What's your most awkward, sorry, but I don't work here, experience?

Made the mistake of wearing an orange t-shirt to Home Depot. I was approached four or five times

walking back to the lumber section. The funny thing is, the expression of confusion and denial on

people's faces. I would say, oh, I don't work here, I just wore the wrong shirt today.

And they would stare at me perplexed, wondering if I was messing with them.

I was at a local thrift store, looking at old typewriters with my sister.

They were very, very cheap, and she's a writer, so I was buying her one.

There was a fellow there who heard me ask out loud a question about how it works.

He was a nice old guy who came over and showed me the inner workings of the unit for a solid 50 to 60 minutes. He was very

passionate about typewriters and had expert level knowledge. After an hour of him showing me

everything you could imagine with the typewriter and how they work, I asked a question about the

price. He responds with,

Well, I don't know about that because I don't work here. I just like typewriters. He was probably

lonely. There's an older gentleman who used to be a professional photographer, but had to retire

due to being constrained to a wheelchair. He hangs around our camera displays a few hours every week

and talks to people about cameras.

He's so knowledgeable and so enthusiastic that no one's complained since he started doing it over a year ago.

I was at a local computer and game store and this elderly gentleman asked me where they put the controllers for PS3.

I told him, sorry, I don't work here, so I don't really know.

He said, seriously, why would you even work here if you don't know where anything is, dummy?

10 out of 10 would go to that store again. Imagine the S-9 people, the folks who do work here, have to put up with then.

Source, I work at a video game store. I was browsing movies at HMV when a lady came up to me and asked if I had Star Wars on

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