Work: Today, I got yelled at by my boss for being insensitive to a...

By midwesternpetclerk - 09/11/2011 04:06 - United States

Today, I got yelled at by my boss for being insensitive to a customer. I'd told her I never heard of the requested item even existing. She walked off shouting, screaming and throwing stuff from the shelf. She wanted to order a bird feeder with heated perches so the bird's feet won't get cold. FML

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By choke on a dick, sir - 01/11/2013 22:47 - United States - Portland

Today, my boss came around to my way of thinking. He called our customers a "bunch of assholes" and to kick them out if they gave me trouble. When a lady began yelling at me for "setting the damn prices too high" I told her to leave. My boss soon bitched me out for being unprofessional. 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 anonymous - 30/09/2012 05:32 - Canada - Edmonton

Today, I got yelled at for providing horrible customer service, in a store I don't even work for. FML

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By Unhelpful - 07/02/2012 04:27 - United States

Today, I was called an 'unhelpful little bitch' by a customer, after I informed her that we couldn't order a pair of shoes she wanted from the company in her size because it's a discontinued model. This little tirade continued for another few minutes, with her insulting me and my intelligence. FML

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By maleficunt - 03/06/2014 20:44 - United Kingdom - Cannock

Today, a customer yelled at me so furiously that she sprayed my face with spittle. I had to stand there, smiling and politely explaining that I needed to see a receipt before I could give her a refund. When she finally gave up and left, my boss bitched me out for "provoking the customer". FML

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By people suck - 28/03/2015 04:16 - United States - Oakland

Today, while at work, a customer refused to speak louder, despite me asking her to do it several times. As a result, I took her order incorrectly. The customer then finally decided to raise her voice, but only to yell at me about my poor listening skills. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/10/2014 05:17 - United States

Today, I was at work and a lady screamed at my manager for about 15 minutes, saying I needed to be fired because I couldn't get rid of all the flies buzzing around her food. She was the one who chose to eat on our patio. 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 Anonymous - 31/03/2018 15:00

Today, a customer asked a question I couldn’t answer. I asked if she would wait while I consulted someone else, but she spat in my face and stormed off. My manager saw, wrote me up for refusing to help, and gave the woman a gift card for her troubles. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/02/2014 17:22 - United Kingdom - Cambridge

Today, my boss bitched me out on the sales floor for a good 10 minutes, because I wasn't "smiling the right way" for our customers. FML

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Wednesday 9 November 2011 8:53

Is that like a mansion for a bird

deviable 9

Wednesday 9 November 2011 8:53

You should patent that.

Comments

TipOfTheHat 10

Wednesday 9 November 2011 14:55

Common sense is in isle 2, right beside the I don't care!

taybail 0

Wednesday 9 November 2011 15:14

That woman was batshit crazy

Slimma 20

Wednesday 9 November 2011 15:16

When in doubt... "Its in the Garden Center."

LennyComa 39

Wednesday 9 November 2011 15:20

Life is wasted on some people

Colnago 0

Wednesday 9 November 2011 15:39

Dumb asses have infested this world

SirSquishyPants 1

Wednesday 9 November 2011 15:51

I would have grabbed an aluminum tube, some wire and a car battery... Might kill the bird, but at least it's feet will be warm.

laden_swallow09 34

Wednesday 9 November 2011 15:55

Sounds like one of you was a real… (puts on sunglasses) …birdbrain. Yeeeeaaaahhhh!

moosechiefs 0

Wednesday 9 November 2011 16:00

Requests like this aren't unusual...especially if you work in a hardware store. Lol was just asked yesterday to construct an omni-sentient being. Nuff said

Skipper1439 1

Wednesday 9 November 2011 16:02

birdlady of Walmart

Okayitwasme 0

Wednesday 9 November 2011 16:28

That's when you bring another co- worker as a witness! When the customer wants something you don't have ALWAYS ask another worker no matter how silly it seams. Covers your ass.