Today, at work, a man wanted to buy a garden hose which came up on the till as £1.99. He said that it was wrong and that it should be £1.89, so he then demanded that I call someone down to set it right. He held 20 customers up for 15 minutes to get 10p off a garden hose. 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 my store, I had an old man violently accuse me of charging him for an extra pack of 99¢ Mounds candy yesterday. He held up my line for 10 minutes, fighting me about it. I didn't even work yesterday. FML
Today, I work at a general store and a customer came in trying to bargain a set price of an item. The item? A 50 cent candy bar. He wanted it for 34 cents. This is not the first time he's done this. FML
Today, while working at a gas station, I accidentally changed the price of gas to 8.9 cents per litre. It took me fifteen minutes to figure out why everyone wanted only two or three dollars of gas. I fixed it, but now my managers are debating charging me for lost revenue. FML
Today, at work I was trying to be nice and give a customer a discount because she was having trouble finding money to pay for her food. Everybody behind her then demanded a discount as well. FML
Today, I had a customer throw his purchase at me and demand a refund after I told him that, due to the national change shortage, I couldn't give him his 38 cents. FML
Today, a customer told me that there was no way he was paying for his shopping. He then walked off. As it turns out, the customer IS always right. FML
Today, at work, a customer asked for my number. When I declined, he made a huge scene, shouting and scaring other customers. He tipped me seven cents. FML
Today, I work cleaning houses and a customer submitted a complaint about me to my boss, because he didn’t expect me to use his water from his taps, running up his water bill, which he saw as unfair. What was I supposed to do, bring a water tank with me on my back? Prick. FML
Today, at the grocery store, the scanner at the register gave a higher price for a product than the price tag on the shelf. Apparently I was the one being unreasonable for insisting to pay the price advertised on the shelf, and not some secret price they never told me about. FML
Today, a customer filed a complaint against me because my coworker took too long to do a price check. I hate my job. FML
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False_Stupidity 42
Is it just me or does £1.89 seem incredibly cheap for a garden hose?
rjh7428 10
I take it you've never worked retail.
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JothamHousden 17
Maybe he only had £1.89 to spend
el_Jeffe_D 11
Bitches and hose...
Baron_Kaz 15
Yeah, now take the 10 cents over a hundred thousand customers and do the math. He did the right thing, your store is technically committing a crime by over charging. In the US he would get the item for free because of this.
confused_wandere 26
Good thing he's not in the US then isn't it? Sounds like the shop showed the right price and he was just trying to pull a fast one.
Oblivion525 7
Please tell me which American retail company would give someone a free item for a $.10 "overcharge" that the customer probably looked at the wrong price tag for?
rjh7428 10
That's... not true at all. As a retail worker in the US, I can confirm that you don't just get an item free for being "overcharged" and it's also not illegal.
simfanatic 10
It's human error, not illegal. Besides, it was a different staff's fault with the pricing not mine. Till's don't update automatically.
T1A2Z3 35
Aren't all your price tags different to the actual price anyway?
kctrl 8
I get that it's the principle and shops should honour what the product is marked at. But 10p on a busy day??? Really??? It's this sort of thing that makes me hate working in retail.
amburrjade 28
That happened to me at work for 76¢ off a clearance dress ?
Bquillero16 18
As a cashier I would've just marked it down and saved myself from the hassle or just called the manager and pulled him off to the side so the manager could handle him and you could take care of all the other customers. These people aren't worth your time or energy and when other people see how well you can handle a situation like that they're likely to shop again since they know you won't keep others waiting long.
simfanatic 10
I couldn't, I'd have to get a supervisor to void the transaction first. It's technology, it sucks.
momac86 17
You should've asked him to step aside l, suspend his transaction, and helped everyone else.
polsen4273 8
Every single time I go to the grocery store, at least one item does not ring up at its correct sale price. I wish everyone complained every time. They would either have to fix their system or lose most of their customers due to 20 min checkout lines.
simfanatic 10
Sorry, I meant a garden hose end, like, the top?
simfanatic 10
All the tills were open, it was our busiest day and we have 9 tills, all of which were filled with long ques. I need a manager or supervisor to change the price of it, whilst getting someone from the department to check the price, as I'm not allowed to leave my till. All of you saying this have clearly never worked in retail. I had no money on me as it is not allowed, yes he did get 10p of the hose head, and we were extremely busy. Please try working in retail before you think you know it all! :*