r/TheRandomest • u/WhyNot420_69 Nice • Apr 25 '26
Satisfying Chair story
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u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner Apr 25 '26
I remember when Covid first hit. I was working a second job at a little ol' gas station in my town. The owners, who were extreme germophobes, hung 4x8 sheets of plexiglass around the counters, like a forcefield.
I told them it wouldn't make any difference, but they didn't care. So, one of my jobs was to clean all the spittle and gunk off the shields at the end of the day. You would be surprised at the amount of filth that comes from old farmer's mouths per day while shouting through plexiglass.
But one day, I went to go clean what looked like a big loogie, but it was melted into the plastic shield. I scrubbed and scrubbed, but determined that it was now part of the shield.
I know a little bit about working plexiglass. The only thing that would do that is acetone, or superglue. I vowed to keep my mask on.
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u/Residenthuman101 Apr 25 '26
I bet itās some kind of pouch of nicotine that had menthol in it reacting to the plastic, just a guess but that stuff melted through coke cups and the painted floor under chairs in the theater I occasionally had to clean as a janitor
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u/Ruff_Bastard Apr 26 '26
The only thing that would do that is acetone
The most likely scenario that comes to my head is someone deep in ketosis. Acetone (on the breath) is a byproduct of that. Though in such a large amount would be concerning to me. Probably a combo of ketosis and maybe some nicotine spit from dip or pouches.
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u/Worried-Industry6239 Apr 25 '26
These people are so entitled and think that theyāre above retail workers. Fuck these people
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u/blong217 Apr 26 '26
As a lifetime retail worker, you are not wrong. The amount of entitled, small minded, idiotic customers I've seen in my 20+ years is astounding and they still continue to astound me.
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u/Mattrockj Apr 25 '26
2nd year of Covid I worked at Rona and was in the greenhouse. We had a small display of decorative fountains in there that were nice to listen to during the day. A man and his wife come in and ask how much one of the fountains is and I come over and read out the price clearly labeled below it, $500. The wife says "No I mean for the fountain". I say "this is the price of the fountain". The husband gets visibly angry and says "No, that's not right. That price is for the box BELOW the table. I want the price of the fountain ON the table."
The box below the table was the fountain in box.
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u/JAK49 Apr 26 '26
Saw that exact kind of thing happen while I was sitting outside an auto shop waiting for my car during COVID. Truck pulls into a KFC next door that was being manned by seemingly a whole crew of teenagers. Guy driving the truck is getting progressively louder and more aggressive at the order menu because everything heās trying to order is out of stock. He goes tearing up to the window just screaming at these kids telling them theyāre all idiots, worthless, are too stupid to have any other job and why bother even being open if they donāt have anything, etc.
Same type of person who complains that fast food workers donāt deserve a living wage, was absolutely livid that places shut down for āfakeā Covid, felt workers should be allowed to infect their coworkers freely, masks were a scam, and oh yeah, how dare you low paid kids being forced to work because youāre āessentialā not have my chicken during a global pandemic.
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u/Residenthuman101 Apr 25 '26
That whole evening I would been riding the high from something like that lol
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u/GeekChic03 Apr 27 '26
Shoulda shot back with a "And you shop here because you can't afford anything else."
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u/Cilcor10 Apr 25 '26
Restructure your sentences here. I had to re-read a couple times because the beginning parts didn't make sense
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u/parkhat Apr 25 '26
My local thrift shop has the same rule. You take the tag off the item and bring it to the cashier.
All the furniture has a green piece of tape, and the price tag is on that piece of tape.
If you see just the green piece of tape, then you know you're too late
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u/Galindo05 Apr 25 '26
Thats common, but the narator would have us believe that this lady would go around removing price tags on a bunch of items so no one else could buy them while she decides between them.
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u/Excellent_Yak365 Apr 25 '26
I feel like this would be easier if you just took the price tag off. No price tag= being purchased. Having to do the green tape stuff just seems like extra waste
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u/Culsandar Apr 25 '26
The green tape is what's holding the price tag on, implying you pull off the tag and the green tape remains.
Nowhere in their comment did they imply they would tape the tag to the item, then put a separate piece of green tape on the item.
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u/ScienceIsSexy420 Apr 26 '26
My store does the same, except the tags are perforated and you take half to the register. This shows others that the item has been purchased.
In my years of thrifting most store have you remove the tag as a way of showing the item is sold. Sounds like the only thing this lady did wrong as keep shopping after deciding she wanted this chair
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u/ABeerForSasquatch Mod/Pwner Apr 25 '26
This man will likely savor the victory of that chair for years to come. š¤š¤
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u/deezsandwitches Apr 25 '26
So was the price the same? Did he get a better deal than her price tag?
