I have a few stories, so i will tell you two of my favorites.

1. a regular customer who comes in with his wife. He LOOKS like a stereotypical redneck, he talks like one, he SMELLS like one. Well, they walked up after we were closed, so when he asked for something, I said "I'm sorry but we're closed." He insisted, so I said "hold on, I have to see if we have it." so I checked the cooler, he could see inside of it himself from where he was standing, and we didn't have any of it. He told me i was a lazy ass and that I just didn't want to see if it was in there and I just didn't want to wait on him because I was closed.

2. More recently, I had mashed potatoes on sale. Well, I had just sold my last 2 lbs of them because someone was having a picnic and bought it all up. However, I had plenty of food besides that in my hot case, everything else was full. I had more potatoes cooking but I had just put it in the oven. This lady walks up and wants a 2 piece chicken dinner with mashed potatoes as her side. First of all, she can see I don't have any. Secondly, when I explain to her I don't have any right now, she acts surprised. Third, when I tell her it will be 45 minutes before it will be done, she sighs and says "i really wanted those mashed potatoes. but i guess i will take potato wedges." So i gave her the wedges.

Next thing I know, a lady from another department informs the manager that I'm waiting on, that there is a customer complaint about the deli. Next time I see her i asked her what the complaint was. "Oh, a customer said your hot case was empty, but it looked full to me, so I just ignored it."

It was that damn lady that wanted the mashed potatoes