A couple ones I have:
When I was in University, I worked part time at the IBM Store - literally once a week I would get a customer in asking "Where are the cell phones? You're Telus, aren't you?"
Finally, the store was closing down and I was soon to be out of a job - buddy comes into the half-empty store and asks where the cell phones are. I reply "Well, we're not Telus, but IBM has developed a brand new cell phone using nano technology!"
Customer: "Really?!"
Me:"Yes! We install a receiver chip and mic in your head, and you answer the phone with your thoughts!"
Customer: "That sounds expensive! How do you install it?"
My tech was listening to the exchange, so he steps out with a power drill and gives the trigger a few pulls while pointing towards his temple and I say "It'll take him about an hour for you."
Customer glares at me and says "You're lying! You can't install that here! I would have to have it installed in the hospital, so tell me how much that would be!"
I laughed buddy right out of the store.
Another story, I worked selling cell phones. Customer comes up and looks at one of the dummy PDA phones. This particular phone has one of those screens that show a different image if you look at it from a different angle. Customer says to me "This phone is cool, but I can't use it!" Me:"Why not?" Customer:"This screen is all messed up, I can only see 2 things on it!" Me: Staring at the guy waiting for the punchline. Customer: "Do you see this? How do you use this screen properly? What kind of ######ed company makes a screen like this on their $700 phone?" Me:"Sir, I don't think it is the company that is ######ed..."
It's a good thing my managers liked me and my sales...
