50 Times Customer Cluelessness Knew No Bounds (New Pics)
Interview With ExpertWhile working in the customer service industry, employees encounter a large number of people every day. Unfortunately, not all of them are nice. In fact, oftentimes, they have the ‘customer is always right’ mentality that allows them to get away with all kinds of ridiculous behavior.
To show how infuriating and exhausting it can get, Bored Panda has compiled a list of clients that seem to have no bounds when it comes to cluelessness. Scroll down to find them, and be sure to share your own experiences down below.
While you're at it, don't forget to check out a conversation with website optimization consultant, customer experience specialist, and developer Chérie Oduwole, who kindly agreed to share some tips on how to deal with rude customers.
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If They Get Bigger, I Would Start Worrying. Possible Food Spoilage Or Alien Infestation
I think I understand what she meant, and it sounds like a legitimate question.
She should have asked for a live frozen turkey so she could fatten it up
Reminds me of a time my mom asked a family friend if he came from a big family and he replied, "No ma'am, I'm the tallest one."
I used to work in a meat shop in Oslo, and we would stock kid meat. This is baby goats who are slaughtered within a week or so of birth. My heart sang when I was allowed to answer anyone who wanted one with more meat with" im sorry, but they litteraly dont have time to grow their musckles". Snobby people did a 😳
this will never cease to get a chuckle out of me, no matter how many times i see it!
A Customer From Florida Parked In Front Of The Cart Return, So I, The Cart Pusher, Started A Line Beside Their Car, And Now Customers Are Leaving Carts All Around Their Car
Well, at least the other customers knew how to handle the situation. If you park dumb, don’t be surprised when it comes to bite you in the åss.
This would be even better if the carts had the coin-opened chains to lock each one to the next, like most places in Europe.
GROAAAANNNN..humans are worse than lemmings when it comes to follow me no see
Charge Them For A Cappuccino, VIP Price
How do some people even make it out of the house in the morning?
The other people who live in the house *throw* them out.
Load More Replies...Cappuccino is made from an espresso. Black coffee is usually filter coffee or an Americano.
Correct. One part espresso, on part steamed milk, one part microfoam. (Or frothed milk if steam wand was not used.)
Load More Replies...On the other side of the counter: While at Costco I asked for a milk at the snack bar, for my son when he was a toddler, stating I would pay the iced latte price, but please only put the amount of milk used in a latte in the cup. "We don't serve milk." Explained again, very nicely. "We don't sell milk." I then ordered an Iced Latte, no coffee, no ice. I was sold half a cup of milk .
And I want a cheeseburger but with no cheese! I only like cheeseburgers but I'm lactose intolerant so make them with no cheese !
A cappuccino is espresso based so technically not reg coffee, I know exactly how you feel though, in worked in a dunks years ago but I would argue back with the customers lol
I usually say, "At least you will be safe during a Zombie Apocalypse." Feel like scoring double points if they take it as a compliment.
Funny how op's ONE and only comment they made to the customer is a simple question. And yet the customer thinks OP was "being difficult". Lol
And accordingly to others here, it's espresso, not black regular coffee?
Load More Replies...Since this list is blatant proof that customers aren’t always right, let’s look at how the opposite of this phrase came to be and why it’s so important in the realm of customer service.
The slogan is believed to have been coined by Marshall Field, who introduced this idea when he established Chicago’s first department store in 1893. Then Henry Gordon Selfridge took this concept overseas to London, where he popularized it further.
Do You Lemonade?
Lol. I used to have people come in and ask for pilots books back when I worked at a bookstore. They meant pilates but it threw me the first 3 times or so.
Also worked in a bookstore lady asked for books on geology so I got them she got angry just screaming the word geology over and over before saying the study of families. I just looked at her and said genealogy
Load More Replies...Lots of people came into the fabric store where I used to work looking for 'fox fur' or even 'fax fur'. They meant faux fur. On the other hand, when I first started working there, someone came in looking for 'tool'. "What kind of tool?" I asked. "You know, for ballet costumes," she said. I had no idea tulle was pronounced 'tool'
Don’t feel bad. In the early aughts I started working customer service for car dealership group that had Toyota that I didn’t have experience with. But they put me (the only rep for newly created position) on the phone right away and thought I was doing a great job contacting customers who recently purchased for follow up on their experience and making sure their salesperson kept them informed. All was going great until I called and asked a customer how he was enjoying his Prius that I pronounced ´pry us´ instead of ´pre us´ 🤦🏻♀️ I had only read about it online, never heard anyone pronounce it. Camry is easy. Oops.
Load More Replies...This kinda thing happens a lot where I work. Best one I can remember is someone asking for etch-uh-niece-see-uh....that's how they pronounced echinacea. 😆
That's too funny. Then again, it's quite difficult for some to pronounce, echinacea. I remember, this lady whom I used to work with asked me how to spell, "jury." So I told her, j-u-r-y. She frowned and said, "no, jury. you know - rings, bracelets..." She meant jewelry.
Load More Replies...had someone come in and ask for a "warshing machine" when i worked at target. I'd never heard of it before. WASHING MACHINE. a washing machine!
My grandmother pronounced 'wash' like that. Pretty sure it's a regional accent thing.
Load More Replies...The comment section under this one is as good as the post xD love the stories!
He started the Graphics and Print Shop as a kid with a laminate stand.
I guess we all have to start somewhere. . . If life gives you lemons, laminate!
Load More Replies...This Person Didn't Know What A Bay Leaf Was
Bring me a shrubbery. One that looks nice. And not too expensive.
Load More Replies...A surprising number of people have never encountered a bay leaf before. And then just assume that someone put a random piece of shrubbery in their food.
Noot to speak about fresh dill .. I mean, the entire dill, not cut in small pieces. Some eastern european dishes need the whole dill for more flavour. My 60+ german neighbour was amazed finding out, that the long-green-stuff in his/my stuffed cabbage was dill, and not spinat, as he thought. And yeah, that was also that plus-taste, what he needed ;)
Load More Replies...To be fair, you aren't supposed to leave the bay leaf in. At least, not in any recipe I've used.
I always pluck them out before serving. I don’t want anyone choking.
Load More Replies...I always add folhas de louro (bay leaves) to my feijão (beans). And yes, I leave them in when serving. I even store it with the leaves for left overs.
I leave it my beef stew & the leftovers are even more flavorful.
Load More Replies...To all the people saying: They needed to take the bay leaf out... have you ever cooked a restaurant batch of food? Trying to pick through and find all the bay leaves is nigh on impossible! You pick out the ones you see and try to get any others as you go - especially in dark, dense dishes like beans!
How an idiot, but the chef is supposed to remove the bay leaf before the dish is served.
Customer Service "Sucks" Nowadays
I would have used a stronger word to go with dumb.
Load More Replies...I suspect this is BS. I know people can be dense but their spelling and grammar is pretty good for a dimwit.
You can have good grammar and not know basic things, or have common sense, .... or really any sense at all!
Load More Replies...My dad once worked at a place that sold appliances at a discount with "slight" superficial damage. No returns. This one guy came in, bought a refrigerator and tossed it (not literally) in the back of his pickup. My dad warned him multiple times to tie it down, but the guy refused to. So my dad gathered some of his coworkers to watch from the window as the guy pulled out of the parking lot, making a left (in America) and the fridge tumbled out, hit the road and bounced and rolled several times. The guy came back demanding a refund, but the manager told him that it was working when he bought it, so no refund. The dent in the crossroads was visible for many years after.
I understand why you don't want such a dork to procreate, but unfortunately people like that usually also don't understand how to avoid it.
Load More Replies...The customer wants an ice box, not a refrigerator.
Yes, if my new oven turns up cold I’m gonna flip a table, the liberty!
Of course you want to be able to put a pie or a pizza in the oven the moment it arrives. ( A chap I went out with switched on his brand new oven, then went in the kitchen 20 minutes later to put a pie in the oven. There was a strange smell, so he opened the oven to find a grill pan with plastic handle, and rather a mess in the base of the oven.)
Load More Replies...The original quote was actually longer, saying that "Right or wrong, the customer is always right." Almost 100 years later, César Ritz introduced this mentality to the hospitality industry when he founded The Ritz Carlton Hotels.
His was a bit different, stating that "Le client n'a jamais tort," which translates to the customer is never wrong.
People Who Do This Are Jerks
At the grocery store I worked at as a teen, this was considered theft, since they’re taking a product and basically turning it into garbage without paying for it. Got an entitled Karen family banned from the store once when we caught them on camera leaving a $40 prime rib on a shelf in the chip & candy aisle. It was the only grocery store around for at least 45km so it was not ideal to be banned from. Karma!
Load More Replies...Chickens died for trash. This is a food crime AND animal abuse. Nothing wrong with eating meat, but this involves killing an animal, so treat it with respect.
Absolutely. Can you imagine (super hypothetical scenario here) being a cute little chicken, being plumped up and slaughtered for food, arriving to whatever afterlife there is and having some heavenly chicken being tell you, “you died so some lazy person could leave your carcass to rot on a shelf and then get thrown in the trash?”
Load More Replies...Agreed. “Jerk” is nowhere close to strong enough a word for these people.
Load More Replies...We had a smell situation at one of the registers when I worked in a supermarket and eventually discovered someone had shoved their deli sliced ham down behind the chocolate bars because they changed their mind. It was about a week old, and a very interesting colour.
Why? Just why? If I change my mind about purchasing something, I tell the cashier, and hand it to them and they put off to the side
Load More Replies...Those broiler chickens lived in hellish conditions for 8 weeks, endured a long haul in a poorly ventilated and overheated lorry before getting to the kill floor. If they are "unlucky", they will accidentally be boiled alive before slaughter. And in the end, their body parts cannot be sold because some lazy [enter choice of bad word(s) here] didn't feel like going back to the meat section.
I once opened up a shoebox at target, you know to try on a pair of shoes. But in the box was a rotten package of very colorful and fuzzy meat
I used to work in a supermarket. So many things have to go into the waste because sometimes left a frozen item in the fridge section, or a chilled item in the dry goods. A lot of people like to hide things behind other things for no good reason. The most surprising thing I remember was a dress complete with hanger on top of the chilled raw chicken breasts
"I Love To Work In Customer Service"
Oh c**p!! The live one isn't in it's display? We'll be careful walking around. They can bite you.
She also doesn't seem to understand the difference between a museum and a zoo.
Maybe she thought that the museum IS the zoo; or, vice-versa.🤦♀️
Load More Replies...Perhaps she saw that amazing documentary... What was it called... Jurassic Park?
Right, with the presenters that got really involved with the animals. And the other documentaries in that series, Jurassic World, was it?
Load More Replies...What do you mean Diego from Ice Age is extinct? The movies came out not that long ago.
She can have my mammoth, it is shedding all over the place right now and complaining about the heat.
A Restaurant Review I Stumbled On. The Customer Is So Many Kinds Of Wrong
Staff reading review: Hope that last sentence is a promise.
Who started that the customer is always right nonsense? You should get what you pay for in a timely courteous manner and that is it!
It's actually the customer is always right in matters of taste. So you can buy the ugliest thing I've ever seen but it's to your taste so to you it is beautiful so you are right. When it comes to policy or common sense the customer is usually quite wrong
Load More Replies..."I will not be returning anytime soon." Not even to get your kids?
I'm surprised she returned with the money.... judging by her intellect exhibited in the review.
Load More Replies...I'll give you the food back on my plate that I've slobbered all over, see-its fine....
