Work: Today, a customer told me that there was no way he was paying...

By Anonymous - 16/09/2014 05:04 - United Kingdom - Bristol

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

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By marenthehollow - 31/10/2016 00:33 - United States - American Fork

Today, I got yelled at by a customer for saving them money. FML

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By fmcsl - 08/09/2019 00:01 - Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Today, a customer got an additional discount, so his total came to $61. He said, "It says they're 3 for $66!” I tried to explain the discount, saying it’s cheaper, but he still insisted on paying $66. I couldn’t modify the price at my end. He left without buying anything. FML

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By wallets - 29/02/2012 07:47 - United States

Today, I told a customer that we don't do refunds. He responded by throwing his wallet at my face and accusing me of stealing it. FML

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By I hate retail - 17/10/2016 22:12 - United States - Phoenix

Today, I got yelled at by a customer for refusing to give a found credit card to a woman it didn't belong to. FML

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Crisis

By Anonymous - 29/07/2020 23:00

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

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Haggling wars

By Jules - 05/09/2023 04:00 - Germany

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

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By Anonymous - 08/08/2015 22:23 - United States - Gainesville

Today, I had to serve an incredibly rude and irrationally angry customer, but I managed to keep my cool. When he finally went to leave with his purchase, I wished him a good day. He whirled around and yelled "I'll have whatever the fuck kind of day I want, bitch!" FML

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Cashback

By elle_hamilton - 25/08/2020 23:01 - United States

Today, when I told a gentleman that, no, he couldn't have cash back on his return without a receipt, he started screaming at me that I was calling his mother a liar. He told me to lawyer up and yelled at me for smiling at him. He also screamed at me to go on a diet as he left the store. FML

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By cassiebee - 04/11/2012 14:16 - United States - Morgan

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

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By ishouldhavebeenbornrich - 14/09/2016 16:28

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 called 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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NYM88 26

Tuesday 16 September 2014 19:02

Guess who's getting free groceries tonight!

markcallanan_ 20

Tuesday 16 September 2014 19:03

I'd say call your manager or maybe cops, even though he's long gone

Comments

NYM88 26

Tuesday 16 September 2014 19:02

Guess who's getting free groceries tonight!

lishajoy777 14

Tuesday 16 September 2014 19:52

that guy!

knight2109 12

Wednesday 17 September 2014 21:11

Sure the groceries might be free but the cost of going to court for petty theft isn't.

DARKDAY07 16

Tuesday 16 September 2014 19:03

Don't feel bad some people are just idiots not your fault he walked out

markcallanan_ 20

Tuesday 16 September 2014 19:03

I'd say call your manager or maybe cops, even though he's long gone

ShannonBitt 29

Wednesday 17 September 2014 4:44

I'm sure they could look at security cameras. And if OP got his license plate number and description of his car, then the police could've tracked him down.

undercoverninja 9

Tuesday 16 September 2014 19:03

isn't that considered shoplifting tho?

lnheritance 19

Tuesday 16 September 2014 19:44

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undercoverninja 9

Wednesday 17 September 2014 2:48

okay. you don't have to be an ass about it... and honestly for all you know he could have been the owner of the store or something and the op just didn't know...

shudson186 17

Wednesday 17 September 2014 4:51

#40, 16 I think was just trying to tell a terrible joke. I don't see any reason that he is an ass here other than that terrible pun. Relax

lnheritance 19

Wednesday 17 September 2014 6:20

Oh no I was being a smartass.

toowie_fml 20

Tuesday 16 September 2014 19:05

I don't think that applies when they're breaking the law...

LocoMarshmallow 13

Tuesday 16 September 2014 19:10

It's okay he can pay the police instead of you

SaharaZinc 14

Tuesday 16 September 2014 19:17

Well, I hope his bad attitude and stupidity catch up with him when he gets charged for lifting,

PenguinBitch 43

Tuesday 16 September 2014 19:17

I see two possibilities: 1) the customer walked off with groceries illegally. 2)walked off with groceries by managing to convince OP's manager or supervisor that he doesn't have to pay. Now the second is a possibility because OP emphasis the "IS", which made me believe that the customer got away without paying. no charges will be charged in order to retain "customer loyalty".

igive 29

Tuesday 16 September 2014 19:51

Customers pay though, this guy's a theif.

False_Stupidity 41

Wednesday 17 September 2014 4:44

There's a third possibility though, the customer realised his groceries were too much and walked off without them.

sweetbliss3 37

Wednesday 17 September 2014 4:45

customer loyalty? the only way a thief can be a customer is to stop stealing and buy their things. who wants a thief as a customer anyway, they don't buy anything?