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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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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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askullnamedbilly 33
The customer's an asshole, but your blind spot is the reason why you have to turn around and look behind you before backing up. Next time, some inattentive parent could leave their kid standing in the parking lot and then you're going to have to deal with more than a dent in your car and a stupid comment.
A7XCamaro 19
OP might have a vehicle where the windows are higher than a cart, like a truck or SUV. At which point they could look around. 360 degrees and still not see it.
Epikouros 32
So SUVs are allowed to run over little kids?
A7XCamaro 19
If somebody sets a little kid behind your vehicle once you're already in it, then yes. We don't know that somebody didn't leave it there once OP was in the car already.
askullnamedbilly 33
Nonono. You're never allowed to run over a person, no matter where they were when you got into the car. It's your responsibility to avoid any and all accidents, even if people don't obey traffic laws or don't pay attention to where you're going. That's your responsibility as a driver, and it really doesn't matter what kind of car you drive. If you run over a pedestrian, you didn't pay enough attention to your surroundings.
Steve95401 49
Be careful what you wish for as you may get it.
crazytwinsmom 25
This was just a test that mgmt put on to get OP going on their new job.
Wiz_Of_Oz 17
"Just smile and wave, boys...." Wouldn't it be a pity if a masked stranger came by the following week and slashed the poor customer's tyres?
rylaii 26
Tires but hey you tryed right
Wiz_Of_Oz 17
And I am a British Australian. But hey, you *tried right.
A7XCamaro 19
18- you're the idiot here.
Adam5858 17
Her fault tell him to look at cctv
glabberfasted 16
Because you're not responsible for anything in your blind spot, right?... And why would the customer care if you backed YOUR car into a cart?
A7XCamaro 19
Again I'll say it. OP might drive a larger vehicle like a truck or SUV, they might not be able to see a cart even if they looked around 360 degrees.
askullnamedbilly 33
Or for ****'s sake A7XCamaro, no one cares if you drive a truck or SUV, you're still responsible if you run something or someone over. Stop reposting it every time someone brings up that OP should pay attention - because they SHOULD. A small child is not any bigger than a shopping cart, and if you run one of those over, the excuse "But sir, I decided to buy a large vehicle and didn't feel like being extra careful to make up for its disadvantages" is not going to appease anyone.
Wakachulak 22
Customer in this case is right. You check your blind spot before doing anything besides driving straight. That's driving 101, and YDI
A7XCamaro 19
Again I'll say it. OP might drive a larger vehicle like a truck or SUV, they might not be able to see a cart even if they looked around 360 degrees. Customer isn't right, customers an idiot either way for leaving their cart behind someone else's vehicle, it's called being an ass.
Wakachulak 22
BS! If a vehicle's blind spot cannot be checked, that vehicle would of been declared unfit to drive.
Ruffneck101 12
Then he should take extra precautions and walk around the vehicle before reversing.
A7XCamaro 19
I'm going to assume you meant blind not black. As I've said on other posts OP may drive a larger vehicle like a truck or SUV at which point they might be able to look around 360 degrees and not see a cart that's lower than their windows.
A7XCamaro 19
People like that are why I try to back in or pull through whenever possible. I find it's much easier to have to back into the spot than to try and back out with all the idiots that don't pay attention or just don't give a damn if you're coming out or not.
A7XCamaro 19
I've never heard if it being called a black spot before, it does actually make more sense really, what most call their blind spot isn't really blind, it's the one directly behind or at the very front that's truly blind. What we need is for OP to come in and explain a little more before it can truly be said whether it's deserved or not.
Awesome12128 5
i bet it was a woman