And food that your grubby little kids have had their grubby little hands over that food. Surely customer doesn't think the store will just give it to someone else????
Load More Replies...No joke. My wife tried this once and I walked to the counter. Apologized for her behavior paid the bill and left the building without her. It wasnt sushi, my kid just didnt eat what they took from the buffet but still. I said to her "What are they gonna do hun? Sort the various items that are now cross contaminated and put them back in their pods under the espouses that our 5 year old DIDNT touch them with her hands?" She said " Maybe. Im gonna ask." She thought she was right until everyone of our friends broke the news to her gently that she was a psychopath.
Before this phrase was introduced to the customer service industry, the client wasn’t exactly treated well. In fact, it was the opposite. The person who bought the product was fully responsible for inspecting its quality and reporting any problems before the item was purchased. It wasn’t up to the seller to reveal anything about the commodities they offered or provide assistance to the customer.
Clueless People Who Don't Know Where They Are Going
I scanned it over and I had to re read it because I read British and stupid
Load More Replies...Cut a tortilla into strips, cover with salsa... here's your Mexican spaghetti
This makes me imagine what Mexican spaghetti would end up being, should someone choose to give it a go
In a fiery salsa sauce, and spicy meatballs....doesn't sound too bad as a fusion food?
Load More Replies...As I responded to somebody else, Sopa de Fideo is super common in Mexico, my kids love it, although they make a mess of it. Pasta, as a general rule, is not as common in Latin America as it is in Europe or North America. But it's not unheard of either. Technically, "fideo" which just means noodles in Spanish, isn't made the same way as spaghetti. It's a toasted noodle, but you can substitute spaghetti and the flavors will still work. But also keep in mind that Mexico is a very large country, with a varied set of regional cuisines.
Just cut some 12 ince flour tortillas, fry them lightly, toss them with salsa roja and some chorizo crumbled up and tell 'em it's Mexican Spaghetti. Then turn out the lights and exclaim about a power outage and make it to go.
Get out, go home and open a effing can of spaghetti! Next time you fluff brain take your dumbass to an Italian Restaurant and order tacos, see how that works for you!
I have been to some ethnic restaurants with kid friendly food. I think I had a hamburger at a Chinese restaurant when I was a kid.
Customer Bought Wheels And Tires Online. After Advising Multiple Times That The Tires Are Too Small For His SUV He Insisted For Us To Put Them On
Don't know who is worse, the customer or the mechanic. If he wrecks because of the smaller tires, the ship is liable. They warned him but did it anyway
Load More Replies...I call baloney on this one. No reputable auto shop would install those tires, primarily due to liability reasons.
Ok I was wondering if I was the only one thinking this. Good to know I'm not!
Load More Replies...All my friends know the low rider, yeah. The low rider is a little higher, yeah. The low rider drives a little slower. Low rider is a real goer.
If they clear the brakes and suspension, he is welcome to enjoy his inaccurate speedometer and terrible fuel economy.
I made something like that before. I was 6 and playing with LEGO, but it looked like this.
My guess is that he has something else that is much smaller than he thinks...
Scrolled Across This Gem Someone Posted Today At A Local Grocery Store
First: Call the police. Wait until they arrive. Unplug the charger. Tell him he is trespassing and if he does not leave, these nice policeman are here to arrest him. Smile.
Trespassing and stealing electricity
Load More Replies...Why didn't the store manager just unplug him? (Tesla drivers are the absolute worst!)
So when business introduced the concept of ‘customer is always right’, they flocked to them, as they weren’t used to being treated with this level of consideration and care. Over time, many variations of this philosophy became popular globally.
Standing In Line At The Bank, And The Current Customer Chooses This To Be The Perfect Time To Paint Her Toenails
I would just pass over her with a Sorry-but-you-are-in-the-way....
Load More Replies...Hey, at least she didn't CLIP her nails there.. and leave the clippings on the floor. Seen that on an airplane..smh
Ugh my old coworker used to do that at his desk….right on the sales floor in front of everyone, at least once a week. Like he must have never done it at home and specifically saved it to do at work. Baffling and gross. 🤢
Load More Replies...This One
I don't think one can teach math to a Karen. They'll just end up asking for a manager.
Load More Replies...The post literally said “he”. Still a Karen. But it’s a man 👨
Load More Replies...AI recently argued (yes argued, not just answered) that 9.11>9.9, and subtracted it to get .21, then did it in Python and said Python gave an answer of -0.79. But then continued by saying the discrepancy is due to the way floating-point arithmetic is handled in Python, which can lead to small precision errors, and then said Python should have given its own incorrect answer. This means we are now going to have our very first individuals who have been taught by AI instead of humans.
Math dyslexia is a b***h. But getting mad?? He probably felt embarrassed and angry at himself, but directed it at the wrong person. It's one of those times you just can't take it personally.
Product of "The New Math" generation and always use a calculator instead of learning math!! Dumber than Dirt!
Scammers Never Take A Day Off
Other thing happened to family, who drives a Kia and got car stolen - twice so far. Last time the thieves left a pair of shoes in the car, so they are now the owner of some shoes. I don't know the specifics but I would like to place an ad for them parodying Hemingway - something like "Sale: shoes, worn. Thieves left them."
Sure thing, Bless your heart, just drive 'em on down when y'all get your car back, ya hear!
In Germany, it became ‘Der Kunde ist König,’ translating into ‘the customer is king.’ In Japan, the slogan reads ‘okyakusama wa kamisama desu,’ or ‘the customer is god.’ Spain has the phrase ‘El cliente siempre tiene la razón,’ implying that “the customer always has a reason." All of them ensure fair trade practices and build great relationships with clients.
The Audacity
What a thing to say, "... y'aint doing nothing. you cans stay open..." I hope they didn't wait for that customer.
"Y'aint doing nothing. It's not like you're actual people with families and lives to get home to."
Load More Replies...The correct answer after his response would be "Sure, then come on down!" And then close at 10 as you told him.
It's almost as though the lowly employee has an actual personal life to get to......
Dipshit! Come on down, however, doors will be locked and lights out! Go for it!
I’ve noticed that those who don’t do anything in life, tend to project that others are like them.
Lady Goes To Self Checkout, Makes Attendant Unload Her Cart, Scan And Bag Each Item
At the grocery store, we crossed paths with the lady in white shopping and loading her cart. We go to check out, and she is there, making the self-checkout attendant unload her cart, scan, and bag each item. Then she had the attendant place the bags in her cart. Note that she had way more items than you should for self-checkout, and a recommendation was made by the employee that she consider going to the standard checkout, which had nobody in line, and she refused. Poor attendant had to stop every so often to go to every other self-checkout and do overrides and I'd checks. The customer was perfectly capable of doing all this herself.
I'd help her. I'd also have a conversation about every single item I scanned. And I'd go help someone else every 4th item. I'm here another 5 hours and so are you ma'am.
I’d refuse and tell her to go to a manned till, what a horrible person
Genuine question. Do some stores actually have a limit on how many items can be purchased at a self checkout? I've never seen that to be the case at the grocery store I go to.
Not that I've seen. And I'm not at all excusing this woman's actions, but sometimes when I have a cart full of groceries I still have to use self checkout because they don't have any manned cash registers. Or they have one and it's got a line out the door with other people's full carts. I've never, and will never, make the self-checkout person ring up my items for me though. That's a new level of entitlement I've never seen.
Load More Replies...My mother works what they call the bullpen at Wally World (self checkout). She has customers demand she check them out as well, but she always refuses. Her logic is if Wally World wants her to check people out, they need to put her on an individual register and if the customer wants that experience, they need to go to a manned register.
I don't blame her at all. I know a lot of customers are mad that Walmart is cutting back on manned checkouts, so maybe they're trying to protest.
Load More Replies...Selfish b***h. I hope she sees her disgraceful photo on here. If you do...YOURE A CLASSLESS B***H WHO SHOULD BE FORCED TO DO HIS JOB!
He Really Wanted The Full Price
In a former job I was category manager for a major bookshop chain. We had a popular children's book on special - reduced from $29.99 to $19.99 for a limited time. A customer rang and said she was reporting us to the Commerce Commission because she peeled off the $19.99 sticker and there was a $29.99 sticker underneath, so we were ripping people off. Ummm, ok!
Reminds me of the problem Burger King had with a 1/3rd Pounder promotion. People didn't buy it because they thought a Quarter Pounder (1/4) was larger.
I can kind of see that. You have an expectation and it doesn't match reality. Of course I generally waive my annoyance when it's something good, but in principle I can see it.
This mentality doesn’t necessarily mean that customers can do no wrong. Instead, it comes from a place wanting to ensure customer satisfaction by making them feel heard and valued, says website optimization consultant, customer experience specialist, and developer Chérie Oduwole to Bored Panda. "It was put in place to encourage businesses to prioritize the customer's experience.
Customers have the power to make or break a company, so it’s important to meet their expectations. If not, they can quickly take their business elsewhere. That’s why even the most difficult customers deserve to feel seen and heard.
Some People Are Really Clueless
I used to work closing at Blockbusters and our cutoff for returns was whenever we pulled all the tapes from the return bin. IIRC, we closed at midnight and it took like 30-60 minutes to close the store. People would see me in there cleaning and get mad that I couldn't mark their return as one time at 12:45am. Do they not know that the register has to be closed and counted? People like them are why EVERYONE should have to work customer service.
OH, one time someone set fire to the Target I worked at and there were probably 15-20 employees out front, a handful of shoppers, two fire trucks and three cop cars. We still had people drive up and ask if we were open. One insane woman wanted us to just go back in to put her clearance paper shredder to the side for her. Lady, none of us are going into a building where I actually saw fire and grabbing that for you. Either stay to see if we reopen today, or come back tomorrow.
Working with a new employee once, they didn't know how to lock the door properly (it had a floor lock) and we figured that we'd check it before leaving. A mom comes up to the door, rattles it, pushes on it, rattles it again and then gets the deadbolt separated from the two doors. Then she sticks her head in and asks if we're open. This was at a store in the mall that was on a corner that had entirely GLASS WALLS. And we were mopping up and cleaning. During opening hours, the doors are always open.
What part of a locked door indicates to you that we might still be open?!
How do they even get close enough to as? Wouldn't you walk up to the door, which won't open, see the closing times listed there, have your answer and go?
We posted a sign, on the door, a week before Christmas Eve: Closing at 3 pm. Lock the door, turn off the sign. People were still knocking at 4 pm. We. Are. Closed.
Load More Replies...Customer Got Mad Because His Debit Card Wouldn’t Work
... just rip it off and leave ... it's self-checkout, after all.
Load More Replies...Worked at a movie theater back in the day. Customer was asked to show ID to purchase a ticket for an R-rated movie. He didn't have any ID, got mad they wouldn't sell him the ticket so he punched the box office glass, shattering it
Face it. Some of us have had thoughts of doing this to the self-checkout machines when they p**s us off. All in fantasy, of course. Been wondering if anyone ever acted on it. I know I wouldn't because I have enough sense to know it's not worth it. I guess certain people don't have enough control over themselves. At least it doesn't sound like he hurt anyone.
Friend Is A Mechanic. This Was One Of The Cars A Customer Dropped Off
A truck like this came into our service centre recently. Mechanic was doing an oil change and took almost 30 mins to notice there was a cat living in the truck cab too :( litter box hidden under the rubble and everything
Load More Replies...I did once when someone tried to get a vacuum worked on after they tried to vacuum up poop.
