewith the criminal, if something happened

I don't know if you saw the result of this but they found her frozen in a lake months later so I stick to my advice.
If you can't conceal carry there are other kinds of weapons that you can keep in your purse or your pocket.
Take some self defense classes, learn how to defend yourself, be prepared to fight back.
A kneecap only takes about five pounds of direct pressure, smash it and run.

Well i am a guy, and on my keys i keep a small multi tool with a 2 inch blade, and it would be enough to stop anyone. I wish the best for the family and friends of her. It is sad to hear. Thankfully we have good AP, and have several ex military at our store.

 

[Jeremy]

Our store helped catch a sex predator on the loose, some felon on the loose, when he slapped the butts of some of our soft lines girls. I Would of chased that perv down if I was there that night, Even if I lost my job , Id risk it to catch that perv and protect our Female Employees. I cant stand creepers.

 

[IHeartCarts]

Our store helped catch a sex predator on the loose, some felon on the loose, when he slapped the butts of some of our soft lines girls. I Would of chased that perv down if I was there that night, Even if I lost my job , Id risk it to catch that perv and protect our Female Employees. I cant stand creepers.

You sound like a tool.

TTOTM: I will sleep with you.

 

[Mugen]

Our store helped catch a sex predator on the loose, some felon on the loose, when he slapped the butts of some of our soft lines girls. I Would of chased that perv down if I was there that night, Even if I lost my job , Id risk it to catch that perv and protect our Female Employees. I cant stand creepers.

You sound like a tool.

TTOTM: I will sleep with you.

 

[Barcode]

We had an older guy who was our CA a few years ago and I believe got rid of him because he creeped out too many of the female TMs (myself included....I'm sure that wasn't the reason, but I wasn't the only one to complain about him). He had this way of looking at female guests and TMs that just made your skin crawl. It wasn't quite as bad in winter, but once summer started and the girls started coming in wearing booty shorts, I reported him to our STL. The final straw was the day he actually ran the carts into the wall because he was watching this girl who was probably about 13 and I swear, he was "playing pocket pool"......he was gone by the end of the week

Did he just constantly stare or what? That can be potentially creepy.

The way some of the ladies dress at my store, they're just asking to get checked out lol. I always say (ok I really don't) if you don't like people staring at you, don't dress like you do!

 

[3LetterDevil]

We had an older guy who was our CA a few years ago and I believe got rid of him because he creeped out too many of the female TMs (myself included....I'm sure that wasn't the reason, but I wasn't the only one to complain about him). He had this way of looking at female guests and TMs that just made your skin crawl. It wasn't quite as bad in winter, but once summer started and the girls started coming in wearing booty shorts, I reported him to our STL. The final straw was the day he actually ran the carts into the wall because he was watching this girl who was probably about 13 and I swear, he was "playing pocket pool"......he was gone by the end of the week

Did he just constantly stare or what? That can be potentially creepy.

The way some of the ladies dress at my store, they're just asking to get checked out lol. I always say (ok I really don't) if you don't like people staring at you, don't dress like you do!

He'd look you up and down, regardless of what you were wearing....girls in tights and shorts always got the once over from him. It was gross...

 

[Barcode]

We had an older guy who was our CA a few years ago and I believe got rid of him because he creeped out too many of the female TMs (myself included....I'm sure that wasn't the reason, but I wasn't the only one to complain about him). He had this way of looking at female guests and TMs that just made your skin crawl. It wasn't quite as bad in winter, but once summer started and the girls started coming in wearing booty shorts, I reported him to our STL. The final straw was the day he actually ran the carts into the wall because he was watching this girl who was probably about 13 and I swear, he was "playing pocket pool"......he was gone by the end of the week

Did he just constantly stare or what? That can be potentially creepy.

The way some of the ladies dress at my store, they're just asking to get checked out lol. I always say (ok I really don't) if you don't like people staring at you, don't dress like you do!

He'd look you up and down, regardless of what you were wearing....girls in tights and shorts always got the once over from him. It was gross...

