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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users

"The customer is always right," reads customer service rule number one, popularized back in the early 1900s. Is this slogan truly correct, though? I'm pretty sure that anyone who's ever worked in this field has had the pleasure of encountering at least a few customers that were being rude to them for no apparent reason. I mean, we've even made a list of times customers acted like total jerks and got shamed for it.

And even though in such situations, the staff are expected to suck it up and stay collected, there's always a sneakier and a more subtle way to get back. Recently, TikTok user @officialtbw asked fellow customer service workers to share things they've done to a customer who has been rude to them, and started it all by revealing how he sometimes gives people cold butter instead of room-temperature, because he knows that cold butter will rip up their bread. Since then, thousands of TikTok users have jumped on the bandwagon by sharing their own little stories.

Without further ado, Bored Panda invites you to look through a list of some of the funniest, most savage and passive-aggressive ways customer service workers have gotten revenge on impolite customers. Don't forget to vote for your favorite ones and share your own stories in the comment section!

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users someone paid me $17 in change while laughing to their friend that I'd have to count it so I lost count 6 times right as I was about to be done countin

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users As a delivery driver I once spent the entire drive en route to a chronically rude customer's house shaking the bottle of soda they'd ordered

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users I took a deep breath and was extra nice to them. They were so triggered but sounded insane complaining to my boss about how nice I was being

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users when I was a teacher I had a parent was constantly rude. I told her her baby started walking so she missed her first steps

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users Under blend their smoothies so the little chunks block their straws

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users I'm in heating & air and if they're rude...I tell them it'll take 3 days to get the part for their heater..even though I have the part. be cold karen

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users Sprayed fart spray in the isle because they didn't wear a mask and cussed me out when I told them we required a mask

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users When I was a cashier if anyone came to my register on the phone I always talked to them loudly to make it harder for them to talk on the phone

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users allow them to put their card in to pay and hit escape so they have to do it again. repeat until I feel better

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users If they threw their money at me to pay, I'd throw their change back at them, smile and walk away

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users I “accidentally” forget to take the sensors off so they have to come back and I can waste their “precious time”

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#12

40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users Be nice to the wedding photographer. If you're not I include all the awful photos of you & sometimes even add some weight in photoshop

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#13

booked their airplane seat on a 10+ hour flight right next to the bathroom

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users Used to work at a grocery store, if people were extremely rude to me I would squash their loaf of bread in my hand while packing it in a bag

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users I put extra, extra hot sauce in their salsa then do not refill their drinks

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#16

If someone was being very rude to me I would save their number at the end of the day and put it in insurance offers and stuff so they would get calls

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#17

I worked in the drive-thru at a Wendy's. rude people got broken straws for their sodas. because nothings more annoying than a cracked straw

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users she payed me in ones.... i checked each and everyone up to the light

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#19

Sometimes if they get kids meals, I'll give each one a different toy so maybe the kids will fight over it and annoy the parents

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#20

I've given a tip back and said “ you clearly need this more than I do”

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users I work at a deli and when I customer is being a Karen I'll squish the cheese together after I slice it so it's impossible to separate later

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#22

One time I gave someone their 99 cents change back in nickels and pennies because “that's all we had in store at the moment”

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#23

I put them on my “don't take cake from her” contact list so when they call, i always tell them I'm booked

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#24

I worked at Verizon and I would make sure a little dust got under their glass screen protector on their phone

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#25

give them decafe espresso shots

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#26

I work at a restaurant and I made a lady wait the entire 40 minute wait time we quoted her even tho her table was ready in 20 minutes

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#27

I used to work at a coffee shop and if someone was rude to me, I wouldn't stir their coffee so that all the sugar would just sit at the bottom!

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#28

Grocery store worker here and when rude asking To see if a product was in the back politely told him it had been recalled cuz people died

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users I used to purposely put the french fries at McDonald's upside down so it would spill as they pulled them out

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#30

Nonchalantly break their candy bars in half as I bagged them

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#31

Not offer whipped cream on their hot chocolate because it's the best and they're the worst

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#32

I don't say a word to them and the person after them I'm alway extra and hyper with them. the look back like huh

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#33

If a customer spells their name out to me rudely, I spell it wrong just to make myself feel better

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#34

When I worked at a grocery store & ppl would throw their money onto the moving conveyer belt instead of my open hand, I'd let the belt eat the money

