I just wanted some of your best lines for shutting down creepy customers. Context: I work in a deli inside a grocery store and have a lot of “regulars.” I can chat with anyone, and have one of those welcoming “please tell me your life story” auras, apparently, so I’m very used to conversations going deeper than you’d think they might at a deli counter.
My issue is recently, a few of my older customers (70+, based on what they’ve told me) have decided it’s time to hit on me.
The first time, I just ignored it outright until I couldn’t.
Me: hey Johnny, what looks good today?
Johnny: first of all, you.
Me: 100% ignores that statement you getting your 2 piece meal today?
Johnny: dark meat and fries, you already know. What time you get off?
Me: oh, some time after close. hands him his meal
Johnny: what’s that, like 915? I’ll be waiting for you in the parking lot.
Me: what a weird thing to say, man. My husband wouldn’t appreciate that one bit.
Johnny looks taken aback and says “you been stringing me along, little girl. You should wear a ring or SOMETHIN.”
I have come to reddit to ask, besides calling a manager and refusing to deal with Johnny again, how y’all might handle this.
Comments
I think you’ve seen it all elsewhere. I personally like a curled lip of disgust and a emphatic absolutely not. Other people like statements like “what a strange thing to say in public “or “I don’t understand the humor. Please explain it to me. “