Saturday, November 28, 2020

People's "I Don't Get Paid Enough for This" Moments


At some unfortunate jobs, your boss doesn't pay attention to your job description, and will make you do whatever you're willing to do. At other jobs, you're basically a punching bag for mindless customers. There's so much a person is willing to take for ten bucks an hour, and there are times when we're compelled to say "screw this, I'm out."

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Text - From-the-Trailerpark 43.9k points · 23 hours ago 5 4 & 17 More plumber Owner of a mobile home called and said they had a stinky yard. I could smell it when I pulled up. the mobile home was new and had only been set up for about 8 months. while setting it up, someone didn't tighten a no-hub band of the toilet in the kids bathroom. 8 months of flushed toilet was all over the ground, under the home and had just started being noticed outside. I told the homeowner to call the guys that set it

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Text - Skrivus 26.2k points · 23 hours ago · edited 22 hours ago 4 2 S I worked at circuit city when I was 17. Heard a noise of packaging being opened in the movie section, found a guy crouched down cutting open dvd boxes & stealing the discs. He looked at me, held his knife out and said "Got a problem?" I just replied "I don't get paid enough for this shit" & backed off. I went to the back room of the warehouse area to call a manager to tell them what happened. Never could get a hold of anyone

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Text - TFAJubilee 26.0k points · 23 hours ago 3 38 E 15 When I was doing 90% of my boss' job in hopes of a full time promotion that I had been promised for three years and he took all the credit and told me my promotion wasn't in the budget.

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Text - StanDarkloard 24.9k points · 23 hours ago - edited 20 hours ago I was volunteering at a state park. One of the (paid) park rangers would drive people around to 2 various locations to work. Then come check on you throughout the day. Bitch tried to drop me off at the bathrooms and told me to clean them. I was like, "Nope, that's not happening. I'm here to work OUTSIDE." She told me, "You're gonna do whatever I tell you to do or I won't sign off on your hours." Then I had to explain that not

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Text - Think-Anywhere-7751 22.6k points · 23 hours ago 3 I worked at a heating and air conditioning company doing bookkeeping. I was being trained by the companies accountant. If I made a mistake the owner would literally scream at me full voice. I overheard him talking to his brother and his brother had told him not to scream at me. The owner said, "you have to tear them down to build them up." I decided I wasn't going to take another day of his screaming after that.

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Text - Historical-Foot99 22.5k points · 21 hours ago 5 O3 2 & 10 More Grocery store cashier. The customer was angry because her cereal had rung up wrong. I called a price check and this lady berated me the whole time. I recall that she accused me of trying to steal from her. Said she was going to get me fired. I looked at her and said, "I make $7.25 per hour no matter how much you pay for this cereal, so I do not give a shit how this situation turns out." She stared at me in shock. The price che

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Text - delaneyk19 19.7k points · 23 hours ago 2 3 3 I ran the entire company's financials and general management for $14/hr. I had a meeting with the owner telling him I need a raise and to hire an assistant, he told me I wasn't “business minded" and should be a stay at home mom. I quit the next day.

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Text - ghostposer 3.5k points · 22 hours ago · edited 9 hours ago 3 Working for a popular grocery store, the amount of people that think the workers are stupid are astounding.. the produce all have codes and sometimes I forget. To the customer, this looks like I simply don't know what a broccoli is. They're like "it's broccoli" in a condescending tone, and I just have to brush it off. It happens so many times, and though it's not terrible it really gets me down sometimes. Most people assume reta

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Text - Frgmn7669 17.4k points · 22 hours ago 9 7 4 3 8 E 12 Bagging groceries at a major supermarket. The manager came over to tell me that I needed to clean up the bathroom. An elderly gentleman fell off the toilet while pooping and it was a literal shitshow. Apparently I was the most qualified because I was 16. I was handed a broom and a dustpan. I shit you not (sorry had to.) My reward for going above and beyond the call of duty? Five dollars in store coupons. Sometimes dreams really do come

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Text - juneauboe 4.2k points · 23 hours ago Barista Grabby customer grabs drink on the counter, tastes it, says, "This isn't mine. I ordered a vanilla latté. This is also iced." I proceed to tell her it's clearly not her drink she picked up then. Am currently making Grabby's drink, then have to double back to make the previous drink for the customer it was originally intended for. Again. 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Customer service should definitely be paid more.

