‘You can just leave your wheelchair there’: Wheelchair User Schools Theme Park Employee on Casual Ableism With Malicious Compliance

It’s easy to take for granted just how much of the world is geared around those of us who have full use of our legs. There are accessibility issues all over the place, and sadly there are many out there who keep on creating more all of the time.  It makes being a wheelchair user …
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Funny Memes About Customers for Weary Customer Service Representatives

People who spend their entire lives doing jobs that involve interacting with the public deserve some kind of award. I know this might sound dramatic, but seriously, have you met some of those weirdos? It doesn’t matter if you’re fighting for your life in retail or clocking a grueling shift in healthcare, it’s the people …
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Rowdy Airline Passenger Throws Tantrum Because of Crying Baby, Gets Arrested

There are very few places where adults are punished for acting a fool. You can’t scream and yell at work or the airport. That’s it. Technically, you can, but it can have incredibly dire consequences for your life. Everywhere else, yelling at people because you’re mildly irritated is not only common but often condoned. When …
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Clever Engineer Teaches Shady Client a Lesson When They Refuse to Pay

Do you pay an engineer for pressing buttons or do you pay an engineer for knowing which buttons to press? Definitely the latter, and some people learn that the hard way, like the sleazy customer in u/AwkLemon‘s epic r/ProRevenge story. They thought they could get away with tricking a professional problem-solver into doing a day …
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Miserable Karen Berates Waiter Over a Side of Butter

Karens have been around long before we labeled them as Karens. A lot of boomers don’t like the Karen label (usually because they display some Karen tendencies themselves), but boomers can’t deny that the term Karen serves a specific and useful linguistic function. There didn’t use to be a concise word to describe an entitled, …
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People Share the Wildest 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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Annoying Customer Demands Refund for Bar Cover, Accidentally Snitches on Friends Who Got in for Free

As someone who used to bartend, it’s important to understand that in most bars, the «customer is always right» rule does not apply. In a bar, anyone can get thrown out for any reason. So don’t be an a-hole. When an obnoxious customer kept harassing doorman u/NotOutrageous over a $2 cover, OP never lost his …
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Workers Share Helpful Tactics For Staying Calm With Aggressive Customers

Working retail is not a fun gig. In fact, most customer-facing positions are actually incredibly challenging. It’s not just about making people happy. It’s about managing the people who aren’t happy – and that includes people who, based on their personalities and how they treat others, will probably never be happy. While my favorite job …
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Entitled Customer Whines About Being Shortchanged, 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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Video Store Worker Exploits Genius Sales Loophole, For Charity

This story takes you way back to the days of the video rental store. Filled to the ceiling with hundreds of VCR tapes, those places always had the musky scent of frequently-handled greasy plastic cases, dust, and old cigarette smoke, embedded in the bright-patterned carpet since the 80s.  Before mail-in subscription services like Netflix killed …
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