Kids, Customers and Work: Breeders

Breeders

By Anonymous - 12/07/2015 19:39 - United Kingdom

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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Today, I was dining out with friends. I saw a mom instructing her young child to go to empty tables and take whatever cash had been left. I discreetly told the manager. He confronted the woman and pointed right at me. As she was being thrown out, she tossed a very heavy mug at my head. It hit me. FML

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By spitstopper - 07/08/2014 02:22 - United States - Birmingham

Today, I stopped two little boys from spitting over a railing at the piano player two floors below in the department store I work at. Their mom complained to my boss about me. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/03/2018 01:30

Today, my manager cussed me out for being unable to keep a customer happy. That "customer" was a senile old twit who had wandered away from his carer, thought our shop was his living room, and demanded to know who replaced all his furniture. FML

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By tired of my job - 29/10/2015 08:33 - Canada - Surrey

Today, I was at work, stocking shelves. A customer got mad because I was in the way of her "shopping time" and knocked down all the work I had done. FML

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By bbbbb - 14/10/2012 05:29 - United States - Woodbridge

Today, I slipped on a crayon a little girl threw on the floor, causing me to drop the tray of water I was carrying, making me spill it all over her. After getting cussed out by her mom, I was fired for making a customer unhappy. FML

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By unemployed - 10/03/2009 02:00 - United States

Today, as I was bagging groceries, I looked down to see a 6-year-old urinating on my shoes and the floor next to me. I told his mother that he should take her kid to the restroom, only to be told to "mind my own goddamn business." I was later fired for arguing with the customer. FML

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No soup for you

By unicornlove - 17/07/2020 20:01

Today, I was bringing a table a bowl of soup at my waitressing job. A new customer taking off his coat threw his elbow out, violently knocking the soup out of my hands and onto his baby in a highchair. The baby screamed; I had a panic attack. FML

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Make your mind up

By firedupasshole - 27/07/2020 05:01

Today, while taking to-go orders at my restaurant, a customer called saying he wanted his food well done. He even said, “Burn it to a crisp.” Which is what I told the kitchen. When he came to pick it up, he opened his food, inspected it and screamed, “Not this burned, you damn retard!” and threw it at me. FML

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Guilty as charged

By Anonymous - 15/03/2022 12:00

Today, my boss asked me to help train his son, so I put him to work cleaning tools covered in oil. He didn’t warn me his son has a violent temper, and would overreact at being asked to work for a living by dumping the bucket of tools on my head, breaking my glasses and concussing me. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/12/2010 05:42 - United States

Today, my toddler stood up in a shopping cart and fell, giving himself a black eye. Later, while at a restaurant, he tried to stand up in his high-chair. I quickly blurted out, "Sit down! Do you want another one of those?" while pointing at his eye. The waiter wouldn’t stop glaring at me. FML

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mrlawlor7777 26

Monday 13 July 2015 10:38

I see nothing wrong with a human door stop. However, it should be the dad because he clearly has no mental activity.

bryce0110 23

Monday 13 July 2015 10:39

I can't see his brain, either.

Comments

lexos 16

Monday 13 July 2015 11:09

Some people just shouldn't be parents what a asshole.

radiocaf 29

Monday 13 July 2015 11:09

Wow. What an asshole. He should have known that the kitchen doors are always busy being in a restaurant or establishment that serves food. Wtf? I'm sorry you had to go through that, OP! Definitely would have stuck up for you had I have been there. Kinda wish someone did.

illusionay 10

Monday 13 July 2015 11:13

Wtf that's so unfair OP, I hope you didn't lose your job over it. :(

iAbe 7

Monday 13 July 2015 11:24

It's clearly not your fault so don't sweat it. If anything the dad is a shitty parent for letting his son play in front of a kitchen door.

MDoremis 38

Monday 13 July 2015 11:30

Parents have as little accountability as kids these days. It's always someone else's fault.

hkhan24 23

Monday 13 July 2015 11:30

Well at least he'll take better care of his son in the future

Isandri 29

Monday 13 July 2015 12:26

hopefully*

VeganVampyre 26

Monday 13 July 2015 14:08

Doubtful, since he didn't seem to see anything wrong with what he did. Since it was all OP's fault for not being able to see through doors there's no reason for the dad to do anything differently next time. He'll just keep letting his kid play right in other people's way and keep blaming the other people.

UncleCaitlyn 21

Monday 13 July 2015 11:41

The xray glasses didn't work (no refunds)

yoshiyakiryu 20

Monday 13 July 2015 11:53

It's strange, it's like as soon as some people walk into a business they suddenly stop being parents and make the employees look after their kids instead. I had so many times when working in a shop where kids would fight, scream, cause a mess, etc and the parents would look at me and ask me what I was going to do about it. Just because I'm an employee doesn't mean I suddenly take sole responsibility for the kids.

MandieL 27

Monday 13 July 2015 20:56

I find this when people bring their kids or dogs to my home too, they feel they are here to relax and since I am hosting our get together, I am also babysitting.

Brandi_Faith 33

Tuesday 14 July 2015 7:45

I find this too. So annoying. When our daycare parents come to the door to pick up their kid and their kid acts out at the door (like they usually do to test and see how their parents will react), they often just let their kids behave badly. To the point where the kid (3 yrs old) will look at my mom (daycare provider) while doing something bad, because they know my mom would never let them behave that way and are basically asking "what are you going to do about it?" So there are time where my mom will step in and actually discipline them or react because the parents don't. My cousin, mom and I (all work with kids in daycare) were just talking tonight about some of the idiot parents we've had. One of the stupidest ones we get; the kid shows up in shorts in -30C weather, and the parent goes, "I'm sorry, she's coming in shorts today because she wouldn't let me put her pants on and kept telling me no," so now there is a kid here in shorts with freezing weather outside and we have to take this kid outside to the bus stop to pick up other kids! This kind of crap happens all the time because the kid says no or didn't want to do what the parent said, and the parent is somehow ok with this. They have no control at all. Who's the parent here? Who's in charge? *rant over* lol.

alyak98 31

Monday 13 July 2015 12:01

Didn't you know your supposed to have x-Ray vision? But sorry OP he should've had a better watch on his kid and not let him play behind there.

writerchic85 25

Monday 13 July 2015 12:09

Something like this happened when I worked at the pet store. We had wire cages and people always stuck their fingers in and got bitten despite the hundreds of signs wanting them. One guy wasn't watching his kid and she was bitten by a rat. He started bitching that we should have vicious animals and I just lost it and told him he should have been watching her. The guy yelled at me for a while and then said I was lucky he was "a nice guy" or he'd get me fired. I was so incredibly pissed.