Load More Replies...You just refuse service until they bring it in a decent shape. Not that hard and you're probably not going to miss their business anyway.
There seem to be a lot of unsatisfied clients. The National Customer Rage Survey found that 74% of customers had an issue with a product or service in the last year, up by 8% from 2020. A US study found that 81% of customer service employees deal with verbal abuse from clients, and 36% have even received violent threats. 43% of customers confessed to raising their voice when communicating with customer support.
Why Are You Like This, Target Shoppers?
ANY shoppers, not just at target. Does this happen outside of the US?
In the UK this is a regular occurrence in Primark because Primark sells cheap clothes, so many customers seem to think that makes it OK to just throw stuff anywhere.
Load More Replies...I would NEVER do this. I was raised better than that. Thanks Mom!
In the UK it's Primark shoppers who act like wild animals
That's because they are a certain type of people who shop there. Swimming in the shallow end of the gene pool.
Load More Replies...I worked retail for many years. If you were on the closing shift you had to tidy the store before you could leave. Nearly every night it was all hands on deck to straighten the shoe department after all other departments were done. Like so many things, as soon as one person doesn't put back what they tried on, the next person takes it as an invitation to do the same.
I try to put them back in the box exactly as I found them... it really isn't difficult...
Gotta disagree. I can put the shoes back, sure. But the 18 pieces of paper and foam in dome boots I tried on recently - sorry, beyond my puzzle skills
Load More Replies...Went to a shoe store last week and it was straight up mayhem. There was only one poor soul working, and he looked so defeated. I ended up buying two left shoes because I did not check and neither did the overworked cashier. It was funny once I got home and my husband asked, what the hell is this? Some sort of joke?
Ppl are slobs and couldn't care less about who leans up after them. Just shows their lack of class
Entitled people. I can guarantee you that in their world it's the store workers job to put them back in the box and on the shelf.
As If Having More Bags Is Going To Make Things Lighter Somehow
A woman went alone to a pizzaria and ordered a pepperoni. The server asked if she wanted it cut in six pieces or eight. The woman answered, "You'd better make it six. I don't think I can eat eight pieces of pizza."
For some reason I’m weird when it comes to food as no matter the size of the slices I always have 3 no matter how big or small. It doesn’t make sense but that’s just how I am
Load More Replies...This reminds me of idiots who do not understand aspect ratio. They give you a portrait image and want it stretched to landscape. When you do that, they are like, no that made my face all fat in the photo. Fix it! Then you stretch it back to portrait aspect ratio, and they say no I want it to fill the landscape picture frame! Then you stretch it and they are like, "Now my face is fat again!" ... people this stupid should probably not have children.
I had no car in college, so I had to walk to bring groceries back to my apartment, each hand holding a bag. So yes, they packed it for me that way.
I am old and use trolleys and still would never attempt to carry five bagfuls in two..she knows it silly old girl just being annoying..
The fact that Americans can't bag their own groceries is mind-blowing
The fact that many Americans seem to think that bagging groceries is an essential service that they are "owed" is also mind-blowing.
Load More Replies...If you are old and weakened it is way easier to carry one bag with half the contents in each hand, and not everything in one hand.
The Grocery Store Had This Caution Tape Up Because They Are Redoing The Floors And That Is Wet Cement
An old man on an electric buggy lifted the tape and drove straight into the cement and then said, "I didn't know that was wet cement. They should have a sign-up." Umm, there was a caution tape...
I could sort of explain it the other way around - if you're blind and know the layout by heart, for instance, you might be unaware of a sign, and a physical barrier might help. But this is just ridiculous.
i am actually more concerned about what looks like a large pile of $hit on the floor to the right.......
Caution tape is for smart people, other's well I guess they need a sign with great big letters, attached to the caution tape. We have a rotating door at the hospital, it is not turned on (that's a whole different story) there is caution tape across the inside entrance to the door, there were signs attached to bright yellow sawhorses outside the door, at least once a month someone will lift the tape and try to leave through the non-rotating door. Or they move the sawhorses and try to enter that way.
So, my husbands store had a problem with card paying. Very inconvenient, but allas, we (retailers and service in general) don't do that because we find it so very funny to handle angry customers, but things happen and we can't change it. My husband put signs on the door, in the middle of the way (a very narrow by that, so normally no way you wouldn't see it) at the check out and his cashier occasionally told everyone, that only cash is possible at the moment. The amount of people handling their cards out at the check out is astonishing. But the one who swung round her card in front of the cashiers nose and said, where it's stated, that card isn't available at the moment. And my husband said there, there and there and my cashier tells everyone. And she dead a*s said 'Now, should I read that?' ... so, you can put 1000 signs on, in the middle of the way, that people will stumble over and they still won't get it. You can't heal dumb and ignorance.
Hearing out and dealing with unsatisfied customers isn’t easy, therefore, Oduwole has a few tips on how to make it more manageable. "Put yourself in their shoes, she says. "How would you want to be treated in their situation? Always respond calmly, with understanding and compassion. Ask questions to grasp the issue fully, and repeat what you've understood to ensure the customer feels heard."
Being A Cinema Worker And Having To Clean Up After These Delightful People. Yes, Sadly, The Boxes Are Still Half Full Of Soggy Cereal And Milk
I don't get people who don't throw their garbage away in general after a movie. It takes less than 5 minutes to gather up the trash and walk it out to the nearest garbage. Though I'm gonna assume the cereal eaters were high because I feel like that kind of idea doesn't occur in sober minds. I could be wrong though.
At my local cinema they ask you to leave your rubbish by your seats - maybe because you have to recycle here and they can’t trust people to put things in the right bins. I’ve never seen anyone eat cereal with milk in the cinema though!
Load More Replies...You think that's bad? I stood up at the end of a movie and discovered I had a suspiciously damp seat to my jeans. My family confirmed it- some kid (I'm assuming it was a kid) had peed into the seat. I didn't detect it myself because my sense of smell has been rubbish since I my first round of Covid in 2020.
At this point I'd just start charging a clean-up fee and have the seats reserved only, so can bill the proper people
I'm sorry but WHO the hell eats cereal like this?! I don't care where you are, if you want milk with your cereal, use a bowl, and not in a theater!
It's so embarrassing to leave a theater when folks have trashed it. I want to tell them I was not involved, but it doesn't help. I will never understand this selfish c**p. This thread is awful and wholly accurate.
Had a lovely conversation once. Someone threw their receipt & candy wrappers into a trashcan & missed. When I said, 'Oy! You dropped something!' they smirked & replied with: "They get paid to pick up after me!" To which I responded: "But they are not picking up after you, they are taking care of the store. It's like if a stray cat had somehow gotten inside your house & puked on the floor, you would clean the floor. Not because you'd be picking up after the stray cat, but because you'd want your house clean." They looked at me like I just confessed to burning down an orphanage. "Did you compare me to a puking stray cat??" I said, "No, I would never do that! A cat wouldn't be able to help themselves!" If looks could kill, I'd be still twitching on the floor. It was a satisfying convo.
Years ago we were in the Philippines and went to a movie. The sign said no smoking, drinking, etc, as would be fairly usual. But then it said no fish sauce. They would only put that on if it has been a problem.
Tell Me You Are Entitled, Without Telling Me You Are Entitled
Wasn’t aware of the time, but references the time at least three times, and knows what time it wasn’t when they arrived. Makes total sense /s
Even at my work place, I tend to have the lights closed, and the open sign shut off, 10 minutes before closing time.
Load More Replies...I have a feeling that the "old man" didn't say anything because he knew this entitled customer wasn't going to take "we are closed" as an answer. Probably safer to signal from the inside.
@quentariel: You are right. I am sure he knew she was going to hold up the closing.
Load More Replies...Did...did you self-censor the word "loser," or did BP do that? Let's see: Loser EDIT: Didn't get censored when I hit save, but maybe it takes a while for the bot to notice it.
Load More Replies...Really?? Are people really this oblivious? 5pm means 5pm! Not 5:04 , not 5:01. Rules apply to everyone regardless of how special some think they are
Five shall be the hour of the closing, and the hour of the closing shall be five. 5:04 is right out!
Load More Replies...Told The Customer To Pack The Laptops With Care. This Is How That Worked Out
Moron. How do these people stay alive. You have to be literally too stupid to keep yourself alive.
"If you cannot fulfill the customer's request because it violates your policies or isn't factually correct, present clear evidence," she further suggests. "Reference your terms of service or any other relevant documentation. Honesty is key here."
Offering different ways to address the customer's concerns can quickly de-escalate the situation, Oduwol adds.
Customer Guessed I Was Around 3-4 Months Along. I’m Not Pregnant
Who tries to guess how many months pregnant someone is without even knowing if they’re pregnant? Sounds kinda messed up if you ask me
" kind of messed up?!" Clueless. Rude as hell. If this is the way she speaks to strangers, I pity her friends, if she has any.
Load More Replies...Cardinal Rule #4,8329: If yer not absolutely sure - do not even inquire about a pregnancy status! Oie!
And never tell a woman that you don't like the smell of her perfume. She may not be wearing any.
Load More Replies...I thought a common rule was to never assume somone is pregnant. Can be very annoying if the woman is not pregnant, it could seem you are just being rude about her tummy being bigger than you think it should be.
As a fat chick, trust me, it's very rude to assume! I haven't been pregnant for nearly 40 years but that hasn't stopped various people over the years asking me when I'm expecting. If it's a stranger I'll never see again I just grab my stomach and say, "Any day now!", to avoid a hassle. Humiliating.
Load More Replies...3-4 months along is a weird guess. My experience tells me women don't really start showing until around 5 months.
It's very different from pregnancy to pregnancy. There are very early bellies but also very late.
Load More Replies...There can be a kids head coming out of a woman's vajayjay and I ain't saying s**t.
As a nurse that is about the only time I will say "please correct me if I am wrong but are you pregnant?" ;P Friend of mine who never lost her "baby weight" because she had multiple kids and just did not care; gave up telling people she was not pregnant. She would just smile and nod and say "about half way done". Eventually turned out she had an ovarian tumour. She had thought she had endo (she did as well) hence the persistent abdominal swelling every month and the crippling pain. She ended up telling people to go get checked regularly and get a proper diagnosis not just the "lose weight" brush off most women receive
Load More Replies...The last time someone asked if I was pregnant was the last time I ever wore a peasant top. Apparently that type of shirt makes me look about 6 months along. :(
Someone Is Walking Around The Store Eating Chicken Wings And Tossing The Bones On The Floor
And you just know he is handling other products, looking at them, deciding they don't want them, and just putting them back on the shelf, leaving a dirty greasy trail in their wake.
These same folks probably have snack bags and candy wrappers all over the floor in their home
This has to be Philadelphia. When I first moved here, I thought there surely must be a lot of Macumbeiros (voodoo practitioners) around, because there were chicken bones scattered on every corner. Please know that I'm pretty familiar with the practices of Candomblé and other Afro-Brazilian religions, and I realize these bones weren't really being left behind by a priestess. It's just a joke.
considering your username I would've expected you to be a good deal madder.
Load More Replies...I was shocked at that Until I Saw the sheer SIZE of those packets 😮😮😮 They're bigger than a toddler 😮😮😮
I'm Being Harassed At Work. There’s This One Customer Who Keeps Coming Into The Store I Work At To Hit On Me And Talk For An Hour At A Time, Coming In Multiple Times A Day
Ignoring my clear requests to stop. Today he came in with perfume. My boss won’t do anything about it.
