I used to work in retail and every few months a man would call for the hosiery department. He would ask questions about different styles, how they felt, etc. He was very breathy and wanted details. I couldn't just say "the control tops are scratchy" he wanted to know how things felt on different parts of the leg, the smoothness, blah blah blah.
Where I work now a lady once kept her dead hamster on a plate on top of the kitchen counter. She wanted to wait for a frost to bury it, it was January in western New York!