Today, an elderly gentleman customer decided to tell me that while I'm not attractive at all, he'd still bang me all the same. Then he gave me a pained smile, like he was struggling not to shit himself, and left. I'm starting to hate working retail. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, as I was standing in line at the checkout, the elderly guy in front turned around and said quietly to me, "Sometimes I shit my pants." He then nodded grimly and turned back around, hitting me with the full force of the stench now coming from his pants. FML
Today, out of habit, I said "See you later" to a creepy old male customer who stared at my chest the whole time I was serving him. His response was to wink and say, "Oh, you will." FML
Today, as I served an elderly man at the fast-food restaurant where I work, he leaned over the counter so that his face was mere inches from mine and asked me if I wanted to buy his car. When I politely told him I wasn't interested, he insisted on making a complaint about me to my manager. FML
Today, I was ringing an elderly gentleman up at work. As I went to package up the buns he ordered, he held up a hand and told me to wait. He then looked me in the eyes, started squeezing them, then winked and told me to go ahead. I've never felt so violated. FML
Today, I was cleaning at work when an elderly gentleman walked towards me, paused, and with a wink said, "That's what I like to see: a girl on her knees." This is the same workplace where another old man informed me that my yellow uniform made me look like a "suggestive cheesecake." FML
Today, I got to work feeling slightly unwell. A couple of hours later, an extremely attractive customer came to my till, at which point my body decided it would be a good idea to vomit last night's dinner all over myself and the customer. FML
Today, at work, I spent half an hour on the phone with a customer. At the end of the conversation, as he was putting down the phone, I heard him say 'God, he was a miserable git'. I'm a 28 year old woman. FML
Today, at work, I put on a smile and went to take an elderly gentleman's order. He looked at me, asked if I'd stick a finger in his sweet tea to make it sweeter, then complained that it was a shame I wasn't "on the menu". FML
Today, while working at my salon, I was cutting an older gentleman's hair. When he got up to leave, everyone noticed he had clearly pissed his pants. I felt bad for him until he laughed and said, "Here's your tip, have fun cleaning that up." FML
Today, at work at a grocery store an old couple came through my checkout lane. As I was putting their bagged groceries in the cart, the old man started feeling me up. FML
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wheresthesafety 31
One time I was working at KFC and I said, "Hi what can I get you?" And he said "two chicken breasts please, preferably yours." Idiots.
christinamarie17 29
Customer service in general is absolutely terrible. You do have those few nice people here and there but a lot of people are extremely offensive, rude, or treat you like you're not a person. I do not regret leaving that industry.
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leogachi 15
He was not a gentleman.
NotCollegeBound 17
I would like to introduce you to customerssuck.com Have fun.
FallenMetalAngel 17
Worked retail for a long time, these comments are more common than we would want. I would never go back to working in that industry...
Destiny8745 29
That's the tip of the iceberg whenever it comes to retail. Trust me, it gets worse.
worldclassrager 41
That's an opinion not a fact
americanafrican 32
did you smell anything after he left?
VeganVampyre 27
I once had a customer start asking all kinds of questions about the job and how much I got paid, and then started telling her son he should marry me because "she actually has a job! She makes TEN dollars an hour!" To this day I'm still not sure whether she was serious, mocking her son for not having a job, or mocking me for having a minimum wage service job. Could honestly be any of those... People are weird. And creepy, rude, offensive, etc... I've also had customers who were outright assholes, but that lady was the only one where I honestly had no idea what she getting at.
crazygirl2014 8
I was working at the front when something went wrong and I apologized. I said it was ok and that he'd have to spank me a couple times and smirked. later on he asked if he crossed the line and laughed them asked if my boyfriend was gonna come beat him up. I already hated retail with a passion, it's giving me anxiety attacks. (from stress)
crazygirl2014 8
I was working at the front when something went wrong and I apologized. He said it was ok and that he'd have to spank me a couple times and smirked. I played it off and secretly shivered in disgust. later on he asked if he crossed the line and laughed then asked if my boyfriend was gonna come beat him up. I already hated retail with a passion.
oyeh 19
There's a chance he might have done it on a dare, but still, that's terrible.