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Text - stateofyou 14.5k points · 23 hours ago · edited 12 hours ago Doing volunteer work and some busybody started bossing me around like they were in charge (a neighborhood association type person). I told them to back the fuck off. It took a couple of seconds for people to realize that the person barking orders wasn't a boss, but an asshole that was used to being in control.

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Text - Architect17 13.4k points · 23 hours ago · edited 19 hours ago 22 3 2 I was working in a grocery store one time, and as I was checking people out, one lady came up to me and the very first thing out of her mouth was: "You're a failure and an embarrassment to humanity. If you were my kid I'd beat your ass right here right now." I had done literally nothing but ask how she was. Like what. Then her card declined Imao.

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Text - CDC_ 12.1k points · 23 hours ago I worked at walmart for less than a month in 2009. I scanned a big box fan for a guy and it didn't ring up, so I said "I gotta do a price check on this, I apologize." The guy said "It's $24.99 you fucking idiot." I stared at him for a moment, then reached up and turned my little register light off, turned around, walked out to my car, and went home. Fuck that shit.

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Text - Eeyores_Prozac 12.1k points · 1 day ago I used to work in a mall music store, back when that was a thing. There was a corporate policy to play new music regularly, y'know, because that's the fucking thing you're trying to sellI. My boss, every single day she worked, would play the entire Madonna album, Ray of Light. Hours of the same eight fucking songs. For most of a year, until it was either go mad, commit murder, or bail. I bailed. That music franchise went under a little over a year l

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Text - TKOism 10.1k points · 23 hours ago · edited 51 minutes ago 2 3 2 Worked at a retail store. Fiends would come in occasionally looking to steal shit and the worst we could do legally was ask them to leave but my boss insisted we get physical with them, to which I obviously told her fuck no. I watched her chase one out of the store one day and she screams at me since I'm standing by the door like "TACKLE HIM" and I'm like uh no Imao

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Text - Foxnet93 8.7k points · 23 hours ago I have an mildly irrational fear of spiders. I was asked to help clean out an old storage area/shed type building. It was covered in dust and a ton of these big black spiders but a big enough space that I felt fine. Until my supervisor handed me a leaf blower and asked me to go through a back hallway with it. Opened the door to the hallway and it was cramped, just tall enough to be a little over my height and just wide enough for me to walk through. Exc

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Text - PhillyCheesesteakSub 8.3k points · 22 hours ago · edited 17 hours ago 2 Working in a grocery store meat department during Thanksgiving, when every third customer asks if you have any larger turkeys in the back. And insists you go back to the walk-in freezer and sift through multiple pallets of frozen turkeys for the 80th time today.

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Text - herpty_derpty 6.7k points · 23 hours ago · edited 23 hours ago Manager at a grocery store I worked in my teens refused to pay the waste management bill for several months. When they finally came and emptied the dumpster, there were still mounds of trash laying about around the area. He had me go out and clean all of it up alone. I didn't have any protective gear or supplies whatsoever, and was out in 100+ degree weather. I was only given a bunch of trash bags to put it into, and when I we

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Text - stickaforkimdone 6.3k points · 22 hours ago 4 3 5 Fish monger in a grocery store. We got a large number of lobsters in, soft-shelled and already dieing. So my manager decided we could at least sell their tails. Apparently lobsters don't really have a central nervous system, so when you sever the tails and put their tails on ice they freaking run away. So I had to chase these tails down because they've escaped into the rest of the display case, onto the floor, and hidden under our prep tab

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Tumblr Thread: New Zealand's Bird Election Was a Mess


Apparently no election is safe from baseless accusations, mudslinging and questions of voter fraud. The annual election for "Bird of the Year" in New Zealand had a dramatic year and frankly it's refreshing to see people be this hilariously petty over the decision of the best bird. For some other New Zealand drama, here's the time the whole nation was outraged at a single rude family of British tourists. Here are some more random funny tumblr gems to tumblr through.

