Today, after my bosses excitedly told me I'm getting promoted to customer service at our grocery store, a customer called me an idiot in the parking lot for accidentally backing into the shopping cart she left in my blind spot. So it begins… FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I parked in my "employee of the month" parking spot by the front of the store and started my shift. About halfway through my shift, a customer backed into my vehicle, got out and checked, then drove off before I could come outside. Perks of being the best employee I can be. FML
Today, I was grocery shopping when I left my cart to grab an item. I returned, and started pushing the cart again. Halfway through the store, a furious lady confronted me, demanding her cart back. I had to walk back in shame to find my own actual cart, which was now nowhere to be found. FML
Today, I was at work, stocking shelves. A customer got mad because I was in the way of her "shopping time" and knocked down all the work I had done. FML
Today, at work at a store, I was sitting on the floor stocking a bottom shelf. A woman in a motorized cart did not see me, and ran over my hand. When I alerted her about what she had done she laughed. FML
Today, at my job as a supermarket manager, I had to break up a fight over a handicapped parking spot, in which an elderly man nearly got beaten over the head with a prosthetic leg. This wasn't what I expected when I was told I'd been promoted. FML
Today, while at work as a digital personal shopper at Walmart I was done picking, so I went to go put the cart away. I ended up hitting a coworker because she was crouched down cleaning something. I felt so bad and now I’m scared I’m going to get fired. FML
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
Today, I backed into an expensive SUV only minutes after my boss congratulated me for being the only employee to not wreck a company car. FML
Today, at my first day of work, I was impressing my trainer with my skills by carrying many trays at once. Well, I could until I came around a corner and ran into a customer. With food all over his front, he introduced himself to me as the head manager. FML
Today, I went to the mall. While shopping in a store, a woman bumped into me numerous times. Getting annoyed, I turned to her and loudly exclaimed, "Are you blind?!" Turns out she was. FML
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Top comments
psycheiris13 20
Keep your head up OP, good for you for getting a promotion. Not all customers will be that nasty.
tzemmy 25
I hope there was no damage to your car! Some people can be such assholes.
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FranklySpeaking 11
Customer seems like a real douche. I'm going to assume the customer wasn't purposely trying to have OP hit the cart. Instead, I'm calling the customer a douche for leaving a cart just any old where. What's so hard about going the extra few feet to return a cart?
worldclassrager 41
And so the sign begins going up [company name] is not responsible for damage to cars from shopping carts
cassbird09 12
Always check your blind spot. YDI.
Ruffneck101 12
Sucks you're going to have to deal with idiots at work, but you should always check your blind spot when reversing. Imagine if a toddler had just ran into your blind spot.
EpicGuy70 13
Customers will be assholes, there is nothing you can do but ignore them. And on the side note, if that happened to me, I would continue to back up.
EvilLittleMan 23
Probably the reason why your boss is so excited is that he won't have to deal with the clueless dumb ass customers on a daily basis. He will only have to deal with the extreme idiots that want to go above your head. Best of luck OP.
underthesea12 24
the customer is always right
Perdition25 12
I work at a grocery store, and actually, the customer is usually wrong and this is no exception. They are bad when it comes to putting the cart in the places set up for them so you are not blocking a parking space with it.
MRhodes19 6
I work at a grocery store, I know what this is like lol. This has happened to me before
CrazyManNo9 29
Blind spot? What are you driving, a semi? It's up to you. YDI.
weveallbeenthere 30
oh it gets better, The customer will remind you every day of what your job is and how you should be doing it. Then your boss, who taught you how he wants it done, will change his mind and blame you.