You’ve got to hand it to people who work in customer service and those who handle complaints. They’re in thankless jobs that oftentimes involve absurd, entitled people, which eventually takes a toll on their mental health.
While most customer grievances are valid, others are so nonsensical that they're laughable. Here are some examples that take the cake for ridiculousness. We’ve collected these from different Reddit threads, and they do not disappoint.
If what you do for a living deals with this level of utter irrationality and craziness, we salute you.
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I was working for AT&T helpdesk. People complaining that theirs WiFi doesn't reach across 4 rooms to other end of house, modem tucked behind TV, or for best results inside TV cabinet. Bonus point for placing modem sideways - it had position sensors - because it looks better, but works worse.
Band mate (trumpet player, I play trombone) at rehearsal "d**n, can't find the second page" of a peace we were going to do. me : "did you check the reverse side?". "oh". 20 other bandmates laughing...
I would have told her that this was the wrong moment to get all heated up
We had a defect in the cooling system once and there were 5 signs with big letters saying that all the dairy- and meat products aren't available. One stupid b♥♥th walk by not reading a single one of them, bought 10 bread rolls and then screamed at our cleaning lady to the point she nearly cried. Manager got involved and you could hear him metaphorically ripping the Karen a new A-hole for that throughout the whole store
And you changed it to a field of flowers and now wanna return it cause she got pollen allergies from it? 😺
This shareholder also bought the ¼ pounder, cause he thought it was larger than the ⅓?
brrrrrrrr.... "yeah? hello? listen. i bought this product from you're company, and first let me say what a great company you are. you guys are doing great things, and i commend you for it. the product was delivered by UPS, and the driver had a... he had a.... sorry this is really hard for me.. he had a BRONCOS tattoo! i know you dont personally choose who delivers the package, but if i could recommend not using UPS again. theyre driver's have zero regard for my personal feelings. that really upset me. how can someone walk on to my property with a gotdang broncos tattoo. i know you'll make this right. again, love the work you guys do"
Muir Woods - imagine going to a tourist destination and being mad it’s “tourusty.”
don't mess with me, I know the minister of health, karate, kung fu, judo and 28 other dangerous words
Nowadays store fridges and freezers tend to be closed with glass door or whatever that sliding top part is called, aren't they everywhere?. So it's basically those sections are as warm as any other ones. It's done for energy-efficiency, and not for customer comfort though. (and it's a bit shame as it was really nice cooling method in the summer)
The only proper response is to hand the bag back with the single word 'No'.
I would have redirected him to Amazon or any other shop with that problem and wish him good luck finding a Nintendo game for the Xbox
I can kind of understand this one if it's referring to lengthy paragraphs talking about the dish before getting to the actual recipe. Most people don't pick up a cook book for a good read, but to find a good recipe. Also, I personally hate cook books that don't have pictures of the dishes but that's more personal preference.
She really thought she was purchasing a whole assembled cardboard car (big enough to fit a middle schooler in) for $18.
When I was little, kids used to get a free fast pass if they were too short for a specific ride, to come back with it when they were tall enough. It made it so exciting! You were told 'no' but given something to look forward to. I loved that park. Sadly it closed during covid and was never reopened.
I work in rail. A passenger complained to me that "the train driver drove the wrong way" and that's the reason she ended up at the wrong place. No maam you caught the wrong train.
“These copies are coming out too hot, call a service tech”. Definitely my favorite complaint of all time… she wasn’t convinced by my explanation that heat is part of the process.
I work in rail. A passenger complained to me that "the train driver drove the wrong way" and that's the reason she ended up at the wrong place. No maam you caught the wrong train.
“These copies are coming out too hot, call a service tech”. Definitely my favorite complaint of all time… she wasn’t convinced by my explanation that heat is part of the process.