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#35

I work at a bqq restaurant and someone ordered $150 worth of food with no tip and I “forgot” all their bqq sauce oopssss

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40 Passive-Aggressive Ways To Get Back At A Rude Customer Shared By TikTok Users When I worked at McDonald's and rude people would ask for extra sauce, I would give them pancake syrup

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#37

In a hotel... put them in a room above the parking garage entrance/valet. Also scheduled 4am wake up calls

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#38

Left them on hold or mute until they hung up

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#39

I'm an ultrasound tech...I used the COLD gel even though we have gel warmers

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Daisy Chain 3 years ago (edited)

I feel like this is a bit rude, as it's someone's body you are being rude to. Also, if it's a pregnant lady, as a women, I know that hormones tend to skyrocket when we are pregnant.

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WhatEvenIsLife 3 years ago

Not every ultrasound is done on pregnant women.

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ZooMom 3 years ago

It’s cold gel. Not acid. It won’t hurt anyone. And even pregnancy isn’t an excuse for undeserved rude behavior

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J. Normal 3 years ago

Even a pregnant woman knows she should not use pregnancy as an excuse to be rude. I have lost my "cool" and immediately apologize, that is what a responsible adult does.

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DarkLumiya 3 years ago

Also as a woman, using a pregnancy to be rude and to skip lines is unforgivable. I've had some woman try to use the "im pregnant" line on me, we had been waiting at an office on a ridiculously busy day, I was waiting almost 2 hours in line for my turn, this rude woman shows up begging me to swap numbers with her and go back to the 2 hr line as "i am young" and is she is pregnant and has a doc appointment soon. I politely declined and told her to not come last minute next time and go to her doctor first instead. I don't care how heavily pregnant you are, that's no one else's fault to be treated like trash

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Little Wonder 3 years ago

It's not always a pregnant woman, ultrasounds are used for all sorts of examinations. I have them regularly for other stuff.

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Chewie Baron 3 years ago

I've had several ultrasounds, and I'm of the male persuasion.

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Scott Moore 3 years ago

So more excuses for the way people act. NO! My wife was pregnant and she wasn't rude to anyone. Quite making excuses for people.

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DarkLumiya 3 years ago

I've done 4 ultrasounds in my life, none of them were for pregnancy

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స్టీఫెన్ ఆండ్రూ 3 years ago

Pregnant women can be rude too...

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Iron Eddy 3 years ago

That's not an excuse for being rude.

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Christie Walker 3 years ago

Ultrasound techs don’t just do ultrasounds on pregnant women.

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Iva Kazalova 3 years ago

Hormones don’t justify bad manners, this is complete and utter bulshit!

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Yup 3 years ago

That’s a really good point but everyone needs a reminder not to be an a$$hole every now and then

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ashley mcdonald 3 years ago

Being pregnant isnt a free pass to be a bitch

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DerpyDoo 3 years ago

No. Check your emotions at the door. Pregnant not pregnant doesn’t give you the right to be a Karen or Darren there daisy

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Farah Al-Hilo 11 months ago

Still not excuse to be rude

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Veronica Vatter 3 years ago

You know more than just pregnant women get ultrasounds, right?

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Jackie Nettleton 3 years ago

Not every ultrasound is for pregnancy, I’ve had them to check for arthritis and the like and people are rude to non doctors more often than they are to doctors so the cold gel is fine

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Marissa Sulser 3 years ago

where is yo sense of humor...

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Candy Rae 3 years ago

Ultrasound is for many things not always pregnancy. But i agree this seems pretty crappy.

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Danielle Wigger 3 years ago

my mom is in ultrasound tech. (sorry, random fact)

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Unaffected 3 years ago

As someone who survived a life threatening disease and needed a lot of scans I find this really bad.Have you ever thought about people not being rude but extremely anxious? What you need when you're having scans is compassion, reassurance and support not pettiness...

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Anna roberts 3 years ago

I've never had warm gel.........

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Ray Lebowski 3 years ago

When pregnant women are rude to me, I usually let it slide--knowing that they'll get all uppity with some older woman, who in turn will not hesitate to put Young Ms. Important Because She's Breeding in her place.

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Bettie-Jean Neal 3 years ago

I'm sick and tired of these women thinking they deserve a free pass to act any way they want, to whomever they want, just because they're pregnant.

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Candy Rae 3 years ago

I feel like these are all a bit awful. Sometimes its satisfying to get petty revenge but these are all examples of people doing their jobs badly for spite. I think thats not ok.