Sure looks like stalking to me! If your imbecile of a manager won't do anything, find another job if you can.
Load More Replies...You could sue the living daylights outta your employer for not stopping harrassment. You aren't just protected from other employees who might harass you but customers too. Also, you should call the cops and start getting his harrassment on file.
Yikes! I had a customer who creeped me out and my boss insisted on a male co-worker walking me to my car for a few weeks. Didn't see that customer again thankfully. This should not be down played!
Document everything. Press charges with the police, and then explain to corporate why you involved law enforcement.
We used to have a man coming in and taken photos of one of the girls who worked on a checkout. They banned him from the store.
Threaten them with the cops. Police can't do anything, but it might get your point across.
if you are in the US, sometimes you gotta remind HR that it is an employer's responsibility to take reasonable precautions/steps to protect employees from harassment at work, both from coworkers AND from customers. per the US Department of Labor: "The Department prohibits harassing conduct at every level in the organization, including when the conduct is committed by administrators, supervisors, managers, co-workers, contractors, clients, or customers, and could offend an employee even if they are not the intended target. " https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/centers-offices/civil-rights-center/internal/policies/DOL-Policy-Statement-on-Harassing-Conduct-in-the-Work
Lastly, she emphasizes that maintaining respect is crucial when dealing with unsatisfied customers. "Remember, respect goes both ways. If the customer continues to be rude or irate, politely remind them that you're here to help and that mutual respect is necessary. If the disrespect persists, set boundaries by letting the customer know you're ending the conversation. Depending on your role, you can then escalate the issue or focus on serving other customers who are pleasant to work with."
Customers That Leave Frozen Food In Dry Food Aisles
A chicken died for absolutely no reason at all. I mean, I'm a carnivore. I like my meat. But this is just wrong.
Depending on how long it's left there, that meat could become contaminated and thus inedible.
Load More Replies...I used to work in a supermarket and the saddest thing was when you found children's clothes or toys dumped in the booze aisle. They had picked up something nice for the kids but decided that they couldn't afford that and the cheap vodka. Sorry kids!
When I see this, I'll actually return it to where it belongs. Unless it's meat. And people wonder why food is so expensive!!
But Wouldn't A Dull Axe Cause More Issues?
My MiL won't sharpen her kitchen knives because she's afraid someone will break into her house and stab her with her own kitchen knives. When my wife explained this to me, I said it's generally worse to be "cut" (or, rather, *torn*) with a dull knife.
I don't know if this is really true, but in a crime show a surgeon said, that it was lucky the victim was stabbed with a sharp knife, so it was easy to sew him up again. And the victim got well, so maybe.
Load More Replies...Easy peasy, just hit a concrere a few times to get a delightfully dull and misshapen axe blade.
I Really Hate It When People Do This. Take A Minute And Put It Back Where You Found It
I have to put it back. It drives me nuts not to. Edit to say not if other people have left it out. I give it to the clerk or who ever the worker is around. I meant when I decide not to get something I take it back to where I got it from. Sometimes it's all the way in the back.
NO. Alert an employee or take it to the front. You don't know how long food item has been out. Also, in some places food safety laws require food to not be sold if not refrigerated for any length of time. I volunteered with a food charity. One time we got a whole freezer worth of meat and other stuff donated because the freezer lost power for a few minutes. It was perfectly fine - most of it still frozen by the time it got to our shop - but the grocery store still couldn't sell it so they donated it. EDIT: In case you were wondering, much of what was donated to us was technically considered "animal food" for liability purposes. If we chose to eat it any risk was on us. But that was a liability game. I was on the board for about six years and I don't know of a single case of any of our members getting sick from the food. This is USA where the food safety laws are more strict than in some countries.
Load More Replies...Or at least make an effort to put it somewhere frozen. Like, veggies in with the frozen pizza isn't the optimal solution but it's better than letting it get spoiled.
There is also the opposite problem of people putting non-frozen things in the freezer, making it unfit for sale. Can't tell you the number of times I've seen milk alternatives frozen solid, and it's doubly absurd when the fridge where they belong is in literally the same short aisle. So, the take a dozen steps, change their mind and shove it in a freezer instead.
Do the employees return stuff like this to be sold ater being left out to thaw?
I imagine it depends what it is and how long it's been out. Meat would probably be an automatic throw in the bin other things, like vegetables maybe not if the temperature is still within safe limits.
Load More Replies...I used to work in a supermarket and the saddest thing was when you found children's clothes or toys dumped in the booze aisle. They had picked up something nice for the kids but decided that they couldn't afford that and the cheap vodka. Sorry kids!
You could just hand it to the cashier when you check out and simply say I don't want this or I changed my mind....it's not that hard
Take you lazy a*s back to where you got and then get the hell out of the store!
Remarks Like This Make Me Wish Mechanics Could Make People Retake Their Driver's License Test
Last week, I replaced a battery in a customer's car, and she is trying to claim the battery is causing weird things to happen to her car now. This morning, she said the red line was never there before the battery was replaced and wants a refund. Lord, help me.
The Aftermath Of A Customer Who Accidentally Got The Wrong Burrito
I was a manager for Taco Bell last year, and we accidentally put red sauce on someone’s bean burrito (they asked for no red sauce), so he punched the drive-through window in, shattered the front door, and smeared his food on all the lobby windows.
People get way too upset over food mistakes. So you got the wrong burrito? Tell someone, they'll make it right, wait a few minutes. You'll get the right burrito. It doesn't have to be a big deal.
And usually if you're nice about it you can keep the mistake one and get the re-made one free!
Load More Replies...F- the damage... it must have been terrifying for the staff and other customers seeing that psychopath do his thing.
Load More Replies...I really hope this person has no kids, no spouse or anyone put into danger by those zero-anger-managment-issues!
I would have asked for a different one, but that's just me.
I often get mistakes. I have never been this level of angry.
Load More Replies...This one was posted on the wrong page. It should be on the page for poor customer service.
Lmao did anyone hear that one call where the lady went to Carl's Jr and called the police cause her hamburger was wrong. The dispatcher told her we can't assist you with that as it's not an emergency, karen says "why not? Your supposed to be here to protect me" dispatcher says, "what are we protecting you from?" "Wrong hamburger?"
Did You Keep It?
I feel like this is just a saying that means "I don't want the inconvenience of fumbling with the coin(s). I've worked in customer service for over 25 years, and I don't mind it, I just throw it in the penny bowl. Everywhere that gives change has one. Although if you're delivering something or performing a different service, then that's really sh*tty.
Yeah, context is important here. If it's a tip on a delivery, it's hella rude, if it was at a grocery store, it would be a gesture to not bother trying to work on the change when it's not necessary.
Load More Replies...‘Keep the change’ isn’t about giving a bad tip, it just means don’t fuss with the small coins. Nothing wrong with that.
I went through a drive-thru one time and, I don't remember my total but for story sake we'll say my total was $16.57. I gave the cashier $21.57, so I could just get $5 back (I didn't want all the 1's and change). He refused to take it saying I gave him too much and it didn't make sense. I explained it was so I could get a $5 back as change and he was utterly dumbfounded. I eventually had to give up because he was adamant. I took the money back and just gave him the $20. I really didn't think it was that hard. I mean, he has a cash register. All he had to do was put in the amount I gave him and it tells him how much change to give back. I'm still at a loss lol
This is different depending where you live. Some countries still have 1 cent, but in Australia everything is rounded oof because our smallest coin is 5 cents, unless you pay by card.
I typically say “I don’t want the coins” as they prepare to give me change. If it’s all coins, I say the same. That way they know I’m not trying to pat myself on the back for being generous, but I don’t want the hassle. Side note: the last time I had a pocket full of coins, I complained to my husband and said I’d pay him a dollar to take them off me. I am that annoyed by them. So he told me to just stop taking them. It was an “oh, duh!” lightbulb moment.
This Intake Form I Got From A Massage Client Who "Didn’t Want To Fill It Out"
I know you don’t take me seriously, but I do need to know if you have had surgeries or epilepsy.
Tell them you can't help them and to try a different message business.
The "I know you don't take me seriously" got to me. I almost started to cry. I take you seriously, whoever you are. You're a human person with your own thoughts and feelings and expertise. And I respect you
Reminds me of when I worked for a local government office that issued a particular kind of business permit. There were a few times that applicants refused to fill out the application form because they didn't want the government to have their information.
Send a kind person over to apologise that you didn’t realise they were going to need help filling out the form.
I got my first massage ever in December. I was very surprised with the paperwork. But I figured if they are asking it must be important for the task at hand.
As a massage therapist, I can assure y’all that we don’t ask these questions out of prurient curiosity. There can be serious contradictions to performing massage with certain conditions, or adaptations needed to prevent injury with others. We’re just doing our due diligence. I am not going to risk injuring or killing somebody just because they’re too lazy or paranoid to share important information. If a client completes a form this way and refuses to redo it, I’ll not only turn them away, but charge them for the session for wasting my time. They’re costing me money taking up a spot that could be used by a client who wants help.
Customers Spraypaint Testing On The Floor
If this is a common issue, why not have a piece of board there for testing? Shouldn't have to, but it saves the floor.
Nobody should be spraying spray paint in a store. Cardboard or no. I've seen art stores with a test paper pad for PENS, which is reasonable. But spray paint fumes go all over, as does the overspray.
Load More Replies...To be fair, I was looking for some spray paint a while back at The Home Depot. I asked the employee in that dept if they had swatches other than the lid color, because two were really close in hue and I couldn’t decide which was more accurate to what I was seeking. She opened both cans and sprayed them onto the floor. Maybe their policy is “if ya can’t beat em, join em.”
Yeah, this is common at Home Depot - the customer still should've checked that this store allows it but it's common to test spray paint at hardware stores
Load More Replies...To all the people saying they should have a board for "testing". Would you want to buy a can of paint that had been "tested" a bunch of times? Also, the paint has to dry before you can see the final color. Do you "test" food at the grocery store?
Yeah, if they allow people to do that, there should be testers for that, and all other spray paint cans should be sealed.
Load More Replies...I once had to ask a mother to stop letting her kids vandalise the signage in my shop. She looked surprised and said “oh. Well if you don’t want it you should have a sign”.
Take a photo of her, print it on a sheet that says "no admission for this person", put it up on the door of the shop... in front of her, so she sees you doing it.
Load More Replies...that's why so many places have that stuff locked up and you have to get someone with a key
I Would Have Told Them To Leave
Who orders just one small anchovy? Like I love anchovies, call me weird, but like, that’s like going to an ice cream place and asking for 1 sprinkle.
what if dude had never tried them before and wanted to experience an anchovy on his pizza without getting a pizza full of them? I'd do that just to see how it tastes and if I like anchovies on my pizza...
Load More Replies...Who the heck downvoted you? Here's an upvote. Hope the anchovy was tasty.
Load More Replies...Must have been some sort of joke. Wonder if they charged him price for extra toppings?
Do you mean the entire pizza that would have come with "one" anchovy?
Load More Replies...how did the customer not notice he paid a full pizza price for one anchovy???
I don't know why this is even relevant to the story but funny story, when I was younger I would go fishing with my dad. One morning we went and I got hungry. Those little red balls that are fish bait was laying out on his chair, well I didn't think it was for fishing cause of where he put it. I took a pinch as I thought they were red hots lmao needless to say I threw up and my dad laughed his a*s off and when I got older he said he watched me open them!!! Didn't stop me!! Lmao jerk
People Who Leave Their Trash On Shelves In Stores
This is why most stores say no food or drink allowed! Doesn't stop people though.