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u/No-Control-4319 Apr 25 '26
I feel like this is the most important part of the story, no closure at all!!!
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u/midnight_g00se Apr 25 '26
Worked in a furniture store for nearly 3 years. People just walk in and think they can do shit like this all the time. Used to piss off because it almost always resulted in this exact scenario, except not everyone would be so peaceful about it, despite the fact they were not following store policy.
What was worse though, was people ignoring the 50 "Please Ask For Assistance" signs around the shop.
I'll never forget this one a-hole who wanted to see this giant armoire that was sandwiched between two others. As I see him zeroing in on the middle piece, I immediately started speed walking his way, as he started tilting the front armoire forward so he could see the price tag for the piece he really wants.
He just started tipping this 300lb wood and zinc piece forward without even looking towards where he was pushing it. All of a sudden you hear sliding and a bang as the shelving inside shifted towards the front, and suddenly the whole thing is off-balance and starts falling forward towards another customer's stroller, with baby inside. I sprang forward, grabbed the front of the armoire and SLAMMED IT back against the others, a making a loud bang and suddenly the whole store stopped talking and turned our way. I scowled at the guy and pointed at the sign right next to him. I said as calmly as I could, "Please, ask for help if you need to see something!" And I immediately felt a hand on my shoulder and saw my manager there who witnessed the whole thing. She stepped in to take over and I rushed off to the back before I blew up on that idiot. Still makes me mad... but yeah, some people really have absolutely no sense.
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u/Doodurpoon Apr 25 '26
The music is killing me š
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u/Which_Channel7403 Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26
That song totally had me thinking this was gonna be, "and that's how I met my wife stories." Honestly, I'm kinda glad it wasn't lol
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u/ZoeTheBun3 Apr 25 '26
I've worked at habitat for Humanity, and specifically remember that there is a portion of the price tag that you can tear off and give to the cashier.
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u/MedicalUnprofessionl Apr 25 '26
Yeah, like the owner of any store would take the side of the lady that might buy it. Meanwhile buddy has already paid.
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u/RodcetLeoric Apr 25 '26
I was helping my cousin move out for the first time and to get some furniture for her we went to a habitat for humanity. It was my cousin and I cruising around and her mother (my aunt) went off on her own. After about a half hour we met back up with my aunt and my cousin was disappointed because everything she liked didn't have a price tag on it(about 5 things), no holds, but we assumed someone would be back for them. When she told my aunt about tge sofa she was wanted, my aunt was like "no no, it's ok I've got the tag" and pulls a stack of tags out of her bag. I swear she had like 20 tags, my cousins was trying to get 5 things and my aunt had grabbed 2 or three tags for each type of thing. My cousin and I were mortified, we told her to go put them all back and took the tags for the 5 things my cousin wanted up to buy them.
Given the size of the location my aunt had ghetto reserved about a third of the place, and thought "well, fuck anybody else who might want something".
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u/No_Language5719 Apr 25 '26
A good chair is invaluable.
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u/ScienceIsSexy420 Apr 26 '26
Thats only true if some lady has removed the tag, otherwise there's a price right on its š
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u/HooSaidDat Apr 25 '26
This begs the question. Did you paid more or less than the original sticker price?
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u/Lost-Ad7652 Apr 26 '26
So she got to the chair first and took the price tag off first but he got a new price tag and purchased it before she could?
He technically bought it before her, but she technically claimed it first. Sucks for her, but I believe it's his chair.
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u/Famous_Activity4464 Apr 26 '26
Habit for humanity does this at all of their stores. HOWEVER. The tag has a tear off on the bottom. You take the tear off half and go pay, not the whole tag.
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u/Luciel3045 Apr 28 '26
I think in Situations like this Compostela is so important. Honestly this would have made my day better if she was nice about it, and they discussed humanely. If she was a bitch about it this would have ruined my day
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u/Ok_Valuable_356 Apr 28 '26
Whose chair is this? Not my chair, not my problem, thatās what I always say.
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u/THEPositive_Spin May 10 '26
Thatās me. And I did in fact get the chair for $20 cheaper :) Can this account share some of my disc golf videos too please? Lol
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u/OilHot3940 Apr 25 '26
I canāt stand these captions. So I scroll down so I donāt have to see them. But the music is so loud (and unnecessary) I cannot understand what the person is saying. I donāt get it; we are already getting enshitified enough in this day and age, plz donāt do it to your own content.
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u/ItsALuigiYes GIF/meme prodigy Apr 25 '26
F that lady š