50 Annoying Customers Who Channeled Their Inner Karen And Got Shamed Online (New Pics)
It's not easy working in the service sector. Dealing with entitled customer demands can break even the strongest of spirits. In fact, 75% of frontline employees reported feeling stressed and overworked in 2024. After you've seen some of the entries on this list, you might get the idea why.
Today, we're shining the light on some of the most insufferable and annoying behaviors from customers that workers had to deal with. From wreaking havoc in supermarket isles to expecting to get stuff for free, some people just deserve shaming. So, join us in calling out inappropriate customer etiquette and have a chuckle in the process!
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Two Kinds Of Regular Customers
LoL, main character syndrome. I'm always suprised when or if they remember me or my order, some remember me cause of my very red hair.
I am always surprised when people i haven't seen in a few years remember who I am. Even if I worked with them for a few years and I remember them. I never expect people to remember me.
Load More Replies...i'm baffled that my doctor's office front desk people remember me. i go in, like, twice a year. i can't remember someone i met last week and have seen every day since.
To be fair, they have your name ahead of time and know you're coming. ;)
Load More Replies...My husband went to a restaurant we hadn't been to in years, and they remembered us. I used to eat lunch there quite often but hadn't been there since I retired.
I'm pretty much always remembered when I go to places more than a few times. But only because I have Cystic Fibrosis so even when I'm * healthy* I have a chronic and persistent cough. It's not contagious but it's constant, like every few minutes or more. Me without a cough is like the sun without the moon. So as soon as staff at my local coffee shop hear me ,sometimes before they've seen ,(its a very distinguishing cough ) they start to prepare my order before I've got to the counter.
Several years ago I was in Waffle House. A man sits at the counter next to me. The waitress walks over. The man says "I'll have what I had yesterday." Waitress responds, "I worked yesterday afternoon, not the morning." Man replies, "Tell the cook, he knows." The waitress looks at the cook, turns to the man and says, "He hasn't worked since Tuesday." The man angrily spits out "bacon and egg sandwich, side of coffee" and sat there pissed the rest of the time. WTF?
When my husband worked for the state rabies lab, they tested for all 92 counties plus private vet's office and some individuals. Occasionally information comes in without information, but in one case there was no contact information, not even who it came from. A few weeks later a vet's office worker called to find out why they hadn't gotten their results yet. When she gave the sample number my husband told her there had been no way to contact them, she snapped at him, "Well, didn't you recognize the handwriting?"
During the lockdowns in 2020, I started seeing an audiologist. At the time, the building had a "receptionist" in the lobby (they don't anymore) who would notify the individual clinic offices when a patient had arrived. He remembered my name the second time I came in. I asked if it was the hair (I had dyed it bright purple a couple weeks before my first appointment), and he said no, it was because I was nice to him. Being nice to service workers will almost always pay off, because they get it so rarely.
My Dad's A Photographer, This Is His Most Recent Client
One of the best. My favorite is from Shelly Winters. This was well after she be came an established actress. Had interest in a script, was told to bring a headshot and a resume. Went to the meeting with a tote bag. When asked, she reached into the bag, pulled out an Oscar. Said "Here's my f*****g resume", reached back into the bag, pulled out a second Oscar and said "and here's my f*****g headshot". Brilliant!
Load More Replies...Why? Why do people think it is acceptable to offer “exposure” as payment, particularly to artists? If you want and enjoy the fruits of their creative labor, PAY THEM with real money. “Starving artists,” are often starving because people undercompensate or outright steal their work.
As a freelancer, i REALLY dislike it when people offer 'exposure', instead of cash. It COSTS to live!
I'll Just Leave This Here
Reminds me of the time the Fire Marshal closed us down because our lovely snow removal folks had piled all the snow up against our emergency exit. Boss said, "well, staff can stay, right?" No, Boss, no they can't.
“In matters of taste, the customer is always right.” Everything else? They’re often wrong.
Nobody likes to be treated poorly in the workplace, but the younger generation seems to be doing worse than their older colleagues when it comes to difficult interactions with customers. 72% of Gen Z workers say that interactions with people at work have worsened their mental health.
Almost the same number of retail employees say they might quit their job because of negative interactions with managers, co-workers, and, of course, customers. When it comes to employees of all ages, 59% say they're looking for a new job because customer and co-worker interactions are just too much.
The Customer Is Always Right
"The customer is always right in matters of taste". Nothing else.
I heard a good one the other day. Guy works in the green grocers. Woman says, excuse me, I'm looking for broccoli He says, sorry lady, we are fresh out of broccoli but we're getting some in tomorrow morning. 5 minutes later, same woman, I can't see any broccoli, could you find it for me. Guy. I think I mentioned that we have no broccoli but we will be getting it in the morning. Please come back then. Lady. Comes back to the guy 10 minutes later. Would you please go in the back and bring out some broccoli for me. Guy really annoyed, Lady can you spell cat as in catastrophe She says sure C A T Can you spell dog as in dogmatic. Of course D O G OK then can you spell F**k as in broccoli She says, There is no f**k in broccoli That's what I told you. There is no f****n broccoli
The full saying is “the customer is always right, in matters of taste” sadly the last part is ignored!
Working with the general public, it's kind of frightening just how many people out there are utterly, painfully stupid.
Whoever the idiot was that said the customer is always right should be beaten by a 50 x 100 ft sign with that printed on it
Whoever decided to shorten the original saying is the idiot, but it's really not that difficult to look up
Load More Replies...When I worked in a supermarket, I was often asked 'Excuse me, do you work here?' (I'd look down at the company uniform I was wearing and mentally reply 'no sir, I'm such a big fan of this supermarket, I have to show my undying support for them every time I go shopping!'
It was no doubt some entitled, arrogant prïck that dropped the last part of the saying in order to give themselves more power than they deserve
Dealing with customers can be challenging and it seems to come in spurts when they're more difficult, but I try to handle it with good manners and humor. "A soft answer turneth away wrath." My boss used to tell me that I could tell someone to eff off, and they wouldn't even know it! I prided myself on it. The one I remember the most was the women with the hyphenated last name. I tried to explain to her that our computer programs and filing systems were not set up to deal with hyphenated last names so she could pick a name, preferably the first one, and we could find her by that easily. Literally not able to do hyphenated in our system. She was really peeved about it, but I told her it was beyond my control and it was.
number one response...nothing here as crusty as your heels, just soft. Number two answer...you may graze outside if you like, number three answer pay your tax or we both go down! Lastly, oh yes in my basement where I keep the palm trees.
Found A Total Of 6 “Gift Baskets” Today On The Shelves. Please Stop Doing This
The only reason I know why this even happened is because my coworker said there’s a trend on Tiktok to make gift baskets in retail stores and leave them on the shelves for people to buy and get for their partners, friends, etc.
Idiotic, nobody is going to actually pick these up and buy them. You just made me and my coworkers day so much worse in the middle of our busiest day of the week. These take so long to put away and its utterly pointless.
No, people mindlessly doing things for attention the problem here.
Load More Replies...Even worse, they're putting it on the Clearance shelf. Some cashier's day is going to be completely nuked.
Retail Reality
In Shocking Turn, Second Local Retail Store Closes on Time, Locks Doors; Couple Outraged Again
So don't show up late dummy. I wouldn't let you or anybody else in either.
I close 5 minutes before if the shop is empty allready and the street is not busy. People who walk into the shop at closing time are usually some ässhats on a powertrip. Never had somebody showing up very late and actually buying something. I sell clothes, people usually take time for this.
I would also. Show up on time. No one is going to keep a whole store open for losers who can't understand boundaries.
They used to flash the lights on and off to let customers know they were closing if they were inside, but after the closing hour-those people are tired and deserve a chance to go home and rest. If they show up at the next store after hours, I expect they will be disappointed again.
I worked at a store that made custom items. A couple comes in 10 minutes before closing. I told them that I had to close in 10 minutes and that I had to leave on time because I had a dr. appointment. They proceeded to keep me there designing for about 30 minutes then left without purchasing to "think it over". I was late to my dr. who charged me a $35 no-show fee. My boss was outraged the next morning when I had put in that I stayed 20 minutes past closing and he refused to pay me for it, as he didn't believe it happened. Never again would I stay late for a customer!
One reason why younger people might be complaining more about entitled customers is because Gen Z has come into the job market with different expectations. Dr Zoë Port, management lecturer at Massey University, explains that young workers don't sacrifice their values for a job.
"The overwhelming theme is they want to be treated like human beings, not like worker drones that are only there to fulfil tasks," she told Stuff. That's why young workers nowadays get branded as entitled or 'difficult to work with'. However, some experts ask: is it really too much to expect to be treated like a person?
A Very Annoying Customer Left An Annoying Review At My Store And This Was The Response From My Owner
People Who Constantly Block The Isles Of Stores To Stand Around And Chat
Thank you. I often wonder if people missed class the day some of these words were covered.
