Anyone who has had to wait in line at a customer support desk or at a particularly busy grocery store has no doubt come to the realization that there are some people who simply do not know how to accomplish basic tasks. As a result, they will start to ask employees for help, but, more often than not, the things they want range from excessive to downright impossible.
We’ve gathered some posts and pictures from retail workers that are sure to infuriate anyone who has had a customer-facing job. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and if any of this looks familiar, be sure to share that story in the comments section below.
#1 Can You Take That Off?
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#2 When You Can’t Take Their Coupons
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#3 Excuse Me Is Your Pharmacy Open???
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It does not take a genius to realize that the customer is most definitely not always right. Broadly speaking, this concept was more often used as advice for the folks managing a store, hotel or restaurant and not something the customer should really internalize. Even at businesses that strived to satisfy all customer needs, there was still an understanding that the customer could be right, if, and only if, they had the money.
Even in the heady, perhaps overly optimistic days of the late 20th century, critics thought this idea was strange. Dishonesty isn’t just some modern day issue and folks are just downright dimwitted when it comes to picking an item or understanding the terms and conditions of a coupon.
#4 This Has Happened Multiple Times Already
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#5 Photo Department? Never Heard Of Her
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#6 When An Elderly Customer Walks Up To The Photo Kiosk, Spends .0002 Seconds Looking At The Screen, And Makes Eye Contact With You From Across The Store
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Similarly, this sort of entitlement isn’t just modern, even if it feels like it. American journalist Damon Runyon wrote “the customer is always right in taking advantage of the tradespeople,” all the way back in 1939. Lets face it, entitlement is probably as old as human civilization, meaning that workers who have to deal with other people have always had the short end of the stick.
#7 When A Customer Starts Calling You By The Name On Your Name Tag
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#8 ?
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#9 Very Interesting Story… But I Still Need An ID To Check
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More recently, Business Insider has stated that this concept “created a sense of entitlement among shoppers that has led to aggression and even violence toward retail workers.” Anyone who has tried to brave the crowds on Black Friday can attest to the fact that being in a store simply turns some folks basically feral.
#10 Is It Filled Yet???
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#11 Anyone Else Have These Problems?
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#12 Let Me Have A Word With My Supervisor
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#13 Be Gone Karen
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#14 Up At 4 Am Every Day ?
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#15 Think I’m Getting The Point Across?
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#16 All The Time
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#17 Since My Last One Blew Up Here’s 3 More ?
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#18 Some Memes I Made So We Can Laugh At The Stupidity
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#19 Already Got 10 Calls In An Hour Get Out Of My Head Get Out Of M
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#20 Damn Chip Readers
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#21 All Of Us On A Daily Basis
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#22 For Real
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#23 This Is A Fact
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#24 Actually Tho
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#25 Change
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#26 When You’ve Spent The Last 15 Minutes Frantically Looking For A Lady’s Photo Order And You Finally Find It Under Her Maiden Name And She Goes, “I Haven’t Gone By That Name In Five Years. How Funny, Right?!”
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#27 “Why Can’t You Take This?”
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#28 ??
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#29 No Lies Detected
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#30 These Signs Should Be Posted At Every CVS
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#31 Got My First Complaint About My Appearance!
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#32 ?
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#33 Abusive Customers
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#34 “I Want To Add $440 To My Chime Card”
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#35 Pretty Much Sums It Up
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#36 Please. Shut Up!
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#37 Yep
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#38 Since My Last One Blew Up Here’s 3 More ?
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#39 CVS Might Win The Award For Worst Customers In The World
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#40 One Sign Didn’t Seem To Be Enough For Some People
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#41 Just Gonna Leave This Here
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#42 I’ve Experienced This At CVS More Than Anywhere Else I’ve Ever Worked
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#43 Everyday At CVS
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#44 Some Memes I Made So We Can Laugh At The Stupidity
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#45 Yes, Yes, Go On
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#46 The Pharmacy Close At 7:00pm Pharmacy Line At 6:51 Pm
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#47 LOL
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#48 Since My Last One Blew Up Here’s 3 More ?
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#49 Found This In The Customer Bathroom Today…
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#50 When An Old Person Tells You “Well, You Just Lost A Paying Customer!”
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#51 ??
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#52 Relatable
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#53 Why Can’t They Just Stare At Their Phones In Line Instead
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#54 “It Just Says Processing, Why Is It Not Taking My Card?”
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#55
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