Haha, Can you imagine the awkwardness of being parking lot buddies with that guy at close lol..

 

[Dying Sun]

I don't want to be alarmist but a coworker of my daughters was abducted at gunpoint from her job so if you feel uncomfortable enough -- you should mention it to the LOD or AP.
In the case of my daughter's friend, the security cameras showed her leaving the building with the man holding her.
Please if something like this ever happens, don't leave.
Yell, scream, even if you think it will get you shot.
There is very little chance that you will get away if you go with them.
My daughter carries a 9mm Glock17 so I'm not too worried but I know that isn't an option for everyone.
Don't just laugh off the really creepy people.
If someone makes you truly uncomfortable, take that feeling seriously.

Ive always been told is to do exactly what people demand in those type of situations, but I don't think I would follow that far, I would never leave our storewith the criminal, if something happened

I don't know if you saw the result of this but they found her frozen in a lake months later so I stick to my advice.
If you can't conceal carry there are other kinds of weapons that you can keep in your purse or your pocket.
Take some self defense classes, learn how to defend yourself, be prepared to fight back.
A kneecap only takes about five pounds of direct pressure, smash it and run.

this didn't happen at my store but another in our same center but a girl was abducted when she went out to her car which said store requires employees to park behind the building, we haven't heard anything yet but were holding out hope that she's ok.
I always keep a pocket knife on me at all times for reasons I wont disclose here as it would compromise my identity but commie is right. never leave with them do whatever it takes, even if you cant get loose just raise all hell till either they run or someone comes to help you. if someone has you from behind and you cant get to the kneecap, throw all your weight forward to hopefully get him off balance then if you can break free run like hell, if not take two fingers to the jugular and that will drop anyone guaranteed. there are too many weirdos out there who have a screw or two loose.

 

[BullseyeBabe]

We used to have an ETL that would come up at the drop of a hat to 'escort' anyone out who threatened us or behaved in an abusive manner at the service desk.
Nowadays, they just hide in the back & ask us what the problem is over the walkie.
Same here! She was the only one that EVER had our backs! Now it's open season on TMs.

 

[commiecorvus]

We used to have an ETL that would come up at the drop of a hat to 'escort' anyone out who threatened us or behaved in an abusive manner at the service desk.
Nowadays, they just hide in the back & ask us what the problem is over the walkie.
Same here! She was the only one that EVER had our backs! Now it's open season on TMs.

The sad part is many of those belligerent guests will calm right down when a manager shows up.
For some reason having someone in authority take them seriously gets them more reasonable.
But by ignoring them and doing it over the walkie the ETL's often just make things worse.

As someone who has worked middle management, yes it's a pain in the behind to have to keep running up to the register to deal with pissed off guests but you know what, it's part of your damned job.

 

[thetargetman]

I remember one old geezer was getting VERY inappropriate with a girl at IGS who was young enough to be his grand daughter. I was on the side sorting stuff and heard all his innuendos and I could see she felt clearly creeped out and didn't know what to do so I went over to defend her and asked "hey is there a problem here?" "can I help you with something sir?" After he left the girl started thanking me for doing what I did.

 

[commiecorvus]

I remember one old geezer was getting VERY inappropriate with a girl at IGS who was young enough to be his grand daughter. I was on the side sorting stuff and heard all his innuendos and I could see she felt clearly creeped out and didn't know what to do so I went over to defend her and asked "hey is there a problem here?" "can I help you with something sir?" After he left the girl started thanking me for doing what I did.

That's the best thing you could have done.
Plenty of women are perfectly capable of taking care of themselves but that doesn't mean that men should abdicate from stepping up.
Letting assholes know that their behavior is unacceptable and that the men around them don't find it appropriate goes a long way towards giving that woman the ability to fight back.
You might not need to step in and be a white knight but letting the woman know she is not alone works wonders.

 

[NKG]

Pretty sure I have a guest stalking me. Dont want to give into too much details or it will give me away. Once I watched her go to check out lanes and I thought I was in the clear so I went to GS to get my abandon and seconds later she's standing there.