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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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
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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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, 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
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
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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DeathShad0 1
Inconsiderate? How the hell was he supposed to know?
SamBoDeanxyz 0
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.
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Comments (170)
starbucks95905 0
Seems like a bitchy customer to me. She could have answered you, and there was no way for you to know that she had Parkinson's. If you exploded at her or said it in a rude tone, then YDI. Otherwise, FYL. Hopefully your manager will understand.
Legallyme 0
but you had no idea, it's not like you were purposely trying to offend her.
Hissmeowgrr 0
We get such customers @ work..the family tell us after half an hr of helping them that there is no point in talking to them coz they have some psychological issues or so!
NovaMarie 0
Sounds to me like a bitchy old woman using a disability as an excuse to be an ass. Really, how are you supposed to know? If someone's shaking their head at me through an entire conversation, my first assumption is that they're being disagreeable, too. It's only logical. Yes, it's a terrible disease. There are plenty of terrible diseases in the world. They're not a free ride on the Asshole Express - no matter what your illness, you have to be civil, and realize that not everyone will be aware of your situation right away. She's the one who doesn't realize that not everyone is a mind reader. Or maybe she stopped looking in the mirror and doesn't realize that her tremors look like normal body language (but then shouldn't your question have tipped her off)? In any case, **** HER life.
Havin 19
How is that your fault? I guess people will do anything to make others feel horrible.
radiocaf 29
I don't think YDI because how was you to know and its normal to wonder why someone is disagreeing with you.
Ixiixi12 4
unless you rudely asked her why... i don't see why she got she got all upset about it because that seems to me like a normal reaction to ask why
The_9th_Doctor 18
it's not like you knew
shadwolf99 2
I hate people that say you are mean and bad. There is no way to pick up on it unless it is alot of random spasms. The girl is the one at fault for overreacting at a simple missunderstanding.
RavenTheFoxx 16
There was a substitute teacher who had the same thing. She was really nice and all the kids mocked her whenever she taught. Our regular teacher warned us about it so we wouldn't ask her about it or mock her. And this was when i was in high school, not in junior high or elementary.