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Morgan 3 years ago

Ultrasounds are used on many body parts, not just pregnant women

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Mere Cat 3 years ago

I don't understand how so many have a problem with this. The "cold" gel is room temperature, not freezing! Doesn't hurt anyone, just a very mild inconvenience. (To me, the gel warmer sounds like unnecessary luxury - have been in many ultrasounds, pregnant and unpregnant, always "cold" gel, no other options.)

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Sandy Kavanaugh 3 years ago

This is unnecessary, it's hateful.

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Leave them on hold..... for a long time.... and then *accidentally* hung up and turned off my phone for lunch

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#41

I work at checkers/rally's fast food. Rude people come thru all the time. I full their cups up with so much ice so they get barely any soda lol

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#42

Used to cut off the ends of mustard packets

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#43

I used to double charge them so they had to go wait in the customer service line to get a refund

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#44

When I worked retail I made sure to charge for each and every bag they use. Where as usually I just charge for one or two but never the full amount

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Karen got angry because we aren't allowed to hold anything, second she left the store i hid every single item she was after so she wouldn't find it

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#46

Give 3 ice cubes when they say light ice

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#47

Late arrival guest didn't tip when I help them with the luggage
I phoned them in the middle of the night and hang up

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#48

I unscrewed their shampoo bottles and put all their stuff in a really big bag!

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#49

When they leave their cards behind, I throw them away now they have to wait 5-7 business days before they can get a replacement

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When i worked at mcdonald's we'd charge karen's and rude customers for extra sides, sometimes $5 worth

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Caroline 3 years ago

Some of these are funny and revenge is sweet, I'm just not very amused if someone is being stressed. When I'm upset or having a really bad day I can sometimes be rude, but when I calm down a little I'll apologize (if I'm still there, say like McDonalds, I'll go back to the cashier to apologize) for my behaviour. Everyone can have a bad day or be very stressed. I would feel really stupid if I did something mean to a customer in secret, only to have the customer apologize later.

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Candy Rae 3 years ago

Its not ok to be rude but its also not ok to mess with peoples orders/ sabotage stuff aka not do your job. Id rather be the better person.

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Uncommon Boston Premium 3 years ago (edited)

Have you ever made a difference in someone's day? Helped someone feel better when treated with kindness, seen anger lessen, small smiles appear? Thing is, you can't tell in advance -- you must treat everyone like this. You are hurting the customer, the store owner, but in the end it hurts you the most.

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Natasha Press 3 years ago

As someone who works in retail, I can tell you from experience, that someone apologising after the fact never makes it better. Everyone occasionally has a bad day, but don't make innocent people suffer.

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jiri-krizka 3 years ago

Caroline follower

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Candy Rae 3 years ago

I think this article is somewhat harmful. Its one thing to be petty in your personal life but i dont think i want to celebrate people purposely do ing a crap job because someone was was a bit rude. Lower yourself to their level...does that make you a better person? I like the " act super fake nice so they cant complain" thats the only one i would do.

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Ray Lebowski 3 years ago

Some people just don't get it when you're overly nice, trying to make the point that they shouldn't be jerks. Sometimes you have to hit them twice with a 2 x 4 before they realize it's wood.

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Zoe Snyder 3 years ago (edited)

My mom works at a Starbucks and she regularly gets a lady we've dubbed "Patricia". Patricia will order a frappuchino, drink the whole thing, and then come back into the store saying that the drink wasn't sweet enough. She comes about 3 times a week. Once, my mom was working the drink station and she purposefully pumped a crapload of syrup in there just to piss Patricia off. Patricia didn't come back for 2 weeks after that. Edit: I don't understand why I'm getting downvotes, because my mom works for almost minimum wage on a regular 9 to 5 basis. Also, Patricia will criticize and not even drink her drink anymore, my mother says it's a control thing, and Patricia is just being a big nuisance.

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Awsomemom52 3 years ago

I had these two annoying regulars while working at a poolside cafe. They were loud, rude and never obeyed our rules ... like not putting drinks on the edge of the pool table, not smoking at the table (that was almost 30 years ago) etc. So I was always polite to them ... but no more. When they were back, other regular customers came, whom I greeted warmly, we made short small talk, exchanged compliments and I smiled warmly the whole time. When the "annoying guests" paid, they said I would never get a tip from them because I was never so nice to them. I just put on my "customer smile" and said: This is how I treat guests who I like because they are always nice ... as opposed to both of you!

