Work, Customers and Money: Shaky

Shaky

By RWW - 28/07/2010 17:38 - United States

Today, at work, I was talking to a customer. She kept shaking her head "no" at everything I said. I asked what she was disagreeing with. She told me she has Parkinson's Disease, teared up, and asked to speak to my manager. FML

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By derbyboy - 19/10/2011 05:38 - United Kingdom

Today, at work, I misheard a customer telling me a story. To be polite, I did a slight laugh and nodded my head. She actually told me her mum had died. FML

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You deserved it 22 107

By Flippy - 29/08/2010 00:05 - United States

Today, at work, I was reprimanded for not engaging with customers enough. In an effort to be more friendly, I complimented the next customer on her interesting accent. Turns out it was from a stroke she had last year. FML

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You deserved it 6 218

By Anonymous - 25/01/2011 07:19 - Korea Republic of

Today, I was waiting for my girlfriend, I wanted to have a serious talk about her hypochondria. She called to cancel because she was (self) diagnosed with some sort of 'neurological disorder'. FML

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You deserved it 3 525

By xxccruzxx - 29/06/2012 13:30 - United States

Today, at work, my phone kept crashing. Without thinking, I announced that it was having a seizure. Who did I announce this to? My boss. Who also happens to have epilepsy. FML

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You deserved it 29 882

By Anto - 03/12/2008 06:11 - France

Today, in front of a hospital, I noticed that an old lady was having trouble lighting her cigarette because she had Parkison's. So I went to help her to light it up and she then started chatting with me and told me she had lung cancer. FML

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You deserved it 6 909

Working here sucks

By people suck - 28/03/2015 04:16 - United States - Oakland

Today, while at work, a customer refused to speak louder, despite me asking her to do it several times. As a result, I took her order incorrectly. The customer then finally decided to raise her voice, but only to yell at me about my poor listening skills. FML

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You deserved it 2 525

By Anonymous - 11/03/2018 01:30

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

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You deserved it 396

Slight hiccup

By really - 05/06/2016 21:40 - Canada - Ottawa

Today, a customer at work was having hiccups, so I suggested she should try to hold her breath for a while. Ten minutes later, she's talking to my manager about how I wanted her to "kill herself because of her severe medical condition." FML

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You deserved it 1 037

Bigmouth strikes again

By Anonymous - 09/09/2009 09:58 - New Zealand

Today, I was working at a hospital-level rest home. I was making the rounds when I noticed a woman was sitting in her (electric) wheelchair in the middle of the hall. Going closer, I saw her battery was flat so I said, "Uh-oh! Looks like you've died." She bawled her eyes out and said, "Not yet." FML

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You deserved it 54 651

Customers from hell

By GirlWhyyyy - 09/08/2023 14:00

Today, I reduced a customer to tears and she had a tantrum, saying that nobody loves her, her life is a joke, and she’d be better off dead. This ordeal happened to grab the attention of my manager who was nearby. All I did was tell her that an item she wanted was sold out and offered to help her order it online. FML

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You deserved it 106

DeathShad0 1

Thursday 29 July 2010 1:24

Inconsiderate? How the hell was he supposed to know?

SamBoDeanxyz 0

Thursday 29 July 2010 1:23

Ouch, sucks fo' you. My great-grandma had that terrible, but it never caused her to shake her head that way. Oh well, you didn't know! I understand her being a bit hurt for the misunderstanding, but no need in talking to the manager about that.

Comments

sickshoes12 0

Thursday 29 July 2010 2:28

you should of given her an angry dragon... that's when you **** in the back of her throat and then punch her in the back of the head and it comes out her nose and she looks like an angry dragon ;)

arrouz 13

Thursday 10 December 2015 9:14

What the ****... I wouldn't do that to my most hated enemies. Some lady who overreacted a bit? Why???!!!

MikeyXX 0

Thursday 29 July 2010 2:33

You wouldn't know. And assuming you weren't a dick when you asked why she was saying no then it's stupid to go to your manager. If you have a good manager they will back you up.

akes 0

Thursday 29 July 2010 2:36

If you happen to work in a place where the disease may be common among customers and you have worked there a while, then you should know what to look for. I have worked at two drugstores and have had my fair share of customers who have Parkinson's; it is pretty easy to tell purposeful shaking from their shaking. If that is not the case, then I suppose you could not have known.

LilaBear 1

Friday 30 July 2010 14:53

wow, that's a huge assumption to make. What on earth makes you think the OP works in a place where customers with Parkinson's are common? I assumed he just worked in a regular department store. Maybe he worked in a fast food outlet, or a jewellery shop. I don't think there's any way to judge whether he should have known or not.