Many stores like Target and other grocery stores have a Starbucks inside them.
Load More Replies...I have been guilty of this, although unintentionally. I set my coffee down and forget it when I walk off. When I remember I go find it, but there have been times I haven't remembered until I'm 30 miles away. I do feel guilty though
There's "oops, I set my drink down and forgot it" and there's "I don't want to deal with my trash, someone else will". The first one is an accident, the second deserves punishment.
Target Nail Polish Aisle
Kamryn, Finley, and whomever else is in this presumably middle school girl crew decided to claim damn near every display in the nail polish aisle.
If you name your kid "Kamryn" or "Finley", you're destined to have one of these...
And then people complain when targets starts putting this stuff behind locked glass. At my target everything requires a store attendant to open the glass.
My CVS is doing that with most everything now, but mainly due to theft.
Load More Replies...The fact that someone named their kid "Kamryn" instead of "Cameron" pisses me off more than the polish.
If I see it looking like that I won’t buy anything, because I feel like the bottles will be half empty
It Is 11, And Two Closing Announcements Have Already Been Made. Customers Decide To Stop And Have A Reunion
You say that, but when working for a national brand pharmacy, we had customers come in 3 min till closing and walk around WELL past the lights going off, like nothing was wrong.
Load More Replies...Sadly how i would give for those 20 minutes of just standing and waiting for her and maybe my aunts to stop having their reunions now, she passed away May 22th 2023, and I miss those times....well no w there having all the reunions now
Load More Replies...Someone Ate A Pack Of Raw Mussels They Got From The Grocery Store And Left The Scraps At The Cafe
Someone Returned A LEGO Set Because They Didn't Know LEGOS Came In Pieces
My son will take it. He is currently putting a Lego together. He has ADHD but the patience to put these together. Now we have shelves for his Legos because he started wanting to save them instead of putting them in a Lego tub bucket. He got his sister one for her birthday and is sitting and putting it together for her.
off topic but: focus and ADHD aren't mutually exclusive. ADHD is misleadingly named - it's arguably not a disorder, many people with it aren't hyperactive, and it's not an attention deficit as much as...well...a lot of things, but more an attention binary. We're all over the place or super focused (hyperfocused is the term), with a lot less if any in-between that non-ADHDers have. There's also other stuff associated with ADHD obviously, like executive functioning issues, impulsivity, limited working memory, dopamine shortages, etc. Also, that's sweet of your son.
Load More Replies...How does anyone in the civilized world not know what LEGO is? And of course, any logical person would have recognized that the box was not shaped like it would hold the completed item.
I wonder if it's physically painful being that stupid. [Insert stepping on LEGO reference here]
Hoped they checked the box contents before taking the return. The latest scam is to buy LEGO sets, open them carefully, take some of the bricks or replace bricks with generic bricks from a knockoff brand, reseal, and return. LEGO are very common item to be shoplifted too, I guess because they're expensive. My first thought, because I find it hard to believe anyone is that uninformed.
Customer Mailed Back His Computer Mouse
To be honest, that's a fail in packaging. There's a reason everyone hates this kind of packaging!
How difficult is it to take scissors and cut the perimeter of the packaging? Starting at the side
Load More Replies...I blame the plastic clamshell packaging. It is a nightmare to get into. I have sliced my hand so many times.
And so often, they do that with scissors also. Dammit!
Load More Replies...FOR WHAT THAT PACKAGING COSTS-THE MANUFACTURERES SHOULD AT LEAST PACKAGE THE ITEM CORRECTLY-THIS WAS TOTALLY THEIR FAULT FOR BEING STUPID!
Customer Blocked 6 Parking Spots In Front Of Our Store And Walked Off
I'd call the police. Have them ticket the vehicle, then wait for the tow truck to make sure the a$$holes couldn't leave without being towed.
Oooh I hate this SO much. This mentality of " ok, I need to be here, amma go leave my car here" witchout any consideration of others, often blocking sidewalks, bicycle parkings, etc.. I sometimes see ppl leave their car IN FRONT OF free parking spots because they're too lazy to park, or something.
I’ve seen 2 parking spots, but 6?! That has to be a new record or something…
All the rudeness, in consideration, vandalism and such, I believe stem from there not being consequences for people's actions. We have parents that are not allowed to punish kids and police that are not allowed to do their jobs. our world is upside down.
I am handicapped and a lady with a long trailer parked right in front of the restaurants handicapped parking spaces. I signaled that I wanted to park there. She had room to back up but she threw up her hands and signaled sorry I can't move. I ended up having to park across the parking.
This is so petty... but my neighbor kept parking half in my space even though I asked her nicely many times to park in her own, explaining the concept of parking lines. One day I just took a whole carton of eggs and repainted her car. it never happened again... WHY must we go to these extremes?
Customer Dissatisfied With Dishwasher
We had a customer call in and complain that his dishwasher was taking 3 hours to wash and dry his dishes. While this is also somewhat true, he bought the dishwasher with the fewest features, and it was Energy Star-rated, so it does not dry fast to conserve energy. He said if we didn’t take it back, he would shoot it and put it at our front door. This is what we walked into this morning.
So now we have your dishwasher AND your money; Boy, you sure showed us
I have no problem letting my dishwasher take as long as it needs to wash the dishes. The important thing is that I don’t have to do it. What is this bugger’s problem?
I am in my mid-late forties. And two years ago I moved into a place with a dishwasher for the first time in my life. It's the most amazing thing I own. It's a freaking miraculous device. I put my dishes in, and in just a few hours my dishes are clean. And they are really super clean, it's crazy. I run the dishwasher at night, and then I unload it first thing in the morning. I have nothing to add to this story, just wanted to express how excited I am to have this machine.
I WISH I had a dishwasher! But I have an in-unit clothes washer and dryer, and that’s good enough for me.
Load More Replies...damnit. my parents will take it, their dishwasher broke after like 3 months. They've gone through 3 dishwashers in 4 years in their home (moved in riiight before COVID)
what a maroon - he could've just washed his own dishes or dried them himself. laxy and dumb
The Film "Five Nights At Freddy's" Doesn’t Really Have Jump Scares, So How Does This Even Happen? Last Theater, I Had To Clean And Had To Stay 10 Extra Minutes
When my parents first took me to movies i had to put all my trash in the empty popcorn (since i ate it 5minutes before the movie started) and threw it in the trash by the exit. I cannot comprehend some people
When I used to go to movie theaters, I did the same. As everyone should. But, no. So many are a bunch of slobs. Makes me wonder how their houses are like.
Load More Replies...If my kids had dropped anything, I would make them clean it up before we left. People are disgusting animals. I was on an international flight and when I was going up the aisle to exit, I was shocked to the point I didn't realize my jaw had dropped. I looked at the flight attendants and apologized even though we had left our seats tidy.
On a completely different note, I wish the movie theaters around me had recliners!
I once read a story on another side where OP was a cinema worker. They were standing at the door with a trash bag for the viewers to throw their trash into after the movie. The first guy was an a*****e and threw his trash on the floor in front of OPs feet. and then EVERY single viewer in the packed room followed suit, completely ignoring OPs trash bag. I called BS on that. If it had been just the first guy and maybe 3-4 friends after him I would have believed it. But every single person in a packed movie room? that was too unbelievable.
I always wonder what these peoples homes look like, as in do they throw their trash and leftover food on the floor too ?
Probably not because they have to live there and noone else is gunna clean it up for them
Load More Replies...This will be teenagers, I'm betting. Hopefully, one of them will get a job there in the future and the same thing will happen to them and they'll be - I never did anything like this! And the cycle will continue. Having said that, if I had done anything like this and my mum found out - well you can bet that's a beatin'
The totally blank, soul-fried looks on the staff's faces as the crowd heads out after the film and almost no one is carrying their trash out... It makes me want to weep.
This Register Will Never Be The Same Again
Ya. How did the lid come off so easily and before they even paid for it? It should take some prying to open that thing up.
Load More Replies...Unless the customer actually pried the lid off with a tool, this is absolutely the store's fault. Whoever mixed the paint didn't get the lid back on securely. If they had, it takes a fair bit of effort to get them back open. Usually working your way around the lip with a pry tool.
Can't really blame the customer for that one, unless they stood there and pried it open.
No, this was an accident. If it was a custom color mixed onsite, it is the employee's mistake for not sealing the paint better.
Although.. a touch of color in all this greyness wouldn’t be bad
If you don't put the lids back on PROPERLY after mixing, it's the stores fault - not the clients... This is SOLIDLY a fail of the store.
that's someone who didn't tap the lid down tight and the purchaser turned it or dropped it. Doesn't look to be on purpose
Someone Decided To Make Slime At Target On Top Of The $150 Knife Sets
I don't understand why there are people who do this. It really boggles my mind.
How does someone have enough time to do this without an employee seeing them. Maybe it's because a lot of these stores are understaffed in order to save money.
That does not excuse the fact that this sort of thing shouldn't happen in a store.
Load More Replies...People like this were never told "no" as children. It's just going to get worse.
WHY DO BUSINESSES TOLERATE THIS? IF THEY ALLOW IT, THEN THEY ARE BLAME AND THEYSEND THE MESSAGE THAT CUSTOMERS CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS! IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT-PULL THE VIDEOS AND CALL THE COPS> (FOLLOW THE CRIMINALS OUTSIDE AND TAKE A PIC OF THEIR VEHICLE AND LICENSE PLATE ALS!)
Clueless People
Tofu, actually. Real meat was getting too expensive.
Load More Replies...reasonable question if you have read the ingredients of the Mcnuggets...
If that scum ever returned, I'd make sure someone working with me took the time to puncture all four of his tires with steak knives. And, I'd have that person leave all four, sticking out of each tire.
During Sales, People Touch Clothes And Throw Them On The Floor
And sadly, the employees are not paid more to deal with the a$$holes of the world
Load More Replies...WHY?!?! How frickin hard is it to pull out a piece of clothing to look at, decide it won't work for you, then put it right back where you found it, which is literally in front of you.
Once in Vancouver I went to a fancy vintage boutique that had a “basement sale” - as much as you could pack into one of their bags for $50. The basement was literally just FILLED WITH MOUBTAINS OF CLOTHES. No shelves, no hangers, everything in 8ft massive piles. It was so much fun. I asked the shop owner when we were paying and she said the sales always ended up that way anyways, with everything on the floor, so they just gave up.
Load More Replies...Hang it back you a-holes! :/. BTW sometimes this is precisely what happens. You TOUCH IT and it's falling :D
Yes, there are some tops that when you touch them, they fall off of the hangar.
Load More Replies...And this is another reason to always wash new clothes before wearing.
All The Lazy Shoppers Who Can’t Afford To Spend An Extra Minute To Put Their Cart Away
A woman in Los Angeles said she never returns the cart because her kids are in the car. Didn’t make any sense to me either.
Perhaps if they are toddlers she puts them in the car seats, puts items in the trunk but then doesn't want to walk away from the toddlers far enough to get to the cart return???? My best theory as to what she meant.
Load More Replies...This looks like a Costco too! There are cart returns literally everywhere!!!