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Libby 3 years ago

And thats why retail was a terrible job for me. Every time a customer was rude, I'd just apologize and take it no matter how much they were yelling, and then either on break or when I got off work, would cry in my car.

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Shalini Pabreja 3 years ago

Okay so BF posted a thread not long ago on how petty people can be and shaming them for wanting revenge on actual offensive acts. But it’s perfectly fine for people in service to break all the rules of civility and decency just because they didn’t like the tone a paying customer used? Granted, some of the cases the revenge might be called for but often, things can be resolved in a civilised manner without resorting to petty, childish behaviour exemplified in this post. Badly done, BF.

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Candy Rae 3 years ago

I agree

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Christina Uhlir 3 years ago

You better be a nice customer.

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Dorothy Cloud 3 years ago

There is no end to rude people. I know, I used to work with the public. I didn't do anything except get slow and if necessary.......slower.

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*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 3 years ago (edited)

There's this one candle store I'd really like to work at, and it being a candle store, it tends to attract a LOT of karens. I'm going to get to know all the employees there, and when I leave/quit, I'm going to put up my number in the back room for the newer/younger employees to call me if a karen comes in there and starts screaming at them if they can't do something. I don't care WHERE I am, WHAT I'm doing, I will drop it if someone calls me and asks for help with a karen. I could pose as a customer or a manager "on break", and depending on the situation, either be really extremely calm with them if it seems they've had a bad day and give them (really quickly expiring) $5 coupons (bc it's an expensive candle store and $5 don't do anything lmao), or I'll just yell at them and/or take the blow for the employees. No one working ANYWHERE deserves to be yelled at by a karen. I'm pretty good at calming karens down, since 3 of my parents ARE karens and I have experience with it.

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*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 3 years ago

Also great at shutting them up.

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El Dee 3 years ago

All of these are about the lack of power we have when we are looking after or serving others. Those small acts of vengeance allow us to remain sane while we carry on. It's a sad world where those who are being served in eateries etc feel they have the absolute right to bully people..

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John Baker 3 years ago (edited)

Such childish pettiness. None of these people would last long working for me. When you work with the public, you're going to have to deal with rude people. That's just a given. If you can't do so in a professional manner, I don't need you.

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Isabel Care 3 years ago

Parents had quite a big house, when people phoned and were rude I would never know if someone was in. I would have to go and see if I could find them, even if they were standing right next to me. I worked as the lowest ranking office wallah in the civil service, but had to order the stationery, including loo roll. One of our offices was closer to naval stores than to us, so they often got stuff from there...until they discovered that I ordered soft, absorbent loo roll. If they offended me, I made them use the Izal Medicated navy issue stuff. Power.

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Barbara Baldwin 3 years ago

I hope you all live far, far away!

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Bean flavored Fujioshi 3 years ago

(Warning There Is Cussing)All these people are saying that "Some People are just having a bad day and you shouldn't do this" well let me say this, they work for shitty pay and all that ask for is not to be treated this way. Yes I agree some may be petty but you know what..thinking you are above a random guy just trying to get paid.So before your small-minded head goes to downvote just think of all those people working at shitty jobs getting treated poorly and sometimes even get hot drinks(there are videos of Karens throwing their coffee at a starbucks employee ) thrown at them that are just being "petty"

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Lord Ponsonby 3 years ago

when the revolution comes....

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whateves 3 years ago (edited)

Between social anxiety and a resting bitch face from hell, I often get labeled as rude just because I don't know how to react to ppl. Really hope the people you decide are rude are openly hostile, otherwise you are the bully, not the victim.

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Ms.GB 3 years ago

I worked in customer service for a long time...trust me when I say lack of chit chat/rbf will not label you as a bitch...we have more than enough openly hostile people that even marginal rudeness goes unnoticed

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J. Normal 3 years ago

Please do not Fck with peoples food. The main point of these "revenge" actions is to make the cust svc rep feel better. I worked customer service for way too many years and met more than my share of "karens". Extra sweetness can work well, but for me the best revenge happened after they were gone... the nasty things I could have said or done and many times I got totally ridiculous. I got satisfaction and the release of the tension, and the customer could only complain about my niceness.

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Uncommon Boston Premium 3 years ago

I have heard many stories about servers messing up special requests on purpose. Ha ha, that did have "whatever they requested omitted" in it. This could kill someone! Please don't!