Load More Replies...I say "excuse me" and if they don't move I plow right through them.
And if you ask to get past them, many will give you dirty looks. People have become so rude, entitled, and antisocial and it makes life so much more miserable.
I have no problem confronting them with a loud "EXCUSE ME."
That's no fun. I speed up and run my cart into them like an old style battering ram at the castle gates. "Whoops! Didn't see you there."
Load More Replies...OMG, this happens all the time. On footpaths too. People, can't you just move aside a little so the rest of us can pass ?
Member Wanted One From The Middle And Decided They Didn't Need Help
Cause the middle ones are freshest ya know.
Well I don't want my TV going sour any sooner than it has to.
Load More Replies...Who is dumb enough to put such screen on top of the actual boxes. This is the shop mistake.
i thought everyone knew that the freshest items were in the back & the older stock was rotated to the front?! 8)
A recent survey by Perceptyx revealed just how bad dealing with entitled customers can be. 53% of the respondents claimed that they've recently encountered customers who were verbally abusive, threatening, or just plain unruly. In some cases, the situation gets so bad that two in three employees have had to bring in their manager to deal with the customer.
Going To NYC For The First Time So I’m Looking At Restaurants On Yelp, Only To Come Across This Gem
This Lady Using Bread As Kneepads So That She Can Look At Other Bread
I would've followed her to check out and made her pay. Show her the picture
And people are wondering why grocery prices are going up. Stores want to maintain a profit margin, when people destroy food like this, it affects everybody.
I wouldn't bother blurring out her face. I'd get a close-up and put her on blast.
The Cashier Touched My Bottle
This probably from the same people that refused to wear masks during the pandemic.
You think the people overly worried about germs are the ones not wearing masks?!?! There's stupid people on both sides
Load More Replies...Also, labels can be altered fraudulently. A cashier might catch the thief thru vigilant handling of the stores products.
Ive hears about people doing this at Walmart with makeup & then checking out at the self checkout - shop lifters will adhere a .99 cent barcode to a $20 makeup/cosmetic item:
Load More Replies...well this brought back a funny memory of my days running a 7-Eleven.... so we have this guy that would constantly come in which eventually helped because then we knew how upset he would get. he would buy a couple bottles of soda and some food every lunch time. if you touch the bottle by the cap or top which neither one you put your mouth by the way he would freak out go put them back again new ones. I understand not touching the top of a cup or even maybe a can because in your hands are on the top of a can but a bottle of soda that cap is covering where your mouth goes... used to hate serving that guy he was so nasty about everything
horrible that people think someone in a lower paid job than them is going to be dirty and unhygienic and shouldn't touch their stuff. shop staff are NOT beneath you. or anybody else.
I also didn't like when they touched my stuff during lockdown. Let me scan it myself!
Retail workers aren't the only profession affected by infuriating customers. Other frontline workers like servers, hospital staff, and those who work in information, finance, and insurance face abusive behavior from customers, too.
"From being cursed at on the phone or at the customer service counter to threats of violence in a hospital ER, frontline workers in all fields deal with difficult customer interactions," Senior Director and Head of the Center for Workforce Transformation at Perceptyx Emily Killham explained.
Client Tries Getting Out Of Paying By Offering Free Cupcakes To Their Diabetic Marketer
And that is why you a) get a written & signed contract; b) collect a 50% non-refundable deposit before starting work; and c) require the balance paid in full prior to product delivery (or, depending on the product/service, balance less 10% retention).
Leave Your Kids At Home
Parents are financially responsible for every hole your kids poke in our ground beef.
That's because people don't care that they don't teach their kids how to behave and to not do things like that. It's called being a parent people, take responsibility for your kids. My kids were taught to never do anything like that either at home or anywhere else.
How do people not pay attention to their children out in public? If your kid can do this without you noticing...let's just say that poking holes in the burgers took longer than it does for someone to abduct your child.
Load More Replies...Oooooh, my mom caught me doing that when I was small. I had to apologize to the butcher and then keep my hands on my head for the rest of the shopping trip. Not sure if Mom offered to pay for what I'd ruined. Knowing her, she probably did.
Gross. Dangerous. Socially irresponsible. Self centered. Lazy parenting.
We would often go to eat Sunday dinner at our local country club when I was younger. There was a fastidious couple whose small child had gone to select a dessert and he was poking his finger into the center of each pre-cut piece of cake. His mother would have died had she known! He is an adult now and I shared that memory with him. He did not remember. No one told his mother. He was just a little fellow then. His parents would have paid for all the damaged pieces but it was handled by the club staff quietly when my father pointed it out to them. No need to embarrass his folks.
My kid does this at home. I leave the butter on the table I find it later with a finger hole in it. :(
Someone Doesn't Understand What "Client" Means
This is like people that think a cop can’t give them a ticket because, “I pay your salary.”
As a self employed person, I am my boss and YOU are my client. I've had to explain this to more than 1 business owner over the years.
Nope, I'm an independent contractor choosing who will use my services. And the price just went up 10% for you, BOSS.
Well I'm certainly glad you're not my boss! You sound awful.
Load More Replies...Frontline workers also have other work-related stresses to deal with. Whether they're working in retail or hospitality, many employees receive inadequate pay, long work hours, and staff shortages. And it isn't just an American problem; hospitality workers in New Zealand are experiencing more and more verbal abuse and threats from customers, too.
Experts attribute it to the tough financial situation both the workers and the customers are in. They say the cost of living crisis has made people stressed, and, sometimes, people lash out at frontline workers.
This Grouch Thought It Was Ok To Pop A Squat On The Buns! She Then Proceeded To Yell At Me For Stealing Her Spot In Line At The Deli Courter
And they do should make her pay for every package that her stupid lazy a*s is on.
Absolutely. I don't understand why stores don't charge ppl when they blatantly damage merchandise like. I worked in a glass store and the policy was if you or your child break it you bought it.
Load More Replies...Ma'am, I'm sorry, but we have a strict no buns on the buns policy here. Health Dept orders.
We need to load these buns in your cart so you can pay for them at checkout.
This Lady Resting On The Apples At Walmart
And don't forget to pay for all of these apples.
Load More Replies...Why isn't store staff getting involved, at least alerting a manager? I will never in a million years understand people who do this sort of shiite.
Because Walmart doesn't pay well enough to care.
Load More Replies...Same policy applies, ma'am, we're going to have to ask you to remove your apples from our apples. Yes, we're aware, and she's going to have to roll on out of the deli case, just the same as you.
I am old and have a bad back, sometimes it feels like it would break right now, i am in urgent need of a chair or so. PLEEAASE, shops, make sitting facilities, i spend a lot of money in shops, but give me chance. On the other way, i would even lay down on the floor like sitting on food.
Maybe a rollator would help you? I have spinal cord injuries and I have trouble walking and need to sit and rest frequently and my rollator is a lifesaver. I’ve even decorated it
Load More Replies...Karen Leaves 1 Star Review After Trying To Use Voucher For A Different Restaurant
How about you don't go to a restaurant that told you that they don't take coupons.
I'll bet that the story the restaurant tells is way different than what Alix believes happened.
Very angry with this restaurant because they are not the other restaurant
Many years ago I worked in Tesco as a butcher. One day a woman strolled in wanting to return a pack of pork chops. I explained that we don't actually accept returned products from other retail chains, and advised her to go the store she purchased the chops from. She then demanded to see a manager as according to her, all the store chains are owned by the one BIG company. A manager duly arrived and exchanged the chops for her. I questioned the manager over why he had did that as the chops weren't from our store or company. His reply was that it was always best to keep the customer happy, as she would then return to the store to shop. Trying to explain to the idiot manager that she never shopped with us was like talking to a brick wall. The customer did indeed return to our store, but only to return a sweater she had purchased 15 years ago in Marks & Spencer. And yet again the customer service moron gave her a refund.
Omg I freaking hate when managers do that. I worked at Walmart for a few years and the amount of c**p managers took back when the customer service person denied it was astounding. We once found a sweater in a return cart of a brand that Walmart hasn't sold in years. Losing 1 s****y customer is not the big loss most companies think it is.
Load More Replies...Sounds like you over ordered on top of things. Does anyone actually eat that much?
You went there, you are responsible for determining which is the correct restaurant for your voucher not them.
Why would they check the voucher if 1) they dont take them and 2) it was for a completely different restaurant
"Months of Covid restrictions, the cost of living crisis, and the terrible mauling that hospitality businesses took over the pandemic means customers are more stressed, money is tighter, and hospitality managers are struggling to make ends meet. The pressure of it all causes resentment," personal transformation strategist Simone-Ellen Keller offers one possible explanation. "Everybody is running around with shortened fuses and frontline staff are the meat in the sandwich."
