Work: Today, I assisted my first customer at my first job as a Target...

By diablo - 23/05/2018 19:00

Today, I assisted my first customer at my first job as a Target cashier. When I rang up this lady's items and gave her the total, not only did she hiss at me and spit in my face, but she also dragged my manager over and demanded that he fire me. He did. FML

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By maleficunt - 03/06/2014 20:44 - United Kingdom - Cannock

Today, a customer yelled at me so furiously that she sprayed my face with spittle. I had to stand there, smiling and politely explaining that I needed to see a receipt before I could give her a refund. When she finally gave up and left, my boss bitched me out for "provoking the customer". FML

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By Anonymous - 31/03/2018 15:00

Today, a customer asked a question I couldn’t answer. I asked if she would wait while I consulted someone else, but she spat in my face and stormed off. My manager saw, wrote me up for refusing to help, and gave the woman a gift card for her troubles. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/09/2019 04:02

Today, I bought some shoes, but pissed off the lady working at the store by returning them 5 minutes later. She yelled at me and ripped my receipt in half, everyone in the store watched as she threw a handful of pennies at my face. FML

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Customer relationships

By UnemployedGirl - 02/07/2021 19:59

Today, I assisted a customer at work. She was asking me all sorts of stupid questions and acting like an entitled, spoiled brat. When she left, since I had a mask on, I meant to mouth, "Stupid bitch" but I blurted it out loud. Everyone heard. I was fired. FML

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By KatieElizabeth - 27/10/2013 04:57 - United States - San Francisco

Today, at work, I had a customer accuse me of taking the giftcard I had issued her for her return, after spending 15 minutes trying to fix her screwed up transaction. She began to yell, and follow me around the store. Security had to intervene and I had to be locked in an office until she left. FML

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Unfair dismissal

By Feijoo - 16/12/2021 11:01

Today, while working at the store, a lady grabbed a bunch of T-shirts and started talking on the phone. She then walked out the store with them. I ran after her, and she sprays me with mace telling me to not interrupt her while on the phone. My eyes burned for hours. Oh, and I was fired because of the huge loss. FML

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By anonymous - 30/09/2012 05:32 - Canada - Edmonton

Today, I got yelled at for providing horrible customer service, in a store I don't even work for. FML

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Strung out

By bdjsbskl - 07/10/2011 05:55 - Canada

Today, I was at work as a cashier. An old lady unbagged everything I had, and angrily "taught" me how to bag. She put potatoes on her eggs and broke them. She then screamed that I was useless and retarded in front of all my other customers and manager. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/07/2012 02:13 - United States

Today, I was called into my first day of work as a cashier. Not even 30 minutes into training, my boss had already "accidentally" touched my ass 7 times. FML

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By iskiel - 26/10/2014 05:53 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, I was shopping at my workplace, out of uniform, with my husband. A customer recognised me and wanted me to serve him, but I couldn't since we can be fired for doing so while off-duty. He complained to my manager, who wasted no time publicly bitching me out. FML

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rico71 5

Friday 11 May 2018 23:36

I feel like theres more to this story.

Zekfen 17

Wednesday 23 May 2018 19:05

That’s when you call the police and have the bitch arrested for assault and battery (spitting on you). What’s the manager going to do? Fire you again?

Comments

IMSCARJOHANSSON 24

Wednesday 23 May 2018 22:00

Yeah I highly doubt that’s all to the story

RichardPencil 30

Wednesday 23 May 2018 23:53

What horrible luck that your very first customer was your boyfriend’s wife!

ChromoTec 24

Thursday 24 May 2018 0:35

You could also argue that you have been illegally fired

Soparot 29

Thursday 24 May 2018 3:10

Assuming this is in the USA, there are a lot of states where it is legal to fire someone for literally no reason. We don't know where this was, so we can't know for sure, but I know my state has that law saying you can fire people for no reason. Typically it doesn't happen, though, as it doesn't make sense with how complicated the hiring and training of new employees is.

Sinshine 28

Thursday 24 May 2018 7:53

So what was she upset about?

DanielleinDC 33

Thursday 24 May 2018 20:23

There has to be more to this.

lucasj23 11

Friday 25 May 2018 15:30

I'm not buying this. there's obviously more to this story. I think opus leaving out pertinent facts.

Emma Marshall 19

Saturday 26 May 2018 8:24

Why though.... he can't fire you for nothing so...

Michael J. Carter 0

Tuesday 29 May 2018 15:51

Yeah I feel like you’re full of an!t sadly. I worked at target before and that most certaintly a lie or there’s a ton more to the story.

bkwusa 15

Tuesday 29 May 2018 17:01

If you work for a boss who would not defend his employees then be happy to be out of there. Your life would have only been much more miserable with a bad boss.