I am so glad my mom raised me to always put the carts away (either designated isles in the parking lot or even taking the cart all the way back into the store if need be). As a child I asked her why we did it when so many others didn't. I know why
For the amount of effort required to heave those carts up on that curb, you could have walked your happy a*s to the cart corral. This looks like Costco. There’s at least 2 in every row
I know this is really lazy, but I salute the fact they bothered to park them up the kerb so they wouldn't roll away into someone's car. Small mercies.
I mean, these people are lazy yes, but costco does a horrible job with spacing out their cart returns. They're quite far apart; at least at my local costco.
This Customer Said That She Was A Chef
Half way between medium rare and 'medium well'? I have heard people use the latter term, although I have no idea what they meant by that either.
Load More Replies...You'll need to hold a seance to figure this one out. Maybe hire a medium?
What If You Just Saved Their Marriage?
"What If You Just Saved Their Marriage?" If so, apologize to the wife of this self-absorbed entitled bozo.
At My Local Walmart... Really, People?
It's Walmart what do you expect. Decent humans don't shop there. Just the dregs of society.
Because The Weather From Outside And On The Patio Is "Different"
The patio is in the back of the restaurant, so maybe the temp is different?🙄 /s
clearly the customer was a cat. As in my experience, cats tend to think the weather is going to be remarkably different out of one door than it is the other.
Load More Replies...I mean...maybe...just maybe their brain malfunctioned and they were meaning to ask if like the patio is covered, or heated, or has those mist thingies?? Maybe? I hope!
Had a friend that worked at a popular mall store (U.S.). This particular mall was designed as a 1 mile loop (entire building is round). Customer came in asking where said store was. The store has a huge sign out front as well as many in store and various logos. Friend told them to go out of the store and turn left, that they would get to that store that way :)
How Do You Like My Speaker That Was Returned Last Night?
Agree. I've never seen a store that doesn't. If this post is real, employee was being lazy
Load More Replies...I don't get it. You know who the customer was because they complained in order to get the return. So just have them arrested.
If somebody didn't check the contents, there's the chance this could have went back on the shelf if someone absent mindedly put it back. A can like this could be anywhere from $1 to $3.50 (based off Canadian pricing), and this same speaker is roughly $60, and the scammer could have kept the speaker while getting refunded.
Load More Replies...We once got 3 buckets of 20 liter paint back, 5 minutes before closing... The customer was urging to help since it was almost 9pm... my chief already had one bucket to make room for the others... the weight felt "weird" so, he grabbed some gloves and opened the bucket to find a pedestrian stone tile under the top bit of paint... All 3 buckets had stones in them and customer was arrested, just over 9pm 😊
Today’s Dose Of What Did The Customer Do
I worked retail for many years before entering my current career. I can't even count how many times a customer would literally sh*t themselves in the store and trail it through the entire store to the bathroom. Then the bathroom, it was...it was everywhere. Even on the ceiling! I didn't know that was possible. One time the bathroom was so bad, 3 of us took turns cleaning it. Even with masks on, we all got sick. I refused to clean another "blowout" bathroom after that.
Spilled a water bottle. Nice. (Yes, I know, but I'm trying to salvage this Monday.)
People At Walmart Are Really Getting Out Of Control. This Was In Memphis
Kids need rules and discipline. I know it's not a popular opinion, but neither is Anarchy.
Customer Accidentally Dropped A Pound Of Screws Into A Box Of Nails
So did the nails get screwed, or were the screws nailed?
I mean, at least the screws look different enough that they can be picked out easily. For some real fun, drop a pound of 1" nails into a box of 2" nails! You'll be picking the little buggers out for days :)
It's when my help empties out their bag of 1-1/4 inch drywall screws into the tub of 1-5/8 drywall screws. Or throwing 2 inch golds into the tub of 2-1/2 inch golds.
Load More Replies...Sounds like something I'd do. But you bet your a*s I'd be there to dig 'em all out.
Customer Complained Having To Put Air In The Tire Every Day. I Wonder Why
Well what kind of tire company fills the inside of their tires with wrenches? That's just asking for trouble. =)
Oh come on, it's an adjustable wrench. Just make it wider to fill the hole! LOL
How is that even possible? If they can, they should contact the manufacturer. Quality control, fail.
This cannot be real. No one is stupid enough to not know that this is a problem.
Customer Called And Asked If I Could Get A "Spot" Out Of The Carpet
What did the customer say? Was it "can you spot out the carpet" or "can you spot the carpet"?
this looks like that one episode of the office when Kevin spilled the chili
Customer Was Involved In A Slight Accident
This Is My Number One Pet Peeve
This happened to me once. She kept arguing. I just brought out orange juice w sprite. What an idiot she was.
This exact same thing happened to me!! Right down to just bringing out orange juice and sprite - it did not satisfy my customer, what about yours? 😅
Load More Replies...This is not at all difficult. A mimosa is equal part orange juice and champagne. Non-alcoholic sparking white wine would be used to make a non-alcoholic mimosa. If the place doesn't have the sparking white wine, then use another sparkling/fizzy drink, eg Sprite or sparkling water, but make sure you tell the customer what you are putting in their drink so there's no confusion.
...I really don't think this one is so bad? Like they don't just want orange juice. Is there another term for an orange juice and tonic?
you mean a MiNOsa... (there's a place I know does alcohol free cocktails and it pretty much is just orange and sparkling lemonade... kinda like a fanta basically. at least with a Nojito you still get the lime juice, mint, lemonade, etc xD)
My daughter was served s non-alcoholic mimosa yesterday. It was juice and tonic water.
Someone I Know Owns An Independently Ran Store And Works Very Hard To Please Customers. Their Overall Rating When You Google Them Is Down Because Of People Like This
I partly blame Google map (or it's equivalents) for this. I just parked in front of a restaurant, a pharmacy or whatever; intending to go somewhere else nearby. Moments after I drove away from there, a notification pops up "How do you rate [that restaurant] ?" Seesh, Google. Stop asking me to rate everything. To be fair, I did once rate a restaurant in Google map. Now Google assumes I want to rate every establishment I parked my car nearby.
My parents own a business, and they had a perfect 5.0 star rating, and one person rated us one star, and our rating dropped to 4.9. And they were mad over the stupidest stuff as well. They got mad because even though they were warned that the tattoo ink might not be accepted into their skin, it was a 50/50 chance, they got mad when it didn’t work. And they got mad when they couldn’t reach us when they called from 12-3 am. People are way too… finicky.
I think some people do that out of spite, just because they know they can. Who on earth calls a shoppe in the middle of the night, knowing that the shoppe is closed?
Load More Replies...My ex was still mad at me for breaking up with him 1.5 years later, so he decided to write multiple 1 star google reviews for my small business. Dropped my rating from 5 stars to 3.5, plus the slander he wrote. I know it was him, because he was stupid enough to use his actual name on one, and then proceeded to post several more with different, yet similar names. Smh
I Hate Back To School Customers
In theory, no, but some people are just way too lazy to do so.
Load More Replies...I will never understand why parents and other jerks go into stores and leave the place a disaster zone.
Lesson for first day of school: now children, we must keep our desks neat and tidy.
I Work Closing At Target, And Every Single Night I Have To Push 3-5 Carts Of Full Shopping Trips Abandoned By Customers
I left a full cart once in a grocery store. Early in my pregnancy, I suddenly felt very dizzy, I told my husband and we just left. I haven't forgotten about it, it's been 7 years. I apologize to the person that had to deal with it, I am SO SORRY.
Shop employees are very forgiving when they know a person is unwell. It's not fun putting away a trolley-ful of groceries, but it's easier when you know there's a good reason behind it.
Load More Replies...Parents in stores sometimes let their kids play "shopping", mainly to be free of them for a while. And of course such a parent wouldn't think to take responsibility for the result.
Honestly, this is really not the worst part of Target customers. I was a female electronics employee who was the go-to whenever a coworker couldn't answer a question (I know a little bit about a LOT of things). I got corrected numerous times by customers who didn't have the items, but I or my husband did.
My best friend used to do this in Walmart (after making us wander around Walmart with him for 3+ hours). Every single time I wanted to apologise profusely to the staff. He died last December and I never thought I'd miss those torturous Walmart trips.
Emergencies happen, that isn't as bad as the others. I hope they also check the bathroom stalls before closing :-)
Pay your half full cart and take another supermarket next time. Or, if you have non frozen/cooled stuff, put it back before leaving.
Load More Replies...Customer Entered The Store, Peed Himself, And Left. 5-Minute Ordeal
Why does this chair looks like it is a month from retirement as a middle manager at an accounting office?
Could have been a medical issue. I've had a couple very close calls in my life.
Someone Bought A New Car Seat At Target, Switched It Out In The Parking Lot, And Left The Old One Just Sitting By The Curb
The worst part is knowing that this moron have an entire human being to raise
🤷🏼♂️ Not so bad. Don’t most people put good items they no longer want on the curb so others may find it? I imagine someone snatched this car seat up in no time. The box is blocking access to pathway, but that’s negligible.
You should never use a second-hand car seat with an unknown history. There's no way to know if it's been in an accident and sustained internal damage.
Load More Replies...You can't sell or donate car seats, you can only give them away. In the US anyway. So she might have left it for that reason but her execution is off. Leave it somewhere people. An see it with a free sign. That looks barely used and still valid with car seat regulations.
That one looks to be brand new. You sure they didn't just forget the new one?
The box shows an upright seat and the abandoned one is a capsule for very young children, so I think that is the previous one.
Load More Replies...Probably stressed out and forgot the old seat. (Where I come from you can resell them. )
Well, at least they didn't leave it there with the baby in it.
Load More Replies...Illegal in the U.S. You can't sell used car seats because if they've been in an accident, they're no longer considered safe.
Load More Replies...well... at least we can hope maybe someone might find it and get a free carseat for their baby out of it? ._.
You Shouldn't Shop If You Can’t Return Your Carts To Designated Areas Instead Leaving Them Near Disabled Parking
People Who Do This In Stores
People Like That Are Absolute Trash
TL/DR: he (because let’s be honest, it’s almost certainly a guy) is a misogynistic shitweasel who abuses service workers and then doesn’t tip.
Load More Replies...I imagine he has eaten a LOT of spit in his food over the years.
'May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your crotch and your arms be too short to scratch. '
Some humans are such useless garbage. We have enough awful terrible selfish a******s in the world, and kindness is so rare - why add to the problem?
Load More Replies...Customer Didn't Know How To Drive A Manual, So She Just Drove Her VW Transporter Everywhere In 3rd Gear. We Only Put A New Clutch In It Last Year
I don't buy it. If you can feather a clutch to start in 3rd, you already know that hard part of driving stick. That looks like someone riding the clutch in a hilly town. Mixed with drag racing an 800hp engine on a 100hp clutch.
You know, most people choose to buy an automatic if they don't know how to drive a stick.
That used to be a clutch?! How much money does this woman have? Clutch replacements are EXPENSIVE!
Homeboy Literally Looked At This And Then Asked Me "Does This Take Card?"
At the supermarket near my work, one of the 4 self checkout registers has FIVE bright red signs all over it that all say NO CASH/CARD ONLY. Last week the lady in front of me starts complaining that the machine won't take her cash. She even had to remove one of the NO CASH signs to try and put her cash in. The employee monitoring the self checkouts had to void her entire order and check her out via the customer service desk.
Ever Since Walmart Sold Gaming Keyboards, Here Some Hooligans Kept Stealing The Keys
My guess is either some stupid internet trend, or that gaming keyboards get so much use that people start taking the keys off the display to replace their keys.
