When you work retail, facts aren’t always enough to satisfy an irritated customer.

When one woman demanded more details about the shrimp she was about to purchase than anyone could reasonably give, one grocery store employee decided to get theatrical with his response.

You’ll want to read on for this one!

You all NEVER have any information on your seafood.

Place: seafood department of grocery store.

I was there but working meat at the time; my seafood guy was behind the seafood counter.

Soon they caught wind of an interesting conversation happening nearby.

Lady comes up, irate. I didn’t hear the first part of the convo, but when I started paying attention here’s how it went:

Irate Customer: “You never have any information on your shrimp.”

Coworker: “What exactly did you want to know?”

The demanding customer is quick to fire back a response.

Lady: “Well, where they’re from, what the difference is, which is better?”

The employee does a fine job rattling off several facts about the shrimp.

Coworker: “These are from Key West, they’re medium, about 41 to 50 per pound. These over here are from Southern Georgia, they’re jumbo, about 21 – 25 per pound. As for which is better, that is a matter of taste, they’re both good… the Key West tend to be a bit sweeter.”

But of course, this isn’t enough to satisfy the customer.

Lady: “That’s it? I told you, you people don’t know your product. That’s all the information you can give me? Ridiculous!”

So that’s when the employee decides to go off script.

Coworker: (Looks at me, like what else does she want to know?) Turns to her and says, “These Key West pink shrimp… they grew up in the lap of luxury. Two parents, only swam in the best schools. Easy life, they knew they were gonna turn out just fine without even trying. Kinda spoiled, they lived in the ritzy part of the ocean, had everything handed to them.”

He continues to paint a colorful depiction of these shrimps’ lives up to this point.

“Now these big guys, these are the Georgia boys. Single shrimp mom, did the best she could. They had to scrap and fight for every meal they got. They live in the rougher part of the sea… nothing handed to them, they had to work for everything they got. But some fine shrimp, I tell ya… look at the size of these suckers. You don’t get that big by lounging about… these shrimp have nothing to be ashamed of. They may not be pretty and pink, but they are some good eating. And look at all they went through to land on someone’s dinner plate.”

They can’t believe the gall of their coworker.

I almost died laughing at the expression on this *****’s face.

I mean really… besides size, where they’re from, whether they’ve been frozen or not, and nutritional info, what was she expecting?

Stunned, the customer finally retreats.

I thought it was perfect. She did not, and stomped off.

What a moment to remember.

What did Reddit have to say?

This commenter agrees there wasn’t much more information to know besides what the customer had already been given.

Some customers just have unreasonable expectations.

This lady had a lot of questions, but she wasn’t even asking the right ones.

This commenter only wishes they were there to witness the interaction firsthand.

Let’s hope this customer learned a valuable lesson about asking too many questions.

It was the seafood counter, for goodness’ sake, not a nature documentary!

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