Top ‘I Don’t Work Here Lady’ Stories of the Week (July 2, 2023)

You know what they say about when you assume…   These folks certainly know how it feels to be treated like a customer service employee when in reality, they were just another customer. They shared their stories to Reddit’s r/IDontWorkHereLady subreddit, and we’ve included a list of the top stories below.    When this kind …
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‘The grin slid off his face’: Employee outsmarts customer trying to exploit returns loophole

Navigating some companies’ return policies can be an unnecessarily difficult experience that may drive you to look for ways you can circumvent their requirements and get a fair go at returning your unwanted item. At times it can feel like these policies are unnecessarily specific and cryptic: «Customer must return an item only when the …
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‘I waited on the devil himself’: Demanding customer leaves surprising tip for waiter

A waiter shared an odd day in their life: dealing with some of the silliest and most demanding customers. Servers of America, you have my sympathies. It seems like customers are crazier than ever — but at least these waiters know they aren’t alone in the war against Karens. On r/Serverlife, u/serverforadecade shared an encounter …
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Top Non-Money Tips Servers Get From Customers

The customer service industry is unpredictable; customers range from super kind, to average, to complete wacko human beings. Servers often encounter a variety of strange, weird, odd, and unexpected situations, some of them being the tip that people leave when they are done with their meal. Apparently, not everyone leaves 15%, or any money at …
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‘Be advised’: Male Karen leaves 1-star review because he’s angry about free soda

There are a lot of reasons to be angry in this world… and free soda is not one of them. Still, name a thing that exists, and there is someone out there who is absolutely fuming about it, plotting how they can end it once and for all.  Meet Larry. Larry hates free things, especially …
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‘Most people wouldn’t behave like this’: Local celebrity gorges on free food at restaurant that sponsors him, cuts the line, and refuses to tip servers

This server isn’t holding back — they’re spilling some piping hot tea about a local celebrity who’s acting like a jerk at their restaurant.  This VIP is drunk on power, as the OP, u/Capnmcquacken, shared to r/TalesFromYourServer. As the fed-up server writes, the restaurant they work at is a super popular taco spot in Michigan. …
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Servers Share Some of the Strangest Requests They’ve Gotten From Customers

Anyone who has ever worked in the service industry has got a story or two to tell. As someone who used to work in an offbeat bar that served as the watering whole for some of the neighborhood’s weirdest locals, I can tell you that the job was anything but boring. My favorite regular was …
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‘I don’t know what’s happened in the past 7-8 years’: Woman Becomes Server Again After Working in Corporate, Only Lasts One Shift

It takes a certain type of person to work in any customer service job. You need to know how to turn on the charm, and you have to be extremely resilient in the face of douchebags. While many of us will work in roles like these at certain times in our lives, it’s not for …
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People Share the Most Outlandish Questions Customers Have Asked Them

One of the worst customer interactions I’ve ever had was when I worked at a Chinese food place. A guy placing his order told me that his pregnant wife was allergic to sesame, and if she had any of it, she’d break out in hives. He also mentioned that this was her favorite restaurant. I …
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Entitled Customer Complains About Being Shortchanged and Forfeits Getting Extra

We all like to know that we are going to get our money’s worth, especially in these heady days of a cost of living crisis. When the only thing that doesn’t seem to be increasing in price is Arizona Iced Tea, it’s important to make sure we’re not getting cheated with pretty much anything we …
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