When Clients Think This Is How Commissions Work
Unfortunately, yes they are. This is what passes for “business acumen” in many places.
Load More Replies...I once created a logo for someone's online store. We'd agreed on a trade. She made amazing jewelry and she was supposed to make me an opal necklace in exchange. I worked my a*s off on creating something awesome based on her guidelines. When it was done she absolutely loved it. She raved about it. She used the logo. I waited on my necklace. I finally reached out to ask about it and she stated that she'd changed her mind on the logo and wanted something simpler. So, since she was no longer using it, she didn't need to hold up her end of the bargain. I'm not a professional artist by any means. I'm a hobbyist. But that experience is one among many that made me stop dipping my toe into getting paid for my hobby. I absolutely started to hate doing it. In fact, once I stopped taking commissions, I took a huge break from drawing, and painting all together.
And People Ask Why I Hate People
The Things You See At Walmart
That's kind of impressive honestly. ;) Did they run over it with a monster truck?
While plowing snow most likely. After a snowy winter, spring reveals many cart casualties.
Load More Replies...Trolleys cost about $600 here, and that replacement cost will be passed on to customers.
I've been tempted to do that, but I couldn't remember where I parked my steam roller...
Interestingly, some polite consumer habits might also aggravate employees. What to some might seem like polite banter, to others can be annoying. Like when customers try making small talk and ask workers if they like their jobs. One Old Navy employee, Ethan S., told Reader's Digest that he simply lies. "Then they leave happy, but it makes me depressed because I feel like I have to put on a fake front for people. I'd rather they just didn't ask that question."
Customers Wanted To Inspect Cupcakes By Flipping Them Upside-Down
Happens to cakes as well. At least a few times a week someone will flip the package over (to inspect the bottom of the cake I guess?) and they typically put it right back on the table after ruining the icing and decorations. Not the end of the world, but mildly infuriating for me.
I think their parents flipped them upside down one too many times when they were babies.
Load More Replies...It doesn't look like what's happened here, but I have seen too many examples where the ingredients are printed on the bottom, in which case it's the producers who are idiots.
I've wanted to check ingredients when the occasional label is on the bottom, but I just sort of lifted the package up and tilted it, the cake/cupcake didn't move.
Load More Replies...My comment doesn’t apply to this picture but customers could be turning the package upside in order to read the ingredients. I have purchased a couple of baked goods with frosting from Krogers and Sprouts that had the ingredients tag on the bottom of the package. You have no choice but to turn the package upside down to do allergy checks.
See Lady's comment above; I do what she does 🤗
Load More Replies...However, in defense of the public-- STOP STICKING PRICE LABELS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTAINER!
......I asked someone who was doing that--wtf? Said they were check for the date it was made. I told them--SO LIFT IT HIGHER , AND LOOK--DON'T RUIN IT!!
Looks like the cupcakes fell upside down. Really not the end of the world. It all goes down the same.
And these people are allowed to vote. Explains a lot about why the US has a Cheeto for president.
I hate when I get to self checkout and the bar code is on the top. And I have to turn it over to scan it. I like Sam's. They have the guns.
The Parents Walked Away
Even if my parents had left me alone in a store as a kid I would have known better than to do something like this. (Oh, and I love Squishmallows. I'm 50 years old and I sleep with 2 of them. :) I use them as support pillows, but I still think they're fun.)
Ohhhh NO!!! You're gonna stay here and make your brats clean this up
Mine would have taken me to the car first, and then whacked my a$$. Although I knew better that do misbehave in public - she was very serious about it. And a bit scary. :)
Load More Replies...Parents aren't "parenting", kids this age should have been taught a long time ago that this is not acceptable behavior.
If I did that as a kid when I got home. I wouldn't be sitting down for a week.
Wow, unbelievable. When my sister and I were kids and my mum had to take us shopping we always ran off the moment we arrived, in the beginning mum would retrieve us ( always in the toy / book section.) We'd just run off again. In the end she just let us go the the toy section each time she shopped and collected us once she was done. We mostly read a magazine or book, ( which she'd purchase). The staff actually got to know us and complimented my mum on our nice polite behaviour. We'd always put back or tidy whatever we'd looked at or played with.
Wow to you too Pixi! I'm so sorry, my dear, we learnt not to touch and my children learnt not to touch. Why would a responsible parent allow their children to "run off" , be "retrieved" and "just run off again"!!! Nice polite behaviour my @**e. NB, and why reward this behaviour with presents? 🤦🤷
Load More Replies...What A Waste
I'm not vegan or anything but instead of this animals life to give life it just became garbage. How horrible.
I have known people to open a bottle of pain reliever, take one or two, and put the bottle back on the shelf. They feel like they are justified because they have a headache.
Wowzer if your buying I get it I still wouldn't open till I'm done paying just incase my card wasn't to work
Load More Replies...Take it to the checkout with you and tell the cashier you changed your mind and ask politely if they will return it to its original location.
One of my many pet hates when I worked in retail. One of the others was workers ,on finding things like this, just returning them to shelf they came from.
Sometimes, customers may also try to be helpful by folding the clothes they looked at but didn't like. This might seem like a basic polite thing to do, but retail workers actually hate it. "We have to fold things a certain way, and most customers don't know how to do that," another Gap and Old Navy employee in Texas, Olivia S., explains.
Creepy Guy Thrown Out
Context: was closing at my job with a 18 year old still in high school coworker. We have a regular guy who comes in all the time, and he’s clearly a little not right in the head. It’s about 9 at night so it’s dark too.
I’m checking the guy out, and he sees my coworker mopping nearby. He shouts out “oh there’s my tiny girl! Where are you going prey? I’m gonna stalk you, I like scaring people!” For a couple minutes and is actively looking for her, and I can see by the way she’s shuffling away that she’s uncomfortable.
I page for my manager to come up and wait for the gentleman to leave the store, and then tell her that I was uncomfortable about that guy and didn’t like the way he was talking to a teenager. My manager has always told me she had my back, and she literally chased the guy out and told him not to return or we’ll call the cops.
All is well ends well, right? Nope. Corporate called the owner mad over the review he left - where he literally admits he was saying weird stuff. I don’t know the history with this customer, but a couple other coworkers have come up about being uncomfortable around him.
This why management suck. They always say they have your back with a*****e customers or unsafe conditions until they come up. Then it's customers is always right or it's just this one time (every time). No backbone. When I started working we as the front line employee had the right to cancel service with a customer who was repeatedly a*****e. No manager needed, no questions asked. Now I'm not even customer facing and I have to indulge nosey busy bodies that come up to randomly talk to me while I'm in a hole working with energized equipment in an outage because you literally can't tell people you can't talk to them right now because you're dealing with an outage. They will throw a absolute fit. People you are not entitled to interrupt p
This Extremely Sticky Dollar Bill A Customer Gave Me That Left Residue On My Hands That Won't Wash Off
I once worked as a Bank Teller. A tough-looking young woman gave me a wet, wadded-up ball of dollar bills. She said she got them stripping. Ew!
This is why I ALWAYS wore gloves when I worked as a cashier. The tips of the fingers would be black by the end of every shift.
Mine are, too, when I'm often touching the metal on hangers at work. It's likely tarnish from the metals, and the bill usually have residue on them, just like newspaper. Likely ink.
Load More Replies...Roach p*o looks like pepper splatters on walls. I highly doubt they're pooping on money. It looks like that nasty weed resin, or hash. My ex was a pothead and I've seen him cleaning his bong pipes. That residue is very sticky, stinks and looks similar to the stuff on that bill.
Load More Replies...It's got some depth to it, right next to the pyramid, maybe wielding its very own tiny lightsaber
I Got This Google Review Left About Me
This is a small local shop, often with only one employee closing so we’re instructed to close up shop if no one is in the store at about 9:55pm, so that we’re out the door at 10pm.
This dude called at 9:30pm asked if we’re open until 10pm and then says his GPS was giving an ETA of 10pm on the dot, I said well we normally lock up around 9:55 to start closing down if no one’s in the store but as long as they’re in the door before 10pm and they knew what they wanted to buy I’d check them out. He said well can’t you just wait to close until I get there? And I said I’m sorry sir but we do close at 10pm, and he hung up on me.
Thankfully the owner is a nice dude and I didn’t get in trouble for this but are you serious dude, you could cost someone your job for that.
I kept the kitchen open for a party of 12. With a limited menu . Stayed an extra hour . They were kind enough to buy me a few drinks.
Thats cool. At least they tried to compensate you for being nice enough to stay late.
Load More Replies...the only time anyone has ever stayed after closing for a customer (that I've seen) is the car dealership near my house where my parents bought their cars. 10/10 customer service tho :D they were super nice
You're not a customer, you're a selfish jerk who thinks all service employees exist to serve you, the "holy, all powerful" customer. They work long hours for pay that's barely a liveable wage (mostly not) and you DARE to force them to work past the time they are told to close - just because you can't manage your time?
Load More Replies...Other customers think that the way stores organize clothes doesn't make sense. The Old Navy employee Ethan S. witnessed such a case when a lady put the 10 and 12 sizes on the racks in the front.
In her mind, it made sense: the average woman in America is either of those two sizes, and the way the store organizes the clothes just isn't representative of that. However, employees didn't appreciate her efforts: corporate rules dictate that clothes have to be hung from smallest to largest.
Parents Who Just Let Their Kids Run To The Toy Dept And Tear It To Shreds While They Shop Are So Annoying
They would need to collect their kids from the manager's office after paying for damages.
WTF are these parents doing? I feel sorry for the kids because they are like to become self-centered, entitled people.
The parents are using the store as unpaid daycare.
Load More Replies...When I was a kid we were allowed to go to the toy department alone but we just never behaved this way. When I had kids there was no way I would have let my kids go there alone. I saw America's Most Wanted.
If I'd done that as a kid I still wouldn't be able to sit down from the 4$$-whooping I'd have gotten.
God god my two now 23-20 would never have done that ffs unbelievable bad parenting
Time to put guard rails on the toys! Those that would need staff help to get.
To The Customer That Did This, I Hate You
as someone who worked at a clothing store i despised these customers. the ones who dont put the shirt back properly after looking at it either. the amount of racks i had to reorganize so they were in size order was ridiculous. and y can ppl not attempt to fold a shirt after looking at it. y just throw it on the table
That's how trash behaves. That's how their parents and grandparents behaved and now they will pass their trashiness to their own offspring.
Load More Replies...Looks to me more like the tags aren't visible because of they way they've fallen/been dumped on the ground.
Load More Replies...How about: "I'm sorry I messed up the shelf when looking for my size. How can I help you tidying up?"
When I was covering a the clothing department where I work, someone did this with a small stack of grey t shirts. They just picked up a stack that I'd folded and placed them on the floor. (A colleague had something similar with a pile of ladies Chelsea boots, too)
Yes, it was wrong. BUT, I don't see a space big enough on the shelf to hold that many towels--did you overload and stuff the shelf SO MUCH that if someone bumped it came tumbling down?
You Just Can't Make This Up
I would be suspicious that someone adulterated the bottle. Yes, it could have been accidental during the bottling. But companies strive to not do that.
Too bad you couldn't pop it open and pour out enough to make them even.
The old topping off mom and dad's stash in the liquor cabinet trick, eh??
Which of these moments do you think are the most infuriating, Pandas? How many similar behaviors have you witnessed, even if you're not a retail or hospitality employee? Share your experiences with us in the comments! And if you want to see more customers acting dumb, check out our previous articles here, and here!
Just A Mother Teaching Her Son How To Spray Paint On The Store's Floor
and he's being supervised by an adult who should know better. there are reasons these things are age restricted, a child that small shouldn't be anywhere near them being used.
Load More Replies...Were does this happen? I have never seen this in a paint isle but the image makes it look like people do it all the time?
In Australia there used to be cardboard for you to test spray paint on, but now you can't even get to spray paint unless you get a staff member to unlock the cabinet and I doubt you can test them.
Load More Replies...One more parent in this list starting young to teach their kids how to grow into very entitled brats.
Theft of products. Also, who wants their small child breathing in paint fumes. What an idiot.
Probably trying to keep him From a Tantrum - given the do not spray sign, surely staff had right to intervene
It's Always Like This Around Christmas Time
If that were me. I'd be saying no deal. That's not how I work. I don't do work on maybe , and no one works for free.
I Have No Words
This was an hour before closing by the way.
clean up and sort by size! Some people are just jerks!
Load More Replies...Once one pair is left unshelved, everyone else then thinks that's what you do.
Then I hope those people watch a lemming jump off a cliff. (( Dear experts: I know they don't do that ;) )
Load More Replies...Clearly, someone violated the 2nd rule of retail shoes, NEVER get them wet, they multiply...
Was there a sale? Man, many moons ago when I worked in retail and there was a sale and people used to do this cṟap we used to stay after hours to clean it all up and restock it took forever to do this and then they do it again the next day so then we’d have to restock it all but I used to refuse to do it again the next night so they’d have to put me somewhere else Because it would just make me angry.
Why Would You Post That?
It’s one thing to steal a loaf of bread to feed your family; it’s quite another to steal just for the thrill of it. Should they be caught, people like this should have extra punishment added to their sentence for how brazen and unapologetic they are.
You, and people like you, are the reason goods are more expensive. Retailers have to make up the shortfall somehow. Hope you're proud of yourselves for screwing everyone over?
No lmao. Prices go up whether or not people steal. Stop blaming everyone else, and actually direct it at the people who make the pricing choices.
Load More Replies...Translation: We love bragging about being selfish criminals who make everyone else pay the consequences of our actions.
Because they know they can get away with it. Most places don't apprehend or prosecute them.
This is true. And it'll always be that way. I've spent most of my time in food-service, but I've worked retail, too. And I can tell you with confidence that, even IF the companies didn't actively encourage us not to confront thieves, we still wouldn't. The company has insurance for that, and even if they didn't, there's not a GD thing in ANY store that's worth my life. Especially considering the company doesn't give a dàmn about me anyway. What companies should do, is hire security. But that would look bad to customers, make them think the store is unsafe, and drive sales down. And more importantly, it would cost the company money. And we all know the CEOS and executives of these companies are deathly allergic to spending money on anything but themselves. And thieves know all this, too. So they keep stealing. It's a disgusting cycle. I HATE a thief!!
Load More Replies...This Lady Got Mad Walmart Didn't Have Any Great Value Vanilla Cookies So She Made This Mess At The Kokomo Walmart
Vandalism like this should have the customer charged. Bad enough when a toddler has a tantrum and does this kind of thing, but an adult should be held responsible.
Come On, Really?
Was someone expecting to get high from biting it? Bet they were disappointed!
Male Karen Believes It's His Right To Drive Off With The Walmart Electric Cart, Berates Employee For Trying To Stop Him
Some do. I tried to take one out to the disabled parking and it cut off every 5 feet.
Load More Replies...Come back inside and pay for it. Then you can take it home.
Load More Replies...I was sitting in the shop café one afternoon and there was a lady with mobility issues sat a few tables away. She had parked her mobility scooter just near the wall of the cafe entrance. Some random woman went up and grabbed it so she didn't need to walk around the store. The scooter owners husband instantly got up to get her off and this entitled woman told him f you, I'm tired and don't feel like walking around the store, I'll bring it back when I'm done so stop being selfish. He told her his wife can barely walk but again she said they were selfish and not using it anyway. She then rode off on it running the man's foot over in the process. Security stopped her and police were called. Entitled woman was arrested for theft and potentially a*****t. Wild.
I always go to my car in the scooter and ask that they come with me so they can return the cart and help unpack my groceries. My spouse is on the other end at home. The store is always unfailingly polite and helpful. I have been told by a young man who drove his own car to work that OSHA does not let people his age drive a scooter-someone else had to come with me. He could be on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier directing traffic of jets, but he can't drive a scooter-insanity! He agreed.
Someone left one of these carts in the middle of a parking spot at my local Walmart. Not even close to the handicapped spots.
If the handicap spots are full, disabled people will park where they can and can't wait idling and hoping for a handicap spot. The pain of getting to the door is at least cut in half by being able to drive a scooter back to the car. I'm a scooter user and I could never make that walk. If Walmart would like to walk out with me, I'll be glad to hand it over but none ever do. There is no way I'm able to make that kind of walk a second time and barely a 1st time. I usually go with my hubba hubby and he will drive it back for me but he's not always available when I need to make a trip. That, Neopet22, is why there is a scooter in the middle of the parking lot.
Load More Replies...When Clients Try To Dictate Your Prices
Grinds my gears when clients do this. We priced his property at $240+tax per month - and this is our pricing for him since 2021.
Last winter, he decided that he wasn't gonna hire us. This year, he called to book the service for the season. I told him on the phone that it will still be the same price as before to which he just said "okay". This is our conversation the following morning after our phone conversation.
Client apparently went to the Trump school of negotiation: a “good deal” is when I get what I want while the other side gets screwed and you should never pay anyone what their worth.
That is not Trump-specifc, please remember poor human behavior pre-dates him and he is not personally responsible for everything you dislike. Unless you really do believe he is omnipotent...
Load More Replies...I’m Building Custom PCs For People On Facebook Marketplace And I Get This Tool
"No" goes in place of "Id be losing money." (Does the ego at least break even?)
Load More Replies...I'd do it, then pop in the cheapest crappiest components i could find AND make it clear that it was a BUDGET set-up
A Lady Tried To Play Me With A $300 Worth Of Counterfeit Bills
So a lady tried to load her Cashapp for $300 and when she gave me the money, I immediately knew that the bill felt off so I grabbed my pen and boom, it turned black. I delayed her by telling her my computer was moving slow and I called the manager up front and she tells her “Ma’am this money fake.” She tells my manager and I that her baby daddy gave her the money and she quickly left the store.
It says COPY on the bills and the serial numbers are the same on all three bills.
Though "copy" is small enough not to be noticed and who has time to compare all the numbers? This is a case of following the law in a way that still breaks it.
Load More Replies...Ummm you didnt really even need the marker. The number is exactly the same on all of them....plus it literally says COPY in the bottom left corner.
i genuinely don't understand that rule of grammar. but not gonna downvote, bc no one knows when to use which.
Load More Replies...Nothing about this bill looks right and the words "copy" above the hundred. Clearly signs of being photocopied and triggering basically a VOID message. Our prescriptions worked the same way-you never saw the VOID until you photocopied them. Then it was obvious. Amazing how many people tried it.
This Grown Man Left A Review On The Facebook Page Of The Mcdonalds I Work At And Put A Picture Of Me In It
I have special needs due to having asperger's syndrome and anxiety. This person doesn't know anything about me and had no right to post this.
Bravo to businesses hiring those with special needs. We can all develop more compassion for those in the workforce for whom not everything comes naturally. Everyone deserves a chance to learn and have mishaps - it's how we all grow. If I saw this scenario unfold while out with my kids, all it does is give me an opportunity to help them understand what they are witnessing, and likewise develop more empathy. I can imagine that, in my most generous perspective, perhaps the FB poster didn't have someone to model this for him, and thus reacted out of his own fear and ignorance at "how crazy" it felt to him. I find it important to remember that my "busy neurotypical day" won't be hampered all that much by making space for workers with special needs. Who simply want to have purpose like any human and not be shut away from able-bodied eyes.
God forbid he had to wait *gasp* 15 whole minutes! I don't know how you can feel anything but empathy if you see someone crying like that at their job.
Load More Replies...Customer is ignorant, can't even use the correct form of there/their/they're or rain/reign/rein.
"free rain"? Does that mean employees can cause precipitation whenever they want?
No, it just means they don't have to pay for the rain.
Load More Replies...I would have asked if the employee was alright, as they are probably having one of the worst days of their life right there. Probably nothing I could physically do to help them, other than to try and alert either a co-worker or manager to try and help them. In the grand scheme of things, nobody is going to die because their Big Mac takes a few minutes longer to prepare, or that you need to just step aside whilst an employee cleans an area...
In this day and age Aspergers isn’t special needs. It’s just another thing that people have because so many people have it. In fact, it’s become a thing ‘’to get diagnosed with“. How do I know? I spoke to my doctor about it.. i’m actually trying to get medicated for Mira like symptoms of ADHD from my brain damage. I do not see brain injuries because I hate the word injuries because an injury implies it can heal, be repaired or fix itself. Mine is brain damage for obvious reasons. Anyway, she has told me that it has become a fashion thanks to TikTok which is a disease by the way, that people nowadays just want to be diagnosed with ADHD and Aspergers so basically all you have to do (in Australia) is go to your doctor and tell them that you think you may have the mentioned above, tell them that you want to see a psychiatrist about it, they send a referral for you to the psychiatrist you go to the psychiatrist, you pay a lot of money for it-between 1200 to 2 grand,and she has sent…
so far 45 referrals, not a single one has been rejected except mine so far… And not a single person has been NOT diagnosed… And that’s how easy it is in Australia to be diagnosed as ADHD Aspergers if you want to be. You’re just pay for it. The psychiatrist are raking it in in fact the government should actually look into it because it’s becoming a problem. They probably will start looking into it soon because it’s getting ridiculous how easy it is for people to get diagnosed and it’s becoming a problem for people who are actually you know ADHD and Aspergers because soon they won’t be able to get diagnosed because of people figuring out and just taking advantage of the system and the psychiatrists RAKING in the money. That’s all it is.
Load More Replies..."Should have reported him to The Hague and contacted a meteorologist." Both would have about the same impact as cops and a lawyer: zero.
Load More Replies...Nah, if an employee is having a lengthy screaming meltdown, I am going to be the a*****e here, because if management is not out there on the jiffy handling this because they know that person has special needs - I am the f**k out of there. If a full grown adult is having a screaming temper tantrum in the middle of a business, and they are an actual employee? And the rest of the staff is just ignoring this? How am I supposed to know what the hell is going to happen next?? Nope.I am the hell out of there. Downvote this all you want.
I don't get why you are downvoted because it's true,if you are visiting a business and an employee is yelling,crying,cursing,you don't know them or if they have special needs. You can feel bad for them maybe, obviously don't take their pic and share it online,but I would be scared and worried. I also believe that management should be on top of things and trained enough on how to handle a special needs employee to ensure the business is not affected.
Load More Replies...I Work In A Small Natural Foods Grocery Store. We Have A Regular Customer Who Steals Dates Then Leaves The Pit In Random Places Throughout The Store
We've found pits on shelves, in cold cases, sitting next to fresh baked goods. It's so gross. It's been going on for years and no one seems to know who it is.
okay, this is gross, and annoying and stuff, but if this hadn't gone on for such a long time, I would have had short term fun, like a scavenger hunt, sort of. Sorry, I'm weird.
It's time to check your cctv! Once my grocery store was filling my script. I got home and it wasn't in my bag-I panicked because it had a controlled substance in it and I knew they would not re- write it for me. I called the store and they told me they didn't have it. The girl who checked me out said, "I put it with the watermelon" so I thought she was sure. I asked them to check outside in the parking lot. They did and no bag of meds was found. I went back to the store and looked around in the parking lot myself, thinking that some person had taken those meds (an antibiotic, an antifungal and a controlled substance) just for the meds. I went to the store manager and asked for help. Her bright idea to check cctv. It showed the employee in the pharmacy reshelving it with others. I was so grateful. The poor clerk was mystified as she was sure she had bagged it. It happens-it did happen. Thank God for that cctv and the manager, Carola, for looking on it. I got my meds back intact.
I almost wonder if the customer isn't doing it on purpose at this point, like a "Fúck you" game or something.
I worked at a Hannaford. During my first month, I found wing bones around the store on shelves. Apparently, a mentally ill customer did it on the regular.
I Don't Understand Members Sometimes
Can I ask… is this a US thing where customers are referred to as members? I’ve seen a few points with this?
There are some big stores like Costco where you buy a membership to shop there, customers are not routinely referred to as members.
Load More Replies...I Work Closing At Target, Every Single Night I Have To Push 3-5 Carts Full Of Shopping Trips Abandoned By Customers
They abandom them out of frustration at the long queues due to no cashiers or badly functioning self check outs is my guess.
Translation: my time is too precious to wait in line like everyone else.
Load More Replies...Lazy jerks, and the worst ones are the people are the ones that leave cold or frozen foods either in a cart or in some random place because they are 2 lazy to take it back where it came from.
I am disabled and sometimes when I realize I don't need an item after all, the walk back is too much for me. So, I take it to the cashier and tell her I changed my mind. That way they can restock it with no hard feelings.
Load More Replies...In my time in retail, these are usually returns, or something the customer changed their minds about at check out. I worked briefly at Home Depot, and there were usually a few carts at the end of the night that were returns.
I left a cart once at a large department store. I went to use the bathroom and unfortunately someone had "painted" brown, stinky stuff all over - handmade paint, if you know what I mean. Walls, floor, ceiling, all the toilets, sinks, stalls. Gagging, I immediately went to customer service to tell them. The girl said, "Oh, you must be the fifth one today to say that" and didn't do a thing about it. I left.
I have to imagine at least one of these represents an emergency or illness... right??....
Or a toddler having a meltdown? My brother and I learned quickly that my mom would drag us out of a store if we misbehaved in public.
Load More Replies...Karen Is Angry That The Store Didn’t Serve Her. When They Were Closed
People like this have never had a customer service type job and it shows. The registers are closed and locked - it would have taken way longer than that. Everyone should have to wait tables or work retail/fast food at some point in their life so they learn to develop empathy.
its not a 1 minute transaction when there isnt an open register, dumb@ss
Closed is closed. Have a little respect and recognize that they are tired and want to go home and Flonase is not an emergency. What is a "1 minute transaction" added to all the other things they have to do to close turns into another hour.
They must not have known the most important woman in the world was coming.
The Way Customers Leave The Fitting Rooms At My Job
That is sadly something you can bet on if someone goes into the room with loads of clothes. We limit it to 3 or 4 things and tell the customer we gladly bring and change whatever he desires. Also, if they do that you hardly notice if something goes missing 😉
I go in the room with loads of clothes, but I hang them neatly back on the hangers. It doesn't hurt me to make the employee's job a bit easier.
Load More Replies...at least it's not urine or poop. common occurrence at target and walmart. oh, we also found used menstruation products frequently.
To Be Fair, Every Customer At This Theatre Is Either 6 Years Old, Brain Damaged, Or Both
Thats nice. My son is brain damaged and six years old. I will not take him to the theatre because he won't understand a thing. Reword your caption
When You Need Help Finding Something But Can’t Find An Employee
Actually that is a secondary reason, in a lot of places it is required to lock up spray paint due to under age kids buying it to either do graffiti or go somewhere and get high sniffing it.
Load More Replies...Good Lord, the store need to use a can of paint thinner to clean that floor.
Well it’s Walmart. I went to but spray paint there last summer and it took over 30 minutes for someone to come unlock it for me. They understaff, and seem to intentionally hire staff that like to hide from customers. You can argue that they underpay, but a friend’s daughter was making $25/hour last year in a small town with low COL.
No one here needed help finding anything. They were all just being a55hats and wasting paint that other people would end up paying for.
How A Customer Left My Local Target
If you need somebody to put the shoes back in the boxes, consider shopping in a store with plenty of shop assistants. Surprise: it'll be way more expensive.
People get away with this c**p--because the stores do not hire enough people.
A Customer At Work Asked Me If This Register Was Open
Should have looked at them confused and said "I'm not sure....how do you spell "open" again?:"
Load More Replies...At least they asked. I've seen people come up to a terminal that's clearly been closed & start scanning their stuff, ignoring the machine's desperate "This terminal is closed! Please use another terminal!" plea. Then they would look very confused as to why there is nothing but the word CLOSED on the screen. "Uh... I think your machine is broken..." Sigh.
Another customer who missed the class when they discussed the meaning of CLOSED.
I am sorry but I am not checking myself out and then making an accounting to your clerk. I just shop where there are clerks.
Maybe the person asking cannot read? Maybe they use a different alphabet such as cyrillic? Speaking the local dialect does not mean they read it.
Is It Really That Hard To Stack Baskets Properly
I regularly at my local grocery store have taken all the baskets left by other customers underneath or at the from of a register and put them back in the collection cart literally 2 steps away because I hate it having to navigate around them because people can't be bothered to turn around briefly to put it away properly.
Karens Will No Long Buy Coffee
Oh noo…. The nasty rude family won’t be back? They even let my daughter use their bathroom but they are just so rude.. to this family.. You’re the type that no business wants back. You doing a favour by not returning
"Thank you for taking your business elsewhere."
Load More Replies...I once was kinda desperate for a bathroom, the nearest place was and old-fashioned hardware store I used now and then, they said normally it's just for employees, but go ahead. I didn't really need anything that day, but I purchased a few odds and ends anyway.
Sorry for the run-on sentence. And, that should have been "an" old-fashioned...
Load More Replies...Wow....that hurts so bad to lose the business of someone who was not buying anything in the first place. Now, not only do they get nothing, they get 2 times nothing!
Did you miss "family of four"? This could lead to bankruptcy.
Load More Replies...In my State, if you have a store, you must also provide for your customers a restroom with hot and cold water in the taps.
"by saying some you payed and continuously pay for is for people are only for your customers, you lost the potential to have a family of four that would be rude be your customers as well."
I managed to Dunkin for a long time and I always made sure my employees knew they had the right not to serve anyone they didn't want to so yeah loss of anyone's business is not an issue. I've told people to GTFO out of my store so many times I can't even remember. or I'd hear we'll have never coming back here again and we'd absolutely be like okay good bye to make sure they hear us. I am play around as a manager My employees always come first.
Karen Accusing A Local Business Of Scamming Customers By Taking Out Good Cards
I really hate it when people write could of, should of, would of. I realize that's how they say it, but it just highlights their ignorance.
Load More Replies...Got This Bad Review Because I Went On Break. How Are People So Stupid?
it's very hard and convenient stores when you're the only one working there. My husband works at a gas station kind of next door to my house and if he has to go to the bathroom they're such a pain over there that I'll have to walk over and man the register while he goes to the bathroom. so even the bosses don't see you as people sometimes...
As long as there's a sign, for example "back in 15 minutes" (or whatever), I don't see a problem.
Even With Good Service They Still Complain
How about you try working there or anywhere else in food service and see how you like jerks like you and for crappy pay
Banana Peel Left In A Basket In Walmart
There’s A Special Place In Retail Hell For People Who Sit On The Clothing Tables
Unless you're having some kind of medical problem get your lazy a*s up.
I do have a medical problem and have to sit. I always straighten the piles before I leave. They should have chairs in some areas.
Load More Replies...What Do You Mean I Don’t Get The Sale Price After The Sale Has Ended
You missed the sale, and the item is no longer on sale for that price. It's price may still be lower than normal so technically it may still be on sale, but just not for what it was when you took the photo.
Does this person mean that the item was originally priced at $1400 and then marked up to $2200 and then marked as "on sale"? Because I'd be upset by that too. Or are they saying they found it on sale and missed the sale before it went back up to the original $2200 price?
The latter. It was on sale, they missed the sale, they still wanted the sale price a week later.
Load More Replies...I'm thinking I should shop the Black Friday sales the following week to avoid the crush. The sale prices will still be in effect, right?
Someone Let Their Kid Bedazzle A Floor Tile In This Mall, Then Just Left It And The Packaging
My Neighbour Stealing Shopping Carts To Take Groceries Home
I hate when. People do that! The carts are for customers shopping IN the store. Not their person tote. I used to have a neighbor who did that. It also makes the neighborhood look trashy. Now in my city there is a " squad" i guess one could call it that goes around and collects their carts from people's homes. The thieves are then fined by the city for thieving
The only time I have ever seen anyone do this, they were homeless and they had all their stuff in it. Still no excuse.
This is so common my town supermarkets have all put in the coin deposit chains so you have to return it to get coin back. It has helped a little bit but there are still some being taken. Frustrating when you don't have coins on you.
So everyone has to be inconvenienced because a few people feel entitled. There should be some way to punish the wicked without harming the innocent.
Load More Replies...Can someone report her to the store she's stealing the carts from? My local grocery has lately started installing a gizmo that locks the wheels of the shopping cart if you try to take them out of the parking lot.
Which is an additional expense for the store, who passes the expense on to the customer.
Load More Replies...This Customer Struggling With The Concept That Employees Have Lives
This is an account note of a conversation I just had with a customer. The regular manager is off today on PTO but I guess he forgot to get his time-off approved by this customer.
I Worked About 6 Hours On A Very Detailed Custom Logo That The Client Really Liked. I Put A $100 Price Tag On The Final Piece. Here’s What I Got Back
A price increase seems reasonable. After all, we're talking about a fair price.
Load More Replies...This is why you NEVER EVER EVER do the work before at least getting a decent down payment.
I had a client once who stated that designers worked for 15min and then charged for 2 hours. The same client made me send WELL over 30 edits - my first freelance client and lesson learned.
You are an artist and that would have been an original piece of your work for $16 per hour. Hold onto your work and value it. If they are not willing to pay for it-find others who will.
This reminds me of a real incident where a guy thought he could bully my friend into accepting what he offered for a '64 Mustang and ended up going home empty-handed.
People Just Turning The Store Into A Trashcan - From When I Worked In Retail
This is why people aren't allowed to eat in most stores, but they don't usually have staff to check
When Someone Says They Were Only 2 Minutes Late, They Meant At Least 20
I hear this a lot from people complaining about not being seen. Our offices give patients up to 15 minutes to be late. After that it's up to the provider if they are seen. We tell people that if they call to say they are running late. I was 2 mins late and they wouldn't see me. Click on the appt and they showed up 20 mins late or long. All appts say to arrive 15 mins early to get parked and checked in.
I had an appointment with a MD and didn't know that they had moved. I called and explained and asked if I could reschedule. They spoke with the MD and he said he would go ahead and see me.
Load More Replies...I worked in a primary care setting, and patients would often call and tell us that they were running late. Patients always had to wait to be seen, so if we could, we would accommodate them, but if not, we would tell them on the phone. They could always come and take their chances on a work-in but that held no guarantees of being seen until the end of the day. If we could handle the patient ourselves with a phone call to a pharmacy, we would just call in meds. Most people tried to be early and we always asked them to as there is always some kind of paperwork that needs to be done, even if it's just an updated meds list. Sometimes it just happens and life gets in the way. If you are chronically late-then it's an issue and we don't deal with that. We send you a lovely letter asking you to find another provider as we try to stay on time as much as we can. The doctor always spends the amount of time with a patient that they need, so just wait your turn.
I’ve never been seen by a doctor within an hour of my appointment time. If I was late they’d probably cancel and change me, but if I was on time, I’d sit in the waiting room for an hour or more.
“The Nerve Of This Restaurant!” - Karen
You just don't show up at a restaurant with a big group like that. You have to make a reservation so they can schedule enough employees to cover it. Definitely not fair to the other customers either.
storytime! one of my fave restaurants is a small pizza place around ~45 mins from me. I would drive for that pizza. I assume there's alot of regulars, as there's a neighborhood next door. They tell us and another family to wait outside, as there's a big group of church people inside, hogging all of the tables (this is about 3:15, they've been there since lunch) it sounded like the owners were about to get pissed, as they hadn't ordered anything, and were keeping away customers.
Swapping Your Nasty Shoes With New Ones At The Store
I've seen that in a store a couple of times and wonder how people can do that.
Oh, you mean the I didn't make it to the bathroom in time design?
Load More Replies...Someone's Been Shopping
The Way Customers Have Taken Bricks From This Pallet
Amazing Park Job From A Customer With 3 Kids At My Job
Right by the front, too.
Need somebody with an old International truck with iron bumpers to squeeze into the space next to them one time.
Someone Wants Airbnb Host To Cancel Existing Reservations Because Their Plans Changed
Do you expect them to cancel another person's reservation because your plans changed? I don't think so!
So you would like to stay with the people who have the reservation for the next week? I doubt they would like that!
Maybe Don’t Come In 5 Minutes Before Closing To Buy Cat Food
Open until 10 means OPEN until 10. Closing duties should begin after 10.
No just no, i agree with the food stores here. If they close at 10 then you should count on them not letting more customers in 5 or 10 minutes before closing, you don't just slither in 3 minutes begore closing and expect them to serve you. It takes time for staff to close the store and do all the things they need to have done before being able to go home. I would guess atleast 20 or 30 minutes before they can finally go home.
You lock your door at 10 and if people are in your store still, you should serve them. No one comes in after the doors are closed at 10pm, but 10 means 10.
Load More Replies...I agree with this one. You're open or you're not. It's super annoying when someone grabs a cart at 5 mins before closing, but you know it's going to happen. If you want to close at 9:55 then make your sign accordingly. Harrumph.
I agree with food stores here because sometimes it is really just some small thing people forgot but everything else, come back tomorrow
Load More Replies...Being a door greeter at a store back when shells were used as currency doesn't count.
I'm on the store's side. Close at 10 means they are closed for business exactly at 10. You can waltz in at 9:55 but if you aren't checked out by the time they close tills at 10 then you're SOL. When I worked retail, my evening shift was scheduled until 10. I was supposed to clock out at 10. We were expected to start shutting down our registers at 9:55 so we could be closed at 10. If we waited until 10 to close out then the stores closing hours would say 10:05. Any reasonable person who is not a total a******n would not walk into a store at 9:57 expecting to be able to purchase cat food.
If you start closing your tills at 9:55, then you don't close at 10pm, Your doors should be locked at 10 to new customers and then at 10 you close out your registers. Either lights should be flashed or a verbal warning to come to registers before you close at 10pm. If it's after that and they are still wandering-that is sad for them. Your stated time is 10 and you have provided a "last call" warning for them. That's all you can do.
Load More Replies...Worked in grocery for a long time and completely agree with the customer here. The closing time is when you lock the doors, stop letting people in, and make your final announcement for any remaining customers to bring their purchases to the front before a manager walks the aisles to shepard any holdouts to the front. Closing employees are scheduled to work 30 to 60 mintues to accommodate this and the time it takes to close out. But more importantly, I can tell you from experience that there are always very few customers left around this time, and, two, 99/100 of the ones walking in with 5 minutes to spare are literally trying to get one quick thing. The other 1/100 turns around a walks out when you politely tell them you are closing.
If you have posted that you close at 10pm-then 10pm it is. Your closing duties should start after you close at 10.
You Can't Make This Up
Then you put it back or preferly tell the staff about it, you don't just dump it anywhere.
Load More Replies...Total Badass Leaves $300 Worth Of Groceries At The Checkout
This is so weird to me any more. I know it's different in the US, but after living in France now for some years it is the norm to bag your own groceries and you have to bring or buy your own bags.
Baggers have never been a thing here. Completely alien concept.
Load More Replies...During lock down our usual store was very short staffed so while my husband would unload the cart I would bag. I was not happy about this but understood. Upside was that I got to sort the stuff into bags by where they needed to go at home. Got to the point I usually tell the bagger that I'd prefer to do it myself.
People who refuse to bag their own groceries will die first when the zombies come.
I don't understand your reasoning. I thought zombies were looking for brains.
Load More Replies...The cashiers generally bag stuff, the way it's laid out you can bag them yourselves. I haven't seen a separate bagger in a grocery store since the 60s.
I always put all the cold stuff together on the checkout lane, so they can bag it together and I can unload it together. Nothing like ice cream melting because it's not in the right place. Our checkers are great! I don't want to use my own bags-it's just something else to drag around and if you have $3oo worth of groceries, they can provide bags for it-we reuse them at home.
I absolutely loathe people that just stand there and stare at their groceries while the check out person is scanning. Double loathe the ones that stare at the special needs kid doing his best and make them feel uncomfortable whilst doing nothing to help... I have to fight the urge to literally jump the line and go bag their s**t...
You do know it's the job of the bagger to load the bags and help you carry them out and unload them into your car. I shop at Publix because they still offer this service and I like it.
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Today, our busiest day of the week, we were understaffed in the rotisserie so naturally we were a little behind. Instead of answering 100 different peoples questions of when the chickens would be done I wrote this sign, propped it up out front and went into the back to skew.
At about 2pm, after that batch had been out and was long gone, a manager came back and asked me why I was "selling chickens for a buck" (I doubt he got the pun) but I guess people were telling the cashiers that I had a hand written sign advertising chickens as 1 dollar? Are people illiterate?
Who puts out rotisserie chicken in the middle of the night? Just switch to 24h clock, that would have prevented confusion.
Not sure it would, they would probably think it was $13, which would also be incorrect. If they could work out that it was a time, surely they could work out that the store isn't open in the middle of the night so it meant 1pm?
Load More Replies...I’ve Started Taking Pictures At Work Of Messes Customers Leave Behind
Also closely resembles a yard sale which is where these people do most of their shopping.
Load More Replies...Customer Playing With Her Large Dog In Front Of The Hot Deli Counter At The Grocery Store
Customer Didn't Want To Purchase Three Separate 6 Packs So He Just Cut Two Plants Off Each
We sell a pack of 6 plants for $2.99. A customer decided he only wanted 2 broccoli, 2 cauliflower, and 2 brussel sprouts, so he cut them off their packs and tried to hand me $3.
Customer Just Left This Review Of The Place Where My Girlfriend Works. The "Main Dude" Says He's Never Seen Him Before
Its not their fault that you dropped it you entitled idiot. If you want another cookie you have to pay for it.
Generally most stores will replace food/drink if it's dropped, especially if it's on the stores premise. So their complaint is actually reasonable (assuming he's telling the truth, and actually did just buy it from them). I've never been denied a replacement when something spilled. You just ask nicely if they can replace it, and every reasonable business will replace it.
Load More Replies...Sorry, dude, that's the way the cookie crumbles. The moment you paid for it, it was yours and not the store's.
and any self respecting customer would respect a businesses decision to not fix something you caused not including the actual mess itself.
They Really Tried It
Could someone please explain? Is this monopoly money someone thought was real?
It's a one million dollar bill, that does not exist. They are however legal to own or print but not to use as currency.
Load More Replies...I used to have a souvenir bill like this but the face on it was Elvis. The checker fell in love with it so I gave it to her.
I Sincerely Hate Our Customers
Just put stuff back that you take down to look at-it's so easy to do.
I'd Love To Ask The Lazies Who Do This If This Is The Same Way They Store Milk At Home
Well, in France it is. We don't have to refrigerate our milk until it's opened. However, I haven't yet seen anyone leave a product in a store in an area it's not supposed to be, but I've only been here 3+ years.
The fresh milk is next to the yaourt. I've never seen cooled food items left outside a cooler either, but the french take food seriously.
Load More Replies...More than lazy, it's trashy. These people come from generations of disrespect for anyone but themselves.
This Is Ridiculous
Big issue always is that people seem drawn to drop carts in the handicapped spots . A permitted person would need to stop, exit the vehicle, move at least three carts, get back in the vehicle, park, and then get out of the car again to go into the store. Good chance they may have to move additional abandoned carts when they leave. This is a physical therapy most don't need. Also, the lane for a wheelchair ramp is blocked.
As someone with a disabled placard, I have a specific issue with this as these are blocking a disabled parking space. HOWEVER, I would also like to ask that stores provide cart returns much closer to disabled parking spaces as I also use the cart as a mobility aid when I am shopping, and if I have to walk 50 - 100 feet to return it, it is painful and challenging to walk back to my vehicle. I try to place carts where they are not blocking any part of a space or the area designated for a lift for a wheelchair van, but having a cart return would make it even easier!
Still unresolved. And rendering the handicapped parking area useless.
AT my shopping centre, there's about 6 different types, which won't fit into each other. The people who manage them are incapable of keeping one of each open for new additions . FFS how hard can that be?. So I'm forced to back-to-back them to get my coin back, thereby gumming up the works.
It's usually the customers who star putting the different trolleys in the same rows
Load More Replies...My biggest pet peeve is people that are either 2 stupid or 2 lazy to put the buggy in the rack!
Three Flat Carts Full Of Furniture, Returned By A Customer Who Joked With Me “We Didn’t Need Any Of It After The Holidays” As We Waited In The Returns Line. I Didn’t Laugh
I've heard stories about people returning their Christmas trees to Costco after the holiday and them taking the return. However, it is these kinds of people who end up making return policies get revised and become a nightmare for "honest" returns.
Load More Replies...Oh. Home Depot should have refused the return. No telling what was dropped or spilled on it.
First Time For Me! I Edit And Customize Videos For Clients. Keep In Perspective A 30 Second Clip Can Take 4-6 Hours
I would simply forward the person links to free video editors and wish them well. No point in fighting with stupid
Despite Eggs Being As Expensive As They Currently Are, Lazies Are Still Gonna Lazy
I think the point is randomly leaving stuff anywhere you happen to be.
In the US the eggs are washed before putting them in a carton, washed eggs do need to be refrigerated as this removes the protective coating.
Load More Replies...A Customer Did This And Left It
For some unknown reason she was backing out of the aisle and crashed into the Colgate display, looked at it on the ground and left it, I cleaned up her mess and then told someone about it.
It's just left leaning against a rack of other goods, not the customers fault its not stable and its blocking goods others might want to buy.
I'm conflicted here, because these stand-alone cardboard displays do block access to items on the shelf, and are very light so they tip easily. I would at least have tried to push it to the side so it's not blocking the entire aisle.
Just be a grown up and own up to it. I once dropped a container of hot soup and it exploded everywhere. I found an employee and he came over right away to clean it. I was so embarrassed! I apologized about 1000 times and even offered to clean it up, but he graciously refused. Saw him again on the way out of the store and apologized and thanked him again.
My baby once touched one of these full of nutrigrain bars sending it toppling over. Bars everywhere, under units down the aisle. They were still clearing it up 30 mins later when we finished shopping fishing out bars with brooms. It looked hilarious but the stand was so unstable it was just an accident waiting to happen.
Why? Seriously Why Are Some People So Lazy And Unethical?
Laziness, entitlement, selfishness, and inconsideration.
Load More Replies...So if it's a very hot day and I've just loaded frozen groceries into my (hot) car, now I have to lock the car up and go find a cart return thing?
Jfc, it's not like the cart return is so far away that it requires a passport. Your frozen groceries will be fine for the less than 60 seconds it takes to return your cart.
Load More Replies...My Friend Is A Student Artist, Saving Up For A PC. This Was An Interaction She Had With A “Client”
Report to the cops and through whichever site they found the person.
Buy A $5,3m Brownstone? Done. Start A $700k Remodel? Sure Thing. Having To Pay $11000 For An Architectural Upgrade? Too Expensive, Let's Get A Discount For The Whole Project
Apparently Working Here Means I Know Big And Little
So these are our registers for self checkout. I’ve had people stare confused at the smaller screen (pin pad) and try to figure out how to proceed, when they need to look at the big screen.
I’ve told customers this in a polite and friendly way, even showing them the screen when I say “hey, gotta hit the button on the big screen.” A good number of them look between the two screens as if they cannot decide which is bigger, and I’m trying to logically deduce how they can be confused. But then a few of them have gotten angry: “You work here so it is easy for you!”
Easy for me… to know the difference between BIG and LITTLE…Because I work at a retailer?
TBH I'd be confused by that - looks vastly over-complicated. Not Bi screen vs little screen, but where the hell do I put stuff to scan it?
Maybe on the flat spot with the 2 red scanning lights?
Load More Replies...Nope-not checking myself out. If it comes down to that, I'll just cook it myself and stay at home.
Oh They Big Mad
Grocery stores get stuff like that in big boxes and put it in smaller packages.
The Sweet Taste Of Getting Minimum Wage Workers In Trouble
It's not c**p, if there are no parking spots for customers they may go elsewhere.
You have a point but he didn't, instead he chose to be petty about it and maybe getting someone fired. Over a parking spot?
Load More Replies...I Work At A Lab. This Client Has To Be Messing With Us
Yes, it is frozen in a block of ice. This must be some knew shipping method I haven't heard of. It's still wrapped in bubble wrap, after all.
A Customer Called The Cops The Other Day Cause The Receipt Printer Wasn’t Working
If you have taken their money but are not giving them a receipt, what proof of purchase do they have if the goods or service is defective?
yeah, but you don't call the cops about it. I'm sure store management would have fixed it if notified.
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Boomer? Again? Really? Has that just become a synonym for anyone who looks older than you?
Wasn't my customer, but, we all got to listen to daddy throw an absolute guano fit because the sales rep wouldn't let 16 year old daughter test drive a car. Didn't matter than she had a license, our insurance won't allow a minor to drive, the DMV frowns on it, and corporate policy won't allow it. Kicker #1 is that he kept saying she was going to buy it on her own. Legally can't. Can't pay cash. Can't finance. Can't get insurance in her own name. She's a minor. Kicker #2 is the cops were called and he was trespassed from all 30+ stores. After he was led away in handcuffs because he refused to leave and was fronting up the female cop. Daughter had to call mom to come pick her up
Lmao, guano fit. I'm gonna steal that. Seriously though, is this normal behaviour were you are from? Cause i worked in some stores for some years and I have never ever had a rude customer, i live in Sweden if that matters.
Load More Replies...Plenty of other customers get upset about this stuff too. Almost every time I shop I find myself straitening items on shelves, rehanging clothes, putting items back where they belong, etc.
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This list made me realize that we need to return the rule of "you break it,you buy it". Seriously,I don't get. How people can destroy so much merchandise in a store and not get anything for that. I rarely break anything when I shop but the last time I did,I felt bad lol. I dropped a container of yogurt that left a little puddle near my foot and the container obviously opened a bit so had to be thrown out. I didn't even want to move because the yogurt was on my boot and I didn't want it spreading on the floor so I had to wait for an employee to pass 🤣 and asked for paper to clean it up. They thought I only wanted to clean my shoe but I meant to clean the floor near me as well,they said it's fine they will do it. I don't get how people do the stuff on this list without shame.
I can’t read this because the list keeps refreshing and going back to the top, your ads are too many and too buggy.,,
Ublock origin. It's a browser add-on. It makes issues like that go away.
Load More Replies...Wasn't my customer, but, we all got to listen to daddy throw an absolute guano fit because the sales rep wouldn't let 16 year old daughter test drive a car. Didn't matter than she had a license, our insurance won't allow a minor to drive, the DMV frowns on it, and corporate policy won't allow it. Kicker #1 is that he kept saying she was going to buy it on her own. Legally can't. Can't pay cash. Can't finance. Can't get insurance in her own name. She's a minor. Kicker #2 is the cops were called and he was trespassed from all 30+ stores. After he was led away in handcuffs because he refused to leave and was fronting up the female cop. Daughter had to call mom to come pick her up
Lmao, guano fit. I'm gonna steal that. Seriously though, is this normal behaviour were you are from? Cause i worked in some stores for some years and I have never ever had a rude customer, i live in Sweden if that matters.
Load More Replies...Plenty of other customers get upset about this stuff too. Almost every time I shop I find myself straitening items on shelves, rehanging clothes, putting items back where they belong, etc.
things bored panda loves: sh*tting on america (it is a bad place but still), ageism, negativity. things i like about bored panda: the dogs, cats, and pets :)
This list made me realize that we need to return the rule of "you break it,you buy it". Seriously,I don't get. How people can destroy so much merchandise in a store and not get anything for that. I rarely break anything when I shop but the last time I did,I felt bad lol. I dropped a container of yogurt that left a little puddle near my foot and the container obviously opened a bit so had to be thrown out. I didn't even want to move because the yogurt was on my boot and I didn't want it spreading on the floor so I had to wait for an employee to pass 🤣 and asked for paper to clean it up. They thought I only wanted to clean my shoe but I meant to clean the floor near me as well,they said it's fine they will do it. I don't get how people do the stuff on this list without shame.
I can’t read this because the list keeps refreshing and going back to the top, your ads are too many and too buggy.,,
Ublock origin. It's a browser add-on. It makes issues like that go away.
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