Today, a customer threatened to smash my face in because I wouldn't give him a veteran's discount on a donut. He looked like he'd eaten his way out of fat camp, and it seemed the only action he'd seen was fighting his way into a lard factory. Still, he swung fast, and I now have a black eye. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, a customer broke my nose for refusing to give him a discount because the product he was buying had a fine layer of dust on the box. FML
Today, as usual, I worked at McDonald's. Although I tried to diffuse the situation, an old man was absolutely furious, and punched me in the face over BBQ sauce. FML
Today, a customer yelled at me so furiously that she sprayed my face with spittle. I had to stand there, smiling and politely explaining that I needed to see a receipt before I could give her a refund. When she finally gave up and left, my boss bitched me out for "provoking the customer". FML
Today, a customer wanted corporate's number because we aren't allowed to sell pies after midnight. After a drug-fuelled cuss-storm, she punched me in the face through the open window, then peeled out of drive-thru like a bat out of hell. FML
Today, while working at a sandwich shop, we had a shortage and could only put so many veggies on one sandwich. I explained this to one man who was grumpy about it, but kept on ordering. I thought everything went well. He thought my face was a good target to launch his completed sandwich at. FML
Today, an angry customer from my old job and punched me in the face before screaming; “You thought you’d seen the last of me?” I moved seven states over and she followed me here just to do that. FML
Today, an old guy got nose to nose with me, threatened me, and spit in my face, just because I politely reminded him he needed to be wearing a mask. He had been coughing on multiple food items in my store. FML
Today, at work, I’ll admit that I wasn’t in a good mood. I work in fast food, and I went to hand this guy his food without looking and he didn’t grab it. I got frustrated so I FINALLY looked. With an equally as upset look, I noticed the guy didn’t have arms, so I’d just been shoving food in his face. FML
Today, I was standing in line at a coffee shop and I noticed that there was a bug on the guys face in front of me. Trying to be nice I lightly smacked it off. His reaction was to punch me in the face. Repeatedly. FML
Today, a customer at the restaurant where I work reduced me to tears by screaming at me, as I nearly knocked out his 2-year-old with the kitchen door, after he let the little boy play on the floor behind it. Apparently, it's my fault I can't see through solid wood. FML
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Meggston 17
If you said that to him, I'd punch you too.
Earths_Venus 25
I think what a lot of the commenters are missing is the fact that it's a DONUT. It's not accommodation, or basic food, it's a luxury. If he can afford a donut he can afford full price.
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Comments (102)
SandyToes 2
If they offer a veterans discount , she should have just given it to him , if it is in the policy that they must show valid ID she could have asked for his veterans ID card I think the guy was wrong to get violent with the cashier
soigotaproblem 6
my father served in Vietnam. He is now a pretty fat man. And ya know what? That's fine! WHY? BECAUSE HE SERVED OUR COUNTRY. He doesn't have to look like a retired abercrombie model to receive a veterans discount! And sure. It is usually pretty small but after your little arrogant speech I would sock you too out of principle! You have NO ******* CLUE what war does to people. And have NO RIGHT to judge a veteran by his weight. I would have fired your ass if I were your manager. In a heart beat. What next are you going to tell an over weight woman she couldn't have POSSIBLY been a rape victim because she's fat? Because that's right up there with the judgment you gave that man. Have some goddamned respect
PizzaDeliveryGrl 19
That idiot doesn't deserve a discount if he's going to be demanding it so rudely that way. Veteran or no, I would like to have chucked him out of the shop for his disrespect. (Might have been better to call the manager over and avoid that black eye, though.)
chelseaalise 12
totally deserved it with that attitude you jerk!