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Text - biggest-gaudiest-patronuses S biggest-gaudiest-patro.. i recommend keeping an eye on New Zealand news. not bc of politics or anything, but bc of the HILARIOUS DISCOURSE happening over the 2020 Bird Of The Year Contest. someone called the kiwi a Fat Flightless Fuck. the white-faced heron was accused of racism, voter fraud is rampant

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Vertebrate - Controversy has erupted in the annual Bird of the Year competition. Kiwi described as 'fat flightless f*ck' nzherald.co.nz

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Bird - WHITE FACED HERON RACIST

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Text - i wasn't exaggerating. a black-billed gull instagram account has been badmouthing kiwis. people are getting emotional about kererus. special interest groups have gotten involved. an adult toy store just endorsed a small, polyamorous bird with unusually large testes. this is the only vote-rigging scandal you should care about

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Nature - biggest-gaudiest-patronuses UPDATE: Thousands of fake votes were submitted, including 1,500 votes traced back to a single person voting for the kiwi. After a bitter campaign sullied by scandal, the Kakapo, aka the world's fattest parrot, has been elected. Say hello to this fat, flightless friek FRIEND 14,216 notes

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Most Heart Melting Compliments Girls Have Received


There's nothing like a good, sincere, and clever compliment to make a good impression on someone. Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about the most heart melting compliments that girls have ever received. So, consider these to be the best of the best when it comes to worthy compliments. On the flip side check out some of the absolute worst compliments that people have ever received.

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Text - peppermint_green • 17h 2 Awards When I was in third grade my teacher had us all group up in boy-girl pairs for a project. The girls would sit at a table, and the boys would pick which girl they wanted to work with. One boy who I had a crush on immediately walked over my table and sat down. When I asked him why he chose to work with me he said, "Because you're the best girl out of all of them." I still think about it today, it was such a sweet compliment.

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Text - extracrispybacon3 • 19h 1 Award I was literally just picking up trash and he said “you're the type of person that's gonna change the world" Q Reply 1 1.2k •..

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Text - prettyone_85 • 16h "I'm proud of you" after some deep conversations and hearing some things about my life, hardships and still managing success. I never hear that, melted my whole heart Reply 4 127 ...

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Text - inspector_swamp • 18h One time when I was in a train station in Pompeii (we missed our train) and I had to sit down but there were only like 3 benches and 100 people so you do the math. So I sat on the ground in pain and sweat and this Italian guy walks past me and says something in Italian. I can't speak it so I just nodded and smiled, he then asked if I spoke Italian and I said no. He then said "well I just said you were beautiful". That still makes me happy everyday | Reply 512 3 •..

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Text - shesnotallthat0 • 19h My boyfriend said "I love you" for the first time the other night and we were chatting the night after and I told him that it really surprised me. He said "it just felt natural, everything with you feels really natural". He doesn't talk about feelings much but that made my turn to mush. Reply 1 881 3 ...

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Text - owl_and_cookies • 17h A guy once said in the shop "you're beautiful". Not so special, but he just went away, not expecting answer or conversation, or even "thank you" from me. Just to say that. Reply 219 3 + ...

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Text - ZoltanKeminy3245 • 18h "The work that you do everyday amazes me" and "I love the way you care so much about other people". I have a really emotionally-demanding career and have worked really hard to get where I am. there is no better compliment to me than one that shows how much my partner SEES me, you know? Reply 1 447 ...

