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Had to young Ladies in the shop once who needed a couple of rivits in a leather strap on

and quite a few of the Little britten " i'm a LADY "needing shoes repaired

Had a laugh with one and said

" you've got some balls to dress like that "

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only until i win the lottery

Should start a topic strange things found in shoes....... rings ,mobile phones underwear

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  • 3 weeks later...

I think the reason we have so many daft requests is because the customer decides to read the repairs part of the shoe repairs sign that most of us have. That would explain why I have been asked to shorten knitting needles, drill holes in plant pots, repair a 20 year old spade from a bucket and spade set which is now used for shoveling dog poo, weld metal together etc, you get the idea.

Regards

Tommy

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There is nothing wrong, Lee, with doing a bit of welding for a customer if you have the gear. I have no welding equipment, it is the fact that customers just expect you to have it & if you don't expect you to find a solution to their problem. It gets a bit like the little Britain scetch where someone goes into a shop looking for the most obscure thing you think of & when the shopkeeper finds it, it is not quite right but he does not leave & says I will wait.

Regards

Tommy

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There is nothing wrong, Lee, with doing a bit of welding for a customer if you have the gear. I have no welding equipment, it is the fact that customers just expect you to have it & if you don't expect you to find a solution to their problem. It gets a bit like the little Britain scetch where someone goes into a shop looking for the most obscure thing you think of & when the shopkeeper finds it, it is not quite right but he does not leave & says I will wait.

Regards

Tommy

 

LOL

 

We get this. When you tell them you cant do it theres that awkward few seconds where they stare at you blankly without moving.

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last night a lady comes in

 

"can you engrave my husbands iphone?"

 

"no problem" i say, i flip it over and ask where she wants it engraved

 

she flips it back over and points to the screen

 

"i wouldnt recommend it at all love" i say

 

but she was very insistant and wanted the text as big and as bold as possible "to fill the entire screen" she says

 

"what do you want engraved?" i ask

 

"LIAR.....CHEAT......####........BASTARD.....SHITBAG........ASSHOLE.....will you fit that all on?" :smt017

 

boy did she slam the door on the way out

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