Guardian88 21
And they have assault charges
Acid_monkey 2
You seem like a dick
pablo2plato 6
Probably. I have a tendency to see things a Black and White and believe that Gray Areas are nothing more than Things for which Someone hasn't made a Decision. You can't have Something exist and it be Wishy-washy. It is either one way or it is another. Now, that being said, you may believe a Thing is one Way and I may believe it is Another. And therein lies the Rub. If WE do not RESOLVE this difference in Opinion regarding this Thing, particularly if WE is a LARGE group of people, WE have what is commonly referred to as the proverbial Gray Area - a Thing that Someone has yet to make a Decisive Decision regarding a Thing's Nature. Once that Decision is made...no more Gray Area. Lots of disgruntled people for sure, but no Gray Area. Back to my being a dick...it is a shortcoming for which I have no cure. (And I've sought cures from the requisite sources. I'm just not willing to give up principle, knowledge, and understanding to pander, acquiesce, and cow-tow in order to met the requirements of some arbitrary social norms established by people that typically have no idea where those norms came from and hate having that fact and the source pointed out. So, I'm a dick.
Levvy 22
Was there a reason besides this person being overweight as you so eagerly pointed out?
Quantreyvious 6
Those are the ones to watch out for!!
Shade1982 21
I never understood the principle of a 'veteran's discount'. I mean, I understand the thought behind it, but who on earth demands a discount on a donut??
pablo2plato 6
And who takes a black eye to prevent someone - ANYONE - from receiving 5 to 25 CENTS off the price of a doughnut! The issue isn't what the guy demanding the discount wanted and whether or not he deserved it (My opinion, and it truly is irrelevant, the guy is a total shitbag that doesn't deserve shite. He ought to be taken out and "Taught" his manners and the way in which "Men" behave and conduct themselves in public and when doing business, no matter how insignificant.) However, the issue is not the guy and what he did. The issue is the Store Clerk and what he did. Had he simply smiled, given the "supposed Vet" his discount, thanked him for his "service", and sent him on his merry way...the "Vet" is happy - well, as happy as the guy is likely to get, the customers in line are happy as they are going to be served in a timely fashion AND they have not HAD to be FORCED to witness ANOTHER RUDE and OBNOXIOUS incident between two childish Americans who have more than they ought and less than they should, and the company is out a whopping 5 to 25 cents (whatever the discount came to). Get real here folks. The guy didn't demand the Store Clerk remove his nose ring or convert to another religion or remove his clothes or hand over all the money! No...I'm a Vet. I want a discount on a doughnut. For which a Store Clerk took a Black Eye to defend the Store's Honor and Dignity to prevent him from getting.
pablo2plato 6
As to the "Principle" of the Veteran's Discount...comes from the same thoughts and perceptions as giving Cops free coffee and doughnuts. There is no way our pay and allowances comes close to covering the hours we put in to do our jobs nor reimburse us for the sacrifices we've made - never mind the hazards we put ourselves in way of (and that's without considering combat...I cannot imagine what, well, horrors for lack of a better word, those who entered combat zones faced and lived through). A Veteran's Discount is a small way the Merchant's have come up with remind the Veterans of their appreciation for their service...for what they have done to maintain the freedom they enjoy - Merchant's mind you, not the General Public nor the Employees of a Company, The Owners' who take the cost of the Veteran's Discount out of pocket (well, most or some of the time anyway). Any you do enjoy freedom. You have things SO much better here in America by accident and with little to no thought than the MAJORITY of people on this Planet have after SIGNIFICANT HARD WORK and the expenditure of RESOURCES THAT THEY COME BY DEARLY! You do not know birth defects or childhood diseases like MOST people on the Planet. You do not know starvation or privation or hunger or living a life that is so barren and so bereft of ANYTHING beyond Water, Food, Shelter, and Clothes that the idea of others living such a life right NOW, TODAY...your first thought is that I lie. It is not true. But it is, unfortunately, it is. And it is the US Military that provides a PORTION, not all, but a portion of the reason for our situation. Travel, SEE the world. Not the HOT SPOTS and Tourist Traps. Get out and about and see where the people really are and how they really live. You will NEVER be the same.
tbenson0628 14
So just cuz hes fat, you think he never served? Thats messed up. I know alot of people whove gained enormous amounts of weight after the service. We got tired of always staying in shape. Never judge a book by its cover. And next time ask for a veterans card or military ID.