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AntiAntiVaxx 3 years ago

Can I have a list of these people's names so I can not hire them? Rude customers are bound to come and go its how you react/adapt to difficult people that can attribute to success in your professional career.

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Aragorn II Elessar 3 years ago

A guy pulled up to the drive thru five minutes before we closed, and started being an asshole before I even took his order, yelling about how much our service sucked and how slow we were. I let him wait the five minutes until the automated "I'm sorry, but we are now closed" came on.

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Mumof1 3 years ago

A certain family member is always obnoxious to me so I add salt to their tea or coffee.

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sneakyfruit123 3 years ago

Mumof1 lol

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Lis A 3 years ago

So people are still just assholes...got it. Kill them with kindness. It works, they literally get mad that you are being nice and you don't even have to be a bad person!

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Roald VandeMunt 3 years ago

Revenge, get even by being a superhuman: remain nice and polite even if they are dead wrong. It is incredibly rewarding to resist the temptation to lower yourself to their 'standard' . I said nothing about sarcasm, though. Sarc the hell outta them!

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Uncommon Boston Premium 3 years ago

Don't expect employees to break the rules or stores to lose money to please you. When extras are offered, it is an exception, not policy.

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Id row 3 years ago

A few of these people should not be working with the public.

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Stille20 3 years ago

I work in customer service. Most people can be talked down or turned around or just shoved out the door as quickly as possible. Also, some people are just perceived as being rude because YOU are cranky and have had a rough day. So maybe save your energy for something that isn't going to get you or your company in trouble.

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Lord Ponsonby 3 years ago

That's fair. It's funny when you haven't had a good night's sleep, how obnoxious people are. HOW DO THEY KNOW?

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Mila S 3 years ago

I think the worst one on this list was telling a mother she'd missed her baby's first steps. That's just downright evil. Did this person ever put into consideration how every day of her life the mother will be thinking about her baby's first steps. It's so cruel I can't even imagine it. The other ones are ok, but at the same time they can be pretty horrible to people. Honestly this passive aggressiveness is usually unnecessary.

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Leslie Burleson 3 years ago

People need to stop acting like this. Being petty is funny , but not when it's serious . If we all just go around with the attitude that if somebody does something wrong , then so will I . Turn the other cheek. Be the bigger person . We need to stop praising this kind of toxic behavior

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soni w 3 years ago

Passive aggressive?? Sounds more like malicious spite. What the f**k is wrong with people, is this what the world has come to? Fuckn woeful!

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Dorothy Parker 3 years ago

Unfortunately, these nasty retaliations are often used in response to personal prejudices against other races, ethnicities or even perceived social class. Better to let karma take over and not lower yourself to behave badly.

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Of course, we have the cash register personnel who do things like talk on their cell to their "honey" and ask you to re-insert the chip part of your credit card five times without realizing that you're *handing them a $20 bill* b/c they're that tuned out of their job...

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Glorias Natas 3 years ago

Passive aggressive behaviour is idiotic.

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Penny Kemper 3 years ago

Honestly think you all are just as bad as them. Why seek revenge? I'm sure their lives are bad enough and that's why they are a-holes.

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Ray Lebowski 3 years ago

What gives them the right to take their frustrations with others out on the service person? You have a problem with someone, TAKE IT UP WITH THEM, not with the Wendy's/Starbucks/McDonald's/Kroger/Etc. clerk.

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Patty Stier 3 years ago

Alot of these sounded like they weren't out to get even - but to be really mean ... and proud of it! Sad.

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Shelp 3 years ago

The first one were fun to read but the more it kept going the more I felt uncomfortable while reading them.

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Deborah B 3 years ago

As they leave, "Thank you so much for your patience." or "So sorry you've had to wait." said to the next customer in line, in a tone of commiseration.

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Troux 3 years ago

All of these stories end with at least two people who will dislike other people just a little bit more. I understand the impulse and the sneaky fun, but this s**t isn't healthy and we shouldn't be proud of it.

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Schrodinger's Cat 3 years ago

Having a bad day isn't an excuse to be rude to an employee. Is it their fault that you had a bad day?

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Owen Salmon2028 3 years ago

MWAH HAH HAH THESE ARE EPIC

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Imtiredandiwannagotobed 3 years ago

A g r e e d

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Patty Stier 3 years ago

Not savage - professional!

