mistaken identity
Back in my 'lecy board days we wore a green polo shirt and blue trousers as our uniform .

Oneday i popped into superdrug to get something as i was passing by. It wasnt my usual branch so i had to look for it (panadol i think unsurprisingly) . As i was checking the shelves an old biddy came over to me and asked me where something or the other was.
"Sorry iv no idea"

"This isnt good enough " she replies

"Sorry but i really dont know"

She starts to get worked up now
" You should im going to report you to the manager!"

"See if i bloody care"

Then the penny drops Superdrug staff wear (or did im not sure now) an identical green polo shirt.

Finding my panadols i go to the tills just in time to hear the banshee cry of "thats him". She wobbles over to the tills with a confused looking man. i patiently wait for her.

"This man was so rude and unhelpful to me . I want him sacked"

Quick as a flash i pull my 'leccy board ID out of my pocket and slam it down on the counter.
Putting on my most insecere smile "Sorry dear , i think you have made a misteak. Im with the electric"

The old bats face dropped like a ton of bricks.
(welgar, Wed 10 Sep 2008, 10:19, 5 replies)

Bwahahaaaaa
I was wearing my trench-coat in an electricity store once, pondering the ins and outs of various styles of headphones, someone came and asked me for assistance. Penny dropped pretty quick tho, with a smile and a chuckle and a "woops, sorry".
Know many stores with trenchcoats for uniforms? Me neither...
(Harleif Skankhammer II was killing time at, Wed 10 Sep 2008, 10:28, closed)

On the same note...
...I always got mistaken for staff in MVC on my lunch break, despite A: Wearing a shirt, tie and trousers, and B: MVC staff wear a fucking uniform. The bloke who asked me where Phil Collins was kept got the shitty end of that exchange. Ignorant twat.
(Nimrod's Son Boredom provokes some interesting habits..., Wed 10 Sep 2008, 10:29, closed)

^
This bizarrely happened to me when I went into my local Morrisons for lunch wearing a suit. Some harridan asked me where the crisps were and I said "Shouldn't eat crisps they're bad for you. Fresh fruit and veg aisle one."

Eeeh the language from her! Almost turned my hair white.
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Wed 10 Sep 2008, 10:40, closed)

I've been in a shoe store on my luch break from the office
Despite the fact i'm walking round in one battered old black shoe and one brand spanking new shoe some idiot still tapped me on the shoulder (as I bent over to tie the lace on the new brown shoe) and asked me where the foot deodorant might be found.

tit.
(Tibble off the crack since, Wed 10 Sep 2008, 10:40, closed)

Excellent stuff!
Reminded me of a story of my own:
www.b3ta.com/questions/customersfromhell/post240265
( Cawl, Wed 10 Sep 2008, 11:33, closed)