Today, a customer at work said his table was dirty. I asked which one he was sitting at so I could clean it for him. For some bizarre reason he got pissed and called my manager over. He ended up reporting us to corporate, and my manager got written up. He's blaming me for everything. 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, 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
Today, a customer was rude to me, and I was rude back. He then asked for my manager, and I told him I was the store manager. He then identified himself as the corporate owner. FML
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
Today, my manager cussed me out for being unable to keep a customer happy. That "customer" was a senile old twit who had wandered away from his carer, thought our shop was his living room, and demanded to know who replaced all his furniture. FML
Today, at my new job, a coworker offered to help me mop the floors since she wasn't busy. I ended up getting written up by my boss for supposedly being too lazy and making other people finish my work. FML
Today, a customer asked for my manager's number, my bosses number, corporate's number and filled out a complaint form, all because we kindly asked him not to sit his kid on the counter due to safety concerns. FML
Today, a random customer at work admonished my coworker for being on her phone. During our lunch break. As he walked away, my coworker muttered, "What the fuck is his problem?" I nodded in agreement. He heard her and saw me nodding. As did our boss. Time to get written up. FML
Today, I got written up for insulting a customer last week, who then rang up to complain about my bad attitude. I was on vacation all last week. My boss doesn't believe me. FML
Today, I went to deliver some reports to my boss in his office. He was facing away from me and ranting about his "useless employees", so I slipped in and waited for him to put the phone down. Turns out he was talking to himself. When he noticed me, he bitched me out and threatened to fire me. FML
Today, I was carrying a stack of paperwork at work, when my pen rolled off and onto the floor. As soon as I bent down to pick it up, a nearby co-worker, who's always hated me, accused me of putting on a show and sexually harassing him. He actually followed up by reporting me to HR. FML
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IllestRated 17
This needs a follow up. I want to know what the guy said.
SmilieAKD 20
It is so stupid how corporations & managers write people up or fire them over the stupidest little customer complaint. People are idiots. Someone shouldn't lose there job because someone else is a moron. They shouldn't get written up either.
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Comments (87)
samanthatorres 13
It's customers like that that make jobs so frustrating. I am sorry though. I hope you have a better day next time you go in !
mkcherry 14
I worked retail in my teens and would strongly consider a wife range of illegal activities before returning to any retail job. start looking diligent for another job just in case it goes farther than it should but it will probably blow over OP
Azula272 14
It's rude to clean a table when someone is using it. But the customer is a pain
TheDuckOfShame 11
When is a clock considered as the right time when we don't even know and we don't have a clock to check do u don't even know
ackocinco 3
'murica!
lina21 12
We want follow up! What was his complaint?
Jaee1992 4
What exactly was said? For the manager to get written up..hmm something was obviously wrong. All tables should be clean at all times. Y'all have to keep a high standard so people can't complain to corporate. I'm sure if there was nothing wrong there's nothing that could be done right? Wrong. The customers always right. Work on your customer service.
SillyGirl4602 23
Some people will always find something to complain about even if you do nothing wrong.
BradTheBrony 19
Maybe he thought you were being sarcastic or something? I honestly have no idea why he would do that.
tool3rdeye 7
Wow ...
Erery 16
Some customers are just complete assholes. The motto "the customer is always right" is complete bullshit. Everyone should work in retail once in their life to learn how hard it is to keep a smile on your face when people make complaints about the most ridiculous things.