Work: Today, a group of guys came into my restaurant, dressed up in...

By leela - 25/05/2013 22:13 - United States

Today, a group of guys came into my restaurant, dressed up in some kind of role-playing game clothing. Apparently I pronounced one of their fake elf names wrong, because the guy complained to my manager, who then bitched me out in front of everyone for upsetting the customers. FML

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By stressed - 12/10/2014 06:40 - United States - Statham

Today, as a restaurant manager, I had a large party of difficult guests. They sat in their private room they'd reserved for three-and-a-half hours, then caused a huge scene when it was time to pay. One guy even ran at me like he was going to hit me. FML

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By notfuckingpaidenough - 13/06/2015 11:45 - United States - San Leandro

Today, a man tried to rob the store I work at. Before the guy was taken by the cops, he complained to my manager for "unfriendly behavior". He took it seriously and bitched me out for not providing "quality service" to our customers. FML

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By GamerTag - 02/10/2012 13:11 - United States - Wantagh

Today, I realized I might lose my job because some asshole customer complained about me to my district manager. His complaint? Girls can't work at video game stores. My DM agreed. FML

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By Z88 - 21/04/2010 20:29 - South Africa

Today, a customer came into the music shop I work in to look at guitars. After calling the customer "Dude," and "Man," numerous times, they stalked off suddenly. When I asked if everything was okay, they responded with, "I'm female, you asshole!" FML

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By iskiel - 26/10/2014 05:53 - Australia - Melbourne

Today, I was shopping at my workplace, out of uniform, with my husband. A customer recognised me and wanted me to serve him, but I couldn't since we can be fired for doing so while off-duty. He complained to my manager, who wasted no time publicly bitching me out. FML

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Putting people off their food

By Anonymous - 03/06/2022 18:00

Today, in a restaurant, staff asked me to fix my skirt because multiple customers complained my buttcrack was putting them off their food. I thought the waiter was using fake complaints to justify his rudeness, but when I got up to fix it fully, half the restaurant applauded me. FML

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Tipped off

By Anonymous - 30/09/2014 23:42 - United States - Richmond

Today, I was taking a table's order. After I finished, the guy told me, "Just FYI, I'm not a tipper." Trying to lighten up the situation, I replied, "It's amazing how many people forget I handle their food." He complained to the manager that I'd threatened him. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/08/2016 12:40 - Canada - Toronto

Today, two customers complained about the shitty service they received from my coworkers. I apologized and asked about the complaint. Their issues were legitimate and I promised to pass them on. They demanded to speak to my manager and my coworkers got in trouble. Now they think I'm a snitch. FML

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By DarkSerebii - 05/06/2014 15:16 - United States

Today, a customer at work said his table was dirty. I asked which one he was sitting at so I could clean it for him. For some bizarre reason he got pissed and called my manager over. He ended up reporting us to corporate, and my manager got written up. He's blaming me for everything. FML

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Who are you?

By mynameisnotstupid - 18/03/2016 15:05 - Germany - Munich

Today, while working in a customer service call center, a customer berated me for using a fake name. He said my name is "too stupid" to be real and that no sane person would ever use it. It was my real name. FML

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TheGreatPotato 19

Sunday 26 May 2013 3:10

The OP deserved it for pronouncing the fake names of some overly butthurt geeks wrong? Oh dear is this the mindset of some people?

Potatobacon 6

Sunday 26 May 2013 3:02

I'd have a hard time pronouncing narr'el'qeqqebdianlir too

Comments

svalaedgren 18

Sunday 26 May 2013 9:23

Your boss handled it in a bad way for yelling at you. It's not like you should've known better, I mean, how could you?

gemmadaws 3

Sunday 26 May 2013 9:53

It must suck working at the bottom of the food chain

kemando 22

Sunday 26 May 2013 10:11

It's Link, you derp! Lol, jokes aside, sounds like your manager isn't very good at his job, file a compaint with his superior... Or quit?

3rdbass 9

Sunday 26 May 2013 10:18

I thought those kinds of people only ate Ramen noodles and Hot Pockets at their computer.

srogue74 5

Sunday 26 May 2013 11:26

im sure there are two sides to this story. besides getting a name wrong, you did something you are not telling us. maybe talking shit to them, or disrespecting them because of what they were wearing. i dont see why anyone would complain just because you got a name wrong.

Mossears133 15

Sunday 26 May 2013 16:06

You say that like it's a bad thing!

Trigabyte 8

Sunday 26 May 2013 16:08

IT'S NOT ZELDA! I'M LINK! GAWD.

Taurus_ChicKa 36

Sunday 26 May 2013 17:27

Sounds like an episode of The Big Bang Theory, but much more extreme. OP, your manager is a total idiot. Why were those guys dressed up like that anyway unless it was Halloween or there was some sort of convention going on? Regardless, big deal, you don't know the names of all the video game characters that dominate their lives - your manager is a douche. FYL indeed