Who's got one? Not just talking about rude entitled dickheads but customers that have the most heinous vibes imaginable.
There's this customer who must be in his 80s. He used to come in a lot more but thankfully not much anymore. I saw him today and I just had a horrible sinking feeling.
I feel like I've been in retail so long (rip) that I have no qualms about annoying, difficult customers- every fuckhead is a funny story in the end, and I'm good at shutting down stupid shit.
But when I see this man I start to feel ill.
I did not see it first hand but when I started a lot of the younger guys (adults but I'm talking 18-24ish) all had horror stories about him. Telling them they're beautiful, 'jokingly' saying he was going to take them home with him, using any excuse to touch their shoulders and hands etc
While it was never so blatant when I was around (ie witnesses) I did see him creepily trying to flirt with them. One time specifically I was hovering in case he did cross the line, and he snapped at me and said 'what are you looking at? I'm not talking to you'. He went from giggling to irate in a split second.
Another time he told me a story about how he is banned from visiting his wife in her nursing home. He said a young guy that worked there had the same hair colour as me (green at the time). I can't remember the specifics but it was basically a long drawn out 'does the carpet match the drapes' anecdote which he thought was hilarious. I should have told him that wasn't appropriate but honestly I was so taken aback, he said this to me so casually at register while like 5 dudes were waiting behind him to be served. When I gave him nothing he told me I must be too young to understand the joke (I'm in my 30s).
He has tried to tell me that story again 3 or 4 times, I always shut it down and walk off before he gets to his hilarious punchline. Every time he begins, he starts with a big smirk on his face like he's about to let me in on an incredible secret.
He also sometimes mentions to me about the 'beautiful brown boy' with 'lovely skin' who works next door (again, an adult, but yeesh).
This guy rings every alarm bell for me. I'm not a woo woo person but his whole being is just dark. I don't mean to sound like a crazy person, but I just get the feeling this man has done some really fucking horrible shit in his life and when I see him I just want to run as far as possible.