Load More Replies...Customer States That His Rim Almost Fell Off And It's All Our Fault And He's Going To Go To The Cops About It Because We Were Negligent On His Vehicle
I don’t know the country where this was taken, but here in the UK when your car is over 3 years old it has to pass a mandatory test, if caught without one the car is seized and destroyed. Don’t all countries have this in place? Genuine question.
No, in the United States, SOME states and only certain cities within certain states require emission testing, but that is the extent of it to my knowledge. If you fail the testing, they refuse your annual tag until whatever problem gets fixed.
Load More Replies...Someone Recently Threatened To Shoot Up A Store Near Me On Google
Someone should report this to the police. It’s not safe for the workers to be under an active shooting threat.
I hope "mike taken" was taken to jail by the police for making terroristic threats.
Remarkable. A Walmart customer more deserving of arrest than the owners.
I Love Our Customers
This was less than an hour after we opened. They completely dug out the bottom bay, then used a ladder and dropped down more from the third bay up.
It would help if they didn’t stock such total cràp lumber. I generally find about one in four to be useable.
I've been known to search through them, but I stack them back neatly when I'm done.
Load More Replies...Lumber is expensive. Whenever we buy new we always fish for the best boards. And then...we put it all back as close to neat as we can.
This is rude, but also that is Home Depot and much of their lumber is c**p. A week ago I purchased two treated 2x4s for a small project. I had to search through 20 or more boards to find two that were not warped, cracked, or full of knots. I am old enough to remember when I could just grab some boards off the rack and it was rare to find one that wasn't okay. That used to be true even at Home Depot.
This Customer Decided A Top-Stock Cart Was More Suitable For Her Shopping Experience
Plus use the little ladder to reach higher stuff.
Load More Replies...I hope they were stopped, and it was removed from them for "safety" reasons.
Because no shopping carts were available? Our local Kroger grocery store had this problem until they figured out that they had to hire someone to bring the carts in from the cart carrels outside.
The wheels on the stock carts work so much better than those wobbly, hard to steer shopping 🛒s
This Customer Is Wild For Not Knowing Such A Thing
Roughly 47 square inches/0.03 square meters?
Load More Replies...Not as stupid a question as most of these. Might mean price. And some people genuinely don't know off the top of their heads how much more area a circle has when you scale it up.
Or a little over 46 square inches, approximatly 30% larger.
Load More Replies...I've heard this from men, women, nbs, every single spectrum of gender you can think of. They mostly meant the number of slices, second was the cost difference.
Load More Replies...I used to own a pierogi company and once had a customer ask “If you had to guess, about how many come in a half dozen?”
Should have different pans on the wall or somewhere so people can see the sizes
Customer Wanted The Best Boards In The Pile And Made This Mess
Sorting is fine, but you darn well better put the ones you don't want back neatly.
Checking to see if they're warped or cracked. I've sorted through lumber but I always stack it back up. Always.
Load More Replies...I Will Never Understand Some Customers
Customers Are Truly Special. They Didn’t Tell Anyone And Just Left It There
to be fair - "telling anyone" can be quite a challenge at Home Depot. Sometimes finding an employee to assist you is easy - other times you are just wandering around empty aisles looking for an orange apron. though admittedly there are always employees near point of sale / exit so they could have at least mentioned it on their way out.
This Customer Return
I’m pretty sure the soup was from the Dollar Tree. The actual item was only $15, so I’m not so sure he really made off with much of a profit.
Gotta watch out for Souperman. (sorry.) (not that sorry actually)
Load More Replies...If an absent minded employee accidentally puts it back on the shelf, a later customer will be in for a surprise, and this could also mess up stock for the store.
Load More Replies...Customer States Temperature Gauge Is Reading Full Tank
It's in Celsius. This looks to be around 250°, that is nice temperature for... Nah, I don't even know, our oven goes only to 240° and I don't recall ever using that temperature.
The water temp gauge reads in C, the outside temp gauge reads in F, and the speedo reads in MPH. WTF?
Load More Replies...An Angry Client Came Into The Store, Claiming That We Didn’t Do A Proper Repair On Their Fully Automatic Coffee Machine 2 Months Ago. This Is What The Inside Looked Like
I Work For A Canadian Cable Provider, And A Customer Brought In This Remote Today, Saying They Had No Idea Why It Stopped Working
This Is How Customers Storm Through Our Collars And Leads. Don’t Let This Be You. Just Put Things Back Where You Find Them
It really isn't that difficult. Just put the item back on the peg with the other ones of the same color. Not sure about color blind folks, but I can guess that these are not all done by a color blind person.
Customer Said That Their Computer Is Running Slow
Slow is an understatement. I would say my computer opens one tab a year.
That's pretty dirty but likely not the reason the computer is running slow unless it is overheating and self throttling to reduce heat. I've cleaned PCs with more dust than this that were not running slow. Slowness was usually caused by software related issues. Malware, full hard drive, back in the day - badly fragmented drives, stuff like that.
Don’t You Just Love When Customers Decide They Don’t Want To Shop Anymore And Leave Their Carts In The Aisles?
If I have to go to the restroom, or to get something from my car, I take the cart up to customer service and tell them I'm leaving it there until I finish restroom or run to the car and that I will be right back. At least that's what I do, don't know about these a$$holes.
Sorry, but this whole business of leaving full carts around or just dropping goods on the floor... In what countries does this happen?! I have never ever seen this here (Belgium).
This Keyboard I Picked Up From A Customer. That's Not Just Sticky Dirt Between The Keys. There's Hair, And I Don't Think They Had Animals
Some people are fluffy too, know a few people with impressive arm fur.
Hopefully you picked it up with a ten foot pole. Or just gloves or something.
This looks like the keyboard in the shipping department. Fingers always have just a little bit of tape residue on them, and cardboard fibers float everywhere.
Someone Cracked Open Most Of The Tennis Balls At The Store
Texas Requires The Front Tint To Be At 25% Or Greater To Pass State Inspection. This Customer Was Upset I Couldn't Just "Let It Go". Also, You Can Barely See Through The Windshield
I think since it measures light transmission, higher means more light makes it through. 25% making it through already sounds low tbh.
Load More Replies...And another thing that should be against the law (and given a ticket for), is when they have the plastic, or whatever it is, covering the license plate so that you can no longer see the plate easily.
A Customer Asked For Their Order To Be Left At Their Front Door But This Guy Was In The Way
I understand where you're coming from but technically, ears are cropped, not docked. It's tails that are docked.
Load More Replies...I feel bad for delivery people when they come across something like this.
But those dogs like to jump up on you, they look like they are boxing! I can just see food spilled all over the place, temporarily, as the dog will clean it up quite quickly.
Load More Replies...Did you say hello? Like tough looking people, tough looking dogs are sometimes nice.
Dogs - in general - are territorial. In a neutral zone, they are sweet, cuddly and innocent. On their own porch? They are a menace. That's (one of) the reason(s) why we keep dogs.
Load More Replies..."No Tax On Tips. Vote Donald Trump"
The lady comes in and makes a big fuss about having just left church. She yelled at our host to the point where she left the floor in tears. She got mad that we had her big top set for the inside table they reserved and that she had to set up a patio table and didn't have it ready for them. In the end, she signed a check with this.
Am I the only one surprised that this person left pretty nice tip? It is 20% (before tax), so it is not that bad.
The monetary tip was fine. The electoral tip was not.
Load More Replies...The primary marks of fascism are people who don't know that fascism is in their worst interest. It doesn't surprise me at all. (Also certain American churches have zero respect for separation of church and state and will instruct their followers to vote for specific candidates if they wish to remain a part of the church. She may be a part of one such congregation.)
Load More Replies...I've come across a number of stories about "christians" coming to a restaurant right after church and being very unchristian.
Don't want your tips taxed then you vote accordingly. It's pretty simple.
Granted, she did leave a decent tip; however, the political comment was uncalled for. Look up "Project 2025" - and if that doesn't scare the britches off you, then you must be a fascist.
I'm Not Sure What This Was For. The Grown Woman Was Trying Out Different-Sized Tubs. My Husband Said She Had Some “Questionable” Stuff In Her Shopping Cart As Well
When Customers Do This And I Have To Clean It Up
People Who Think That It's Ok To Open Products In A Store
The Entitlement
Maybe this is just me, but why was the customer calling OP sis such a big deal?
Casual racism. The OP only considers people of certain skin colour to be their brethren and white aint it.
Load More Replies...I gnash my teeth severely when I'm addressed as "hon," which occurs most often in a restaurant setting. I'm male, 67, and I'm not your hon.
The one who decided to address the other in an overly familiar fashion.
Load More Replies...OMG I'm gobsmacked at the audacity of some people. I hope her boss told the customer to p155 off.
I work in customer service and I find calling customers boss from the get go at the first sign of a Karen definitely helps with calming down their ridiculous behavior. Makes them feel like they won without me having to go out of my way to satisfy. They feel like I'm on their side and they won't.
Typos happen, even to the best of us. I made two grammatical typos yesterday on here that I'm very embarrassed about.
Load More Replies...At Least It’s In The Corral
Looks like a very hot day and the carts want to run away. 🤦♀️(showing myself out...)
Idiocracy Is Real
I'm more worried about that claim on the board. 80% of urban truck drivers have no idea how to park correctly.
SO many times, pull into Wally World and crew cab truck is not parked right. If you can't park the damn thing don't drive it.
Stack The Baskets Properly. It's Not Hard, It Takes 3 Seconds, And If You Leave Them Like This, It Just Infuriates The Other Shoppers
There is something left in the other basket. Should the next shopper put the basked on top of it or go put the item from the other customer away?
Since they're already standing in checkout, I would just hand the item to the cashier and say, "Hi. Someone left this here."
Load More Replies...Maybe the shopper has a knee and/or back problem and is unable to stack them to your satisfaction.
Customer Complains His New Chevrolet Suburban Engraved A Chevy Logo On His Driveway
A Customer Asked If This Laptop Was Salvageable. They Said They Wanted To Keep The Laptop Since It Held A Lot Of Sentimental Value For Them
If it is sentimental, display it on a shelf at home, where you can see it, and be reminded of the great memories you had together.
Ha! I'm still using that model of laptop. One hinge is broken off the chassis, keyboard knackered and it's overheating. Have removed the keyboard, have 2 external fans pumping/sucking air. It's connected to a monitor and wireless keyboard and mouse. And it's working fine. Note to self: change the bloody thermal paste you lazy bum!
The trackpad also looks a bit worn down, and the screen needs to be cleaned. But other than the hinge, looks fine otherwise?
Load More Replies...Poor Zippers Just Hasn’t Been The Same Ever Since That Customer Pushed Him Over And Stomped On Him
Might be similar to the robot at Martins, which detects spills and reports them to the cleaners. SOme people don't like him. To me he is Marty and he should not be a victim of robophobia
Load More Replies...Could be some sort of cleaning robot but not sure.
Load More Replies...5 Minutes Before Closing. Thank You, Beloved Customer
and that´s why the kitchen should close at least half an hour earlier then the restaurant.
Customer Complained That I Left 30 Cases Of Fries Out And Didn’t Put Them In His Freezer. How The Heck Am I Supposed To Do That When They Have Kegs Blocking The Freezer?
The pony kegs were placed near the door because the person putting them there understood they would be easy to move if someone needed to get the door all the way open.
So Many Stickers
Well, there are 400 stickers securing the box closed. I would be frustrated as well..
but ripping cardboard is harder than opening a bunch of stickers. Especially if a place has access to anything sharp that could open it. Either a pizza cutter or scissors.
