Today, I was making a special birthday delivery for a customer. As I handed her the fruit basket, I said, "Hey, we have the same birthday! Happy birthday!" She called me an attention whore and slammed the door in my face. FML
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Heyy! First I just wanna say happy belated birthday to those who shared the same birthday as me: #30 yeti37, #39 Shaowolf, and #66 amvelasco19's dad because I'm NOT an attention *****. So yes the customer ending up calling back claiming that she didn't receive her box of chocolate dipped apples along with her bouquet of chocolate dipped fruit that I delivered earlier. Since she signed the tag showing she had received her delivery my boss said that the delivery was successful and we don't have the box in our walk-in and that there's nothing we can do. We had the box and my boss let me have it. Karmas a bitch. Being in customer service I was genuinely just trying to be friendly as I have been with previous customers. This was the first time someone was rude. However I enjoyed my birthday anyway and thank you all for wishing me happy birthday! :D
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levention 18
Happy birthday!
DonkeyTeeth2013 22
People should really learn respect
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worldclassrager 39
Sure hope they didn't take that up with your supervisor
Lang88 13
I would of shoved the fruit basket in the customer's face and said Oh yeah happy birthday bitch. Happy Birthday OP
iwadasn 32
And then there would have been one more FML about someone getting fired on their birthday.
mrosewrosem 12
I know this may be controversial, but the person you were delivering didnt know you, they didnt expect much other than a delivery so maybe thought you were just trying to get attention. However, she couldve just said 'cool,' and then goodbye rather than slamming the door in your face. You didnt know this girl so it probably isnt necessary, dont get your personal and work life mixed up!
limabeans101029 20
I think it's really cool when deliverers, shop assistants, waiters, etc. make an effort to be friendly. It's kind of annoying when they're doing it in an obviously fake way but I'd be quite pleased if they were just being genuinely friendly like OP. :)
cna1216 15
Um. Happy Birthday?
Duskitty 14
Happy birthday! Sorry you have to share a birthday with someone that bitchy. :(
BigMac92 11
Sorry OP but you kinda deserved it. You were making a birthday delivery to a customer. You basically stole half the sentiment for yourself. I wouldn't do the same but I would think that of you
motoikkyu 13
Agree with you and you said it well. Customer service means putting the customer first.
amvelasco19 10
You share the same Birthday as my dad lol
alphabetta 23
Attention *****. *yawns*
mata2 7
Sorry to hear. Happy birthday.
pensacolalady 10
I disagree with everyone here!! Maybe it's because I come from a time when manners were not optional! You never say 'Oh, it's my birthday too" that's just rude! I'd have had my face slapped & my behind torn up even if I was too old for it! That's the way my Grandma ruled!
alphabetta 23
Three things wrong here. First, what is so bad about mentioning that you have the same birthday as someone else? If someone did that to me, I'd just laugh, high-five them, and go on with my day. And pray tell, how in the hell does politely and happily pointing out that you share a birthday with someone relate to manners? Speaking of which- "From a time where manners were not optional"? You're basically just generalizing about both "times"; "now" and "back then... this might come as a slight shock, but I believe that there were also plenty of disrespectful people back in the 60's/70's (going by your profile age here). In addition, I have a slight hunch that back then, there was no law that stated that people were required to be polite. If you're referring to the 'unspoken rules' of social conduct and such, then I'm pretty sure those exist nowadays as well, and that people follow them as much as they did in your childhood. And lastly, do you really think that it's a good idea to physically hurt your grand/children when they do something wrong? In this case, not even something wrong that they're doing... like I said in the first section, how does sharing a birthday equate to bad manners? imho, slapping a child/"tearing up their behind" in response to pointing out a shared birthday is WAY overreacting. Like, a lot. Just my opinions. If I misunderstood something in your comment, feel free to correct me. And for goodness' sake, putting an exclamation mark after every sentence is annoying! Please don't do it! Especially not on the Internet!
DanielleinDC 33
What's so awful about trying to engage a customer and pointing out a small coincidence? If someone delivering a gift to me said it was his/her birthday too, I'd probably wish that person happy birthday. What's rude is calling someone an attention ***** and slamming the door in that person's face.
EvilLittleMan 23
Happy B Day OP. She may think you're an attention seeking ***** but she is definitely a F-ing Bitch ! Personally, I thought it was a nice gesture that you wished her a birthday greeting.