# Working Retail=Stupid Customers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-retail-stupid-customers/501441>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 30, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-retail-stupid-customers/501441 "2009-06-30T03:20:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-retail-stupid-customers/501441/101 "2009-07-29T07:14:00Z")

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> [@DanBlather](#):
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> Patel?

Ha! When I lived at SROs in San Fran, they were all run by Patels! Dunno if the same family, but 3 different hotels, all “Mr. Patel.”

Joe

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-retail-stupid-customers/501441/102 "2009-07-29T16:58:24Z")

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Patel is the 2nd most common name in India, and the region of Gujarat where Patels originally came from has lots and lots of merchant-class people named Patel. Thus, lots of Indian emigrants are named Patel (most emigrants from India to the West are Marathi or Gujarathi) and many of most of the merchant-caste emigrants are.

> [@wheresgeorge04](#):
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> Ha! When I lived at SROs in San Fran, they were all run by Patels! Dunno if the same family, but 3 different hotels, all “Mr. Patel.”
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> Joe

[This](http://www.aahoa.com/Source/Committee/Lifers.cfm?Section=Member_Listing) will blow your mind.

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