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Text - Otterpop • 16h 2 Awards Me, when he was graduating top 3 in our class: Congratulations, I wish I could be as smart as you. Him: Yeah, but l'll never have the level of emotional intelligence you do. He spoke like it was obvious, but it was the first time I realized that was something valuable. Reply 368 ...

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Text - jakethedug • 14h Years ago I was casually chatting with a coworker when he said, unprompted "you have a very pleasant- sounding voice." I was a very quiet person, and as a young girl I was used to only ever hearing compliments about my appearance, especially from guys, it was always "you're cute/hot, nice lips/eyes/hair/ass/tits etc." Hearing that he liked my voice made me feel like he actually wanted to listen to what I had to say, he wanted to hear me talk instead of just wanting to loo

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Text - kawaiikaeru23 • 17h 2 Awards From my boyfriend: You are so beautiful. Not just physically. Everything about you is beautiful. The way you create things, the things you like, all of it. I'm infatuated with you. I replay that in my head over and over when l'm feeling inadequate. Reply 482 ...

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Text - GambinoTheElder • 19h He recently told me the thing he loves most is how much I care. About everything lol. For me it always felt like a negative. Like l'm always caring too much and l'm too sensitive. Hearing him say that's one of the reasons he fell in love, namely the time I was late to work because I didn't have it in my heart to drive by a couple dogs that were stuck on a highway...made me feel like my care for life isn't a weakness but a strength. Q Reply 1 132 3 ...

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Text - ghostmadlittlemiss • 16h I was feeling bad one day because l'd been really grumpy at work and taken it out on someone else at one point. (In defence of another person, but still). I was starting to worry that I wasn't a nice person any more (hello anxiety, my old friend) and my OH calmed me down by claiming I was like a compass. While a compass always points to true north, I always point to true kindness. We've been together for 14 years and I think that might be the sweetest thing he's e

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Text - RinnFTW • 12h A little boy told me this, "You are so kind to me. Your kindness could protect me from a buffalo." Reply 49 ...

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Text - HotChocoMarshies • 20h 3 1 Award I'm not sure if this is a compliment but my SO and I have been together for quite some time now and he didn't go to college (sad story behind it) and then I found him one day looking up and listing down possible courses to get and I told him I was happy for him and that I would support him all the way but for some reason, I asked him why and he said that he wants to get better jobs and save up for our future. I tried my best not to tear up Reply 253 ...

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Text - kojinB84 • 15h O 1 Award "Mommy, you're the best mommy in the whole world." - My son. :) Reply 335 ...

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Text - figstea123 • 19h 3 Awards "There's nobody else that I would want irritating me on a daily basis, than you, my love" ~my husband We have good banter. Reply 715 ...

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Text - Soviet_Union1234 • 14h Happened in my first year of 7th grade(yes, I was held back). I was one of those special needs kids, and I had to take a test at the time, so I was walking to the ESS office. I got in there and a little 3rd grade boy stared at me for a second before saying, "You're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen!!" Melted my heart tbh. Reply 34 ...

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Text - terribleandtrue • 20h Him telling me that he loves me for me. The good, the bad, the messy and the scary. He's here for it ALL. 91 3 Reply ...

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Text - CurlyPiano • 19h 'I thought this was just going to be a summer fling, that's before I realised you're so amazing' + Reply 89

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Text - GiveMeHead TillmDead • 13h my boyfriend told me one night as we were going to bed,"wow, i love you. like, increasingly. and i'll probably love you a little bit more when i wake up." he always is just dropping heart stoppers like that and it's amazing. (i right them down to remember them verbatim lol.) Reply 4 20 •..

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Text - Czarina007 • 18h "You are a respectable, ambitious, deeply devoted and sensitive soul. You have the world at your feet and the wind at your back. I would consider myself the luckiest guy to be by your side for the journey." Beats any compliment on the physical. Those are nice too, but not heart melting, just temporarily cheek reddening. Q Reply 53 3

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Text - Fieryirishplease • 8h From my husband. "The way you waddle is so cute. Like a penguin." And then he flapped his arms at me. