Money, Capitalism and Work: Thanks

Thanks

By elipses - 22/08/2009 04:43 - Canada

Today, I got a report telling me how I had handled a mystery shopper at work. In this report, I found out that instead of saying, "Thank you" I'd said, "Have a nice day, take care." This kept me from getting a $150 bonus. FML

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By Max - 04/03/2017 22:00

Today, I sent a thank you note after a job interview, emphasizing my accuracy at editing written reports; I misspelled the company's name. FML

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Make your mind up

By fuck you, boss - 21/12/2013 00:30 - United States

Today, my boss scolded me for being too friendly to our customers and told me to back off and let them do their thing. Less than an hour after doing as he said, he scolded me again, this time for slacking off and not asking them if they needed help finding stuff. There goes my bonus. FML

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Hey, where's my bonus?!

By moderndante - 11/09/2019 16:00 - United States - Portland

Today, my co-worker received a $1,000 bonus for a project that I do all the work on. My direct supervisor thought that I was an assistant. I send him an e-mail copy of the project every week, and have done so for the past six months. I was later reprimanded for not congratulating my co-worker. FML

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Let it out

By MrTandy - 16/09/2011 02:38 - United States

Today, I was working when I delivered the standard "Hello, how are you?" to a customer. He took the opportunity to tell me about his deceased wife, his estranged children, and his anal tearing. After a while, I tried to help someone else, and he complained to my manager. I was written up. FML

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By romedizzle - 24/11/2010 09:52 - Canada

Today, I was helping an older lady return her previously bought items to customer service. As she walked away and said "Thanks," I tried to say "You're welcome" and "No problem" at the same time. I ended up saying "Your problem". She scowled at me. FML

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By Oopsie - 20/07/2019 04:00

Today, nine hours into a ten-hour shift, I accidentally told a customer, "You're a problem!" instead of, "You're welcome!" or, "No problem!" She gave me a dirty look and hurried off before I could correct myself. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/03/2012 06:46 - United States

Today, at work, we had an extremely rude customer who started cussing at us, and my coworker started cussing back. I jumped on the register to quickly bring down the line, and apologized to everyone for the scene. A secret shopper was in the line and claimed that I was rude. I got written up. FML

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The customer is sometimes devious

By dontgivemechecks - 16/03/2020 14:00

Today, I found out that I accidentally returned a customer her $147 check she had written out to pay for her groceries and receive cash back. The lady got free groceries and money, and I'm now losing my job. FML

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Overachiever

By Is he stupid? - 26/12/2023 08:00 - United States

Today, due to being stressed and overwhelmed by my tasks, I made a mistake and completed a few of my colleagues' tasks as well. When I informed my boss about it, he said that I did an outstanding job, but I shouldn't have messed with other people's documents. As a result, my promised raise is cancelled. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/05/2014 19:23 - Canada - Charlottetown

Today, everyone at the office was finally presented with the bonuses our boss had promised to pay us by the end of last year. Turns out he was never authorized to promise any such thing, so he ended up just giving us signed "thank you" letters instead. FML

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Saturday 22 August 2009 12:23

Ah mystery shopper, the bane of any retail workers life. My employer is just as stupid. Things like 'bye bye'=wrong but 'bye'=good. Stupid company.

Shelbyvillain 0

Saturday 22 August 2009 12:16

aaagh, mystery shoppers. Hate them.

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goebrak 0

Saturday 22 August 2009 21:18

is your store the kind of store that everything is scripted??? that sucks......

maplebaby 0

Saturday 22 August 2009 21:38

haha, kramer's a win. yeah, it's sort of ridiculous how you can get docked points on really stupid things like that. like anyone CARES if you say 'take care' or 'thanks'.

Piejamas 0

Saturday 22 August 2009 23:11

*gasp* you...monster!

ryan__h 1

Sunday 23 August 2009 0:38

i did not know this happened i for sure dont want a job now fyl

unworthy02 0

Sunday 23 August 2009 1:09

I feel for you. You can tell the difference between those who work retail and those who don't. Not every customer is right. Perhaps if they took the time to read the policies of that business, particularly the return policy, then we would be more friendly.

Blaaagh 0

Sunday 23 August 2009 1:19

Damn, that really stupid. $150 for not saying thank you?? WTF??

PuhPuhPuhPi 0

Sunday 23 August 2009 1:48

Maybe it's because I work in a grocery store, but I never thank the customer. There is no way I'm thanking a customer for getting groceries. The only reason people come to our store is because of the hoax of a program to save on gas with your shopper card (you know it's a scam, Price Chopper!). To get back on topic, I think more customers would like to be told to have a nice day, or at least have a cashier that is friendly (or, at the very very least, have a cashier that is competent). FYL.

NHS_ASM 0

Sunday 23 August 2009 4:29

Yeah, Stop & Shop does that too. 5 cents off with your card, which brings it down to the price of the place across the street, and the 10 cents off for every $100 Spent in the store. This means, even if I buy the Maximum 20 gallons of gas, I only save $2, which I could save by buying the blueberries that are on sale at Big Y.

brain_dead 0

Sunday 23 August 2009 2:00

Wow. That really does suck. Makes me like my job at a grocery store a little better. We don't have a strict script to follow, just the general greet the the customer, smile, be polite and say thank you and good bye at the end. Of course, if we do get 100% from Mystery Shoppers, we just get a $20 gift card (for our shop) and sometimes a box of chocolates. I can't imagine them even considering given out $150 just for getting a 100%.