Load More Replies...Why was it completely sealed around every edge with individual stickers? This is a common technique that some restaurants use so so can't check your food until you get it home and it's to late. They know most people won't bring it back.
honestly, I wouldn't trust Little Seizures pizza even if it was in a clear box...
Actually, going back to look at it again, I'm not sure those are all stickers, I think they are just printing on the box.
When A Customer Hands You Cash Like This
So the customer handed you money for a purchase. And you're mad about that? It being crumpled is the least of your issues. Imagine how many notes have been handled by toddlers mouthing them, put in dirty pockets or socks or bras, been around d**g users or sex workers (stored in their lady parts). And then finally in your hands. But yeah, stress about it being crumpled why don't you.
Are there countries other than America that still use cotton notes, rather than plastic? This wouldn't happen with plastic notes.
Very, very, very gently unfold the bills. Then very, very, slowly smooth them out. Count them cautiously and carefully, maybe double-checking a time or two. Then, taking utmost care to get it right, get the customer's change from the till. After you do, count it out for him on the counter, one coin at time, announcing the running subtotal as each coin is placed. (If there are customers behind him, of course don't do this. Just shove his change up his a*s and send him on his way.)
I know that the cashier at my corner store likes to face all the bills the same way before putting them in her till. She's a sweet old lady, so I always make sure my bills are faced before I walk in.
I believe that's a standard practice for cashiers.
Load More Replies...A Mixed Blessing
So, one of my customers came in today with the gift of a bag of morels. I was pretty happy and grateful for their finding and thinking of me. I gave him a free dessert and my thanks. As he was leaving, I got a gut feeling that he'd picked them up on my property! I work a lot, so I was waiting until my weekend to get them myself. I don't even want to think about how many I could have had, but I'm still grateful for the gift. Truly, a mixed blessing.
Forget the morels, I'd be more concerned that this customer knows where you live and felt entitled to just go and help themselves. That's a massive red flag!
Know how much morels cost per pound? This is a bonanza! (and you didn't even have to pick them.)
Oh thank you, kind trespasser! What a mixed blessing theft can be
I love morels! We used to pick them in the woods when I was a kid. Grandma dredged them in cornmeal and fried them.
What’s Your Favorite Stupid Question That Customers Ask? Here’s Mine: Is This A Discount Bin?
"Ah Yes, Just As I Suspected'"
They might be using it over plants (though I would think actual plant netting would be cheaper) so need the holes big enough for bees to get through. Or they want it less see-through.
This seems like a reasonable request. There's a big difference between, say, 5mm and 5cm netting
Things That Customers Do To Annoy Me
As you might guess from the title, customers doing this annoy me so much. Is it really that difficult to put the basket back where you got it before you leave the store?
Honestly, after an employee at my local store explained to me like to a three year old that I had to leave the basket at the store and there was this niiiiice place to put them back when I wanted to put it back on the stack at the entrance (which was almost empty)... to the nice place at the checkout they go if there are no customers asking very nicely for them.
Actually yes, you are supposed to have a collection point for used baskets at the beginning of the register belt and move them back to your entrance when the entrance pile is running low, you lazy POS.
Yeah, I’ve never been at a shop that expected you to take your basket back to the door.
Load More Replies...I'm A Tattoo Artist, And A Client Just Paid Me In $1 Bills
I don't see anything wrong with this. This person might have been saving their tips to get a tattoo. Maybe they just saved $1.00 when they could.
It's inconvenient, but not wrong necessarily. That's why I usually use either use the exact amount in cash (if possible) with larger bills, or a combination of cash and my debit/credit card.
Load More Replies...At least, it's neatly packed in an envelope. If the tattoo artist is annoyed, count the whole thing in front of the customer.
No, not IF annoyed. Noone is supposed to take any amount of money without counting it.
Load More Replies...Strippers need tattoos to get more dollar bills! It's called the cycle of life.
When You're 3 Hours Into A 12-Hour Shift, And A Customer Does This
The hinge on the door broke last night and was due to be repaired. So when a customer opened the door today, it flew backwards and hit the corner of the brick behind it. Thankfully, only the outer pane was broken. What a way to start the workday, though.
Is this the customer's fault? I don't understand this one as there doesn't appear to be a cautionary sign on the door.
The Cart Died And The Customer Left It Plugged In On The Condiments Aisle
The cart died. By plugging it in the customer did the employees a favor. Now they won't have to push it.
At least they had the decency to plug it in where ever they could find a spot.
Some of those motorized things are very heavy to move by hand, is this the case as well here? I think it was nice that they left it plugged in so it could be charged. My hope is that they went up front and told someone they left the cart as it was empty. And maybe the employee said: that's ok.
The person who needs that cart probably can't push it anywhere, so, what were they supposed to do? Those things are heavy!
Those things are so heavy and so awkward to move when out of power. I've seen Home Depot guts use a PALLET JACK to haul them back to the front.
Definitely Infuriating
I remember taking my son to the podiatrist and he had two black socks on one with a blue heel and one with a yellow heel and the doctor pulled me aside to ask if he had autism because apparently wearing odd socks is a secret sign??? I just said err no I just couldn’t find a matching pair!
My adult daughter gave up trying to keep the socks together and ended up with a family laundry basket of socks. Her and the kids would just pick two socks that fit their feet. Often generally the same color but sometimes not and often not an exact match.
Load More Replies...Why did the customers brain go directly to autism? I would have just thought " oh, what a nice, colorful shirt."
Maybe because of the famous puzzle piece symbol being attached to autism for so long. The ones I've seen all seem to have very similar colours as the cube. Just a thought.
Load More Replies...I feel like most people who claim to have autism are trying to hide the fact that they're simply just a-holes...
All right. Here's a good one for you. I was in a Starbuck's over the weekend. A pack of tweens dropped their drinks as they were leaving. My grouchy middle-aged cynical self expected them to just shrug it off and vamoose. They asked the baristas for a roll of towels and mopped up the entire area, apologizing and chasing down every last ice cube. There are still some good people out there.
Their parents raised them right and should be proud.
Load More Replies...If I had a nickel for every time a customer replaced an electronic device with a can of soup when they were going to return it under hopes that the employee would believe the soup was the device, I’d have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice. I’d also have 2 cans of soup.
And now I have water in my nose. Thank you for that. Seriously though, thank you that was funny
Load More Replies...I have a few examples. Once when worked in the lighting department in a department store, a customer phoned up with a technical question with a light they had recently bought. I took their details and asked what the model of the light was so I could check with the manufacturer. They replied, "Oh its not one that you sell. I bought it from Argos." Another time when worked somewhere else a customer complained that a metal detector he'd bought wouldn't detect plastic. More recently, where I work we sell gas bottles for barbecues etc, and we have a regular customer who usually only buys one bottle at a time. A few weeks ago she wanted three bottles. When I was taking her payment she said, "I'm not very happy. I don't understand why its so expensive this time." I replied, "It's because you've bought three bottles today instead of just one."
I would have lost my job because I would have answered the customer: "OK, I'll get back to you if I ever work at Argos."
Load More Replies...Yesterday in Ikea. Busy, so we open a second line in the restaurant. It slows down but second line is still open so they wave to a couple to come over and order. Another person already waiting in the other line runs over as well. They arrive at the same time. Lady starts yelling about people (the couple) cutting in line. I'm like ma'am, you being second or first doesn't matter, it takes literally less than 30 seconds to take and process an order. She ended up being angry enough to go back to the other line with 6 customers ahead of her. Bunch of f*****g kindergarteners.
Former bank teller here (United States). Customer cashed a $1,000 check; wanted her change is twenty-five dollar bills. Didn't believe when I said there is no such... Oh, never mind. Here is a stack of $25 bills.
Former bank teller here. Customer came in close to her checking account. The balance was negative $280.00. I said I could not close the account until she brings the balance to zero. She threw a fit. Here is what happened; she saw a TV commercial that the bank offers "Free overdraft protection". She thought that meant the bank will automatically cover any non-sufficient-funds (bounced) check at no expense to the customer. (If that were true no one would need to work..)
Honestly almost all of these triggered my OCD. Like, how hard is it to stop being lazy, childish and entitled and do shiz right? 😤😔😒
Human beings. Urgh. No class, no thought for others and even the energy to put effort into making some else’s day worse. We are ugly creatures sometimes.
I've never seen this level of disgusting behaviour in SA (my country), so I think it has to do with the entitled attitude of American customers who have been given the mantra "customer is always right" (omitting the "in matters of taste" part of the saying) .
Load More Replies...All right. Here's a good one for you. I was in a Starbuck's over the weekend. A pack of tweens dropped their drinks as they were leaving. My grouchy middle-aged cynical self expected them to just shrug it off and vamoose. They asked the baristas for a roll of towels and mopped up the entire area, apologizing and chasing down every last ice cube. There are still some good people out there.
Their parents raised them right and should be proud.
Load More Replies...If I had a nickel for every time a customer replaced an electronic device with a can of soup when they were going to return it under hopes that the employee would believe the soup was the device, I’d have 2 nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice. I’d also have 2 cans of soup.
And now I have water in my nose. Thank you for that. Seriously though, thank you that was funny
Load More Replies...I have a few examples. Once when worked in the lighting department in a department store, a customer phoned up with a technical question with a light they had recently bought. I took their details and asked what the model of the light was so I could check with the manufacturer. They replied, "Oh its not one that you sell. I bought it from Argos." Another time when worked somewhere else a customer complained that a metal detector he'd bought wouldn't detect plastic. More recently, where I work we sell gas bottles for barbecues etc, and we have a regular customer who usually only buys one bottle at a time. A few weeks ago she wanted three bottles. When I was taking her payment she said, "I'm not very happy. I don't understand why its so expensive this time." I replied, "It's because you've bought three bottles today instead of just one."
I would have lost my job because I would have answered the customer: "OK, I'll get back to you if I ever work at Argos."
Load More Replies...Yesterday in Ikea. Busy, so we open a second line in the restaurant. It slows down but second line is still open so they wave to a couple to come over and order. Another person already waiting in the other line runs over as well. They arrive at the same time. Lady starts yelling about people (the couple) cutting in line. I'm like ma'am, you being second or first doesn't matter, it takes literally less than 30 seconds to take and process an order. She ended up being angry enough to go back to the other line with 6 customers ahead of her. Bunch of f*****g kindergarteners.
Former bank teller here (United States). Customer cashed a $1,000 check; wanted her change is twenty-five dollar bills. Didn't believe when I said there is no such... Oh, never mind. Here is a stack of $25 bills.
Former bank teller here. Customer came in close to her checking account. The balance was negative $280.00. I said I could not close the account until she brings the balance to zero. She threw a fit. Here is what happened; she saw a TV commercial that the bank offers "Free overdraft protection". She thought that meant the bank will automatically cover any non-sufficient-funds (bounced) check at no expense to the customer. (If that were true no one would need to work..)
Honestly almost all of these triggered my OCD. Like, how hard is it to stop being lazy, childish and entitled and do shiz right? 😤😔😒
Human beings. Urgh. No class, no thought for others and even the energy to put effort into making some else’s day worse. We are ugly creatures sometimes.
I've never seen this level of disgusting behaviour in SA (my country), so I think it has to do with the entitled attitude of American customers who have been given the mantra "customer is always right" (omitting the "in matters of taste" part of the saying) .
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