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well, I worked Layaway at wal-mart last year...and there were quite a few horror stories...nothing weebish, but I had a lot of really pissy parents.
>stocking MLP toys when layaway buzzer goes off
>instantly walks back and begins helping customer
>customer "its bout time, I ave been standing back her for ages"
>realizes customer is very drunk
>"my appologies ma'am," sees she doesnt have anything with her "is there....anything I can help you with?"
>gives me a looks of disgust....I clearly must be blind or stupid or both.
>"whats it you think I want! I want a layaway!"
>kind of baffled at this answer...
>decides to explain what layaway is, makes sure to repeat everything at least once, if not more.
>finally asks if she had any other time she would like to come back to do her layaway using the excuse that we were under stocked on quite a few things that day
>she looks at me again like I am retarded.
>"no, I need it for tomorrow, I have to lay it away today"
>realizes she is under the impression that layaway means that you can take something home without paying for all of it right away...I explain that that is not the case and start to tell her exactly what it is.
>gets cut off mid sentence when she starts grunting angrily
>tries to think of something to say to calm her down seeing as she is not actually saying anything
>stands there like helpless moron waiting for this woman to stop grunting
>she leans forward and throws up a mixture of poorly chewed wendy's and vodka onto the counter
>mfw I can only look at the french fries that must have been swallowed whole
>I call for my manager
>woman stands there for a moment before wandering out of the store....she never came back to do a layaway...