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Little Wonder 3 years ago

Counterpoint. If someone has had a bad day, is in a bad mood, is generally grumpy or angry, they shouldn't feel like it's okay to take that out on service staff. The issue is people think service staff don't "count" and therefore they can be vile to them because of whatever else is going on. Not okay. It doesn't matter how much you love people, or love working with people, being the verbal punching bag for people gets old very quickly.

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MaeRose 3 years ago

True. But it's also our duty as customers to be as decent as possible. It's not the service provider's responsibility to take every nasty attitude from the consumer. We don't go home and be mean to our loved ones, all because we had a terrible day, do we? The only reason people are mean to the customer service providers, is because of the belief that they are beneath them and the notion that the customer is always right. Even if the laws and etiquette of business excuses it, such attitude is still very wrong.

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Ben Smith 3 years ago

Hopefully you’re unemployed for awhile then

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Lord Ponsonby 3 years ago

I feel you are... passively .. judging.

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J. Normal 3 years ago

Disgusting

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Blarrg 3 years ago

I know this is off topic, but I've still got gas from a burrito I ate earlier. Wanted to share.

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Caroline 3 years ago

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Candy Rae 3 years ago

Its not ok to be rude but its also not ok to mess with peoples orders/ sabotage stuff aka not do your job. Id rather be the better person.

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Caroline follower

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Ray Lebowski 3 years ago

Some people just don't get it when you're overly nice, trying to make the point that they shouldn't be jerks. Sometimes you have to hit them twice with a 2 x 4 before they realize it's wood.

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Candy Rae 3 years ago

I agree

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Christina Uhlir 3 years ago

You better be a nice customer.

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Dorothy Cloud 3 years ago

There is no end to rude people. I know, I used to work with the public. I didn't do anything except get slow and if necessary.......slower.

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*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 3 years ago (edited)

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*sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby 3 years ago

Also great at shutting them up.

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Barbara Baldwin 3 years ago

I hope you all live far, far away!

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Lord Ponsonby 3 years ago

when the revolution comes....

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Uncommon Boston Premium 3 years ago

I have heard many stories about servers messing up special requests on purpose. Ha ha, that did have "whatever they requested omitted" in it. This could kill someone! Please don't!

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AntiAntiVaxx 3 years ago

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Mumof1 3 years ago

A certain family member is always obnoxious to me so I add salt to their tea or coffee.

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sneakyfruit123 3 years ago

Mumof1 lol

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Lis A 3 years ago

So people are still just assholes...got it. Kill them with kindness. It works, they literally get mad that you are being nice and you don't even have to be a bad person!

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Roald VandeMunt 3 years ago

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Uncommon Boston Premium 3 years ago

Don't expect employees to break the rules or stores to lose money to please you. When extras are offered, it is an exception, not policy.

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Id row 3 years ago

A few of these people should not be working with the public.

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Stille20 3 years ago

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Lord Ponsonby 3 years ago

That's fair. It's funny when you haven't had a good night's sleep, how obnoxious people are. HOW DO THEY KNOW?

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soni w 3 years ago

Passive aggressive?? Sounds more like malicious spite. What the f**k is wrong with people, is this what the world has come to? Fuckn woeful!

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Dorothy Parker 3 years ago

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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

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Glorias Natas 3 years ago

Passive aggressive behaviour is idiotic.

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Penny Kemper 3 years ago

Honestly think you all are just as bad as them. Why seek revenge? I'm sure their lives are bad enough and that's why they are a-holes.

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Ray Lebowski 3 years ago

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Patty Stier 3 years ago

Alot of these sounded like they weren't out to get even - but to be really mean ... and proud of it! Sad.

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Shelp 3 years ago

The first one were fun to read but the more it kept going the more I felt uncomfortable while reading them.

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Deborah B 3 years ago

As they leave, "Thank you so much for your patience." or "So sorry you've had to wait." said to the next customer in line, in a tone of commiseration.

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Troux 3 years ago

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Schrodinger's Cat 3 years ago

Having a bad day isn't an excuse to be rude to an employee. Is it their fault that you had a bad day?

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Owen Salmon2028 3 years ago

MWAH HAH HAH THESE ARE EPIC

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A g r e e d

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Not savage - professional!

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Hopefully you’re unemployed for awhile then

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Lord Ponsonby 3 years ago

I feel you are... passively .. judging.

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J. Normal 3 years ago

Disgusting

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Blarrg 3 years ago

I know this is off topic, but I've still got gas from a burrito I ate earlier. Wanted to share.

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