I used to work at Borders too and we always found tons of Chick tracts in the "New Age" section. I wish I'd kept them, I'd have quite the collection.

Hundreds. HUN.DREDS. Five years in a Borders will give you ample cocktail party fodder.

I worked at two different Borders stores in the PNW and had the same experience. It must have been a nationwide push!

Borders customers were some of the most insane people I've ever come across.

That's like, the politest way to tell someone you didn't like something. Where oh where is her Christian charity regarding your job?

My dad sent me that, demanded I read it, then was SHOCKED! that I didn't start going back to church immediately.

Oh man, I don't know if you can find it online, but you should definitely read it. It is amazing and ripe for mockery. Read it aloud with friends, if you can. We used to break it out with wine or a joint and read excerpts aloud to each other.

Was he a "rapper"? Lots of those in Atlanta. "Rappers". Only drink top shelf. Don't tip. Say things like "Don't you know who I am!"

Even assuming the food allergies are legit, what kind of asshole thinks it is a restaurant's job to cater to their abnormally restricted diet?

Had a guest in my italian restaurant come in saying she was gluten-free, allergic to tomatoes and garlic, and didn't eat cheese. She became irate when there were no entrees she could eat.

Haha, pizza phone workers unite! We have a lady that orders for a kid's afterschool theater program. Always she changes her order 4-5 times before the pizzas get sent out. "Hi, I said before that I needed a large cheese cut into 13 slices, actually can you give me a half cheese half peperoni cut into 11 slices?" …

"After trying to use an expired coupon and being told no: 'so, what am I getting for free?'

Oh man. I think the classy answer here is "A smile!", but I'm not sure I could muster it.

I have a friend who isn't too bright who once ordered fish and chips, and then asked the waitress, "do fries come with that?"

Not a customer so much as a former coworker... And not food related, but I have to share. Yeah, this comment is real. I couldn't resist keeping it. This is about 10 years old now. I hate people.

Not food industry related, but our store has a public washroom that requires a key (the bathroom door has a large sign on it saying that the door requires a key, and where it can be located), which sits directly next to the cash register in plain sight. When I got tired of people asking if the bathroom key was the…

People would literally crawl under the shutters to ask if we were open.

(Working in a copy shop. Power is out) "Oh come ON. Don't you have any copiers that don't run on electricity?"

Not related to food service, but I worked at one of those outdoor adventure park things in high school and was asked "at what altitude do deer turn into elk?"

*Ahem*

I've never worked in food service...but having worked in retail and as a tour guide...good lord are people dumb.