Salty Saturday rant: People believing we keep photos forever

Hey there! I see today is Salty Saturday and I think I may have a bit of a unique rant!

I primarily shoot for a studio that is 100+ years old and it's kinda neat working for such an old organization. However, since we've been around forever and are fairly well known in our area, there are some interactions that get a little weird.

We periodically get requests to see if we still have old photos. Sometimes they're just a few years old, but sometimes they're from decades ago. Most people are pretty chill and understanding.

"Do you have these family pictures from 1993? No? Okay, thanks for letting me know!"

However, during the COVID lockdown, these requests went from once every month or two to several each week. (I'm sure people were bored and just sorting through stuff in their house.)

The most ridiculous request also happened to come from the rudest woman.

"I want to know if I can buy the negatives from my parents' wedding in 1940something."
"I'm sorry, but we don't have negatives from that long ago."
"Can you check?"
"Ma'am, we don't have any negatives anymore. At all. And definitely not from 80 years ago."
"What?! You threw them away?! How dare you! I can't believe you'd throw them away without contacting us!"

Look lady... Not only were those negatives tossed out before I was born, they were gone before my parents were even born. I understand you're disappointed, but bitching about it accomplishes absolutely nothing.

Another bonkers request we received was from someone who sent us a snapshot of a candid photo from a wedding in the 1950s that had our logo on the folder. The person told us that they had found the picture in their deceased parents' possessions.
"Can you tell us who all these people are?"
Sure, it's an innocent question, but it relies on 3 separate and totally insane assumptions.
1. That we have ever written down the names of all the guests at every wedding.
2. That we'd hold onto that information for almost 70 years.
3. That we'd disclose client information to some random 3rd party who e-mailed us.

They were at least polite when we told them we couldn't help, but jeez... Even if you don't know anything about photography, at least one of those 3 assumptions should have struck them as silly.

Anyway, I'm glad to have an outlet to rant! I really do love my job, but you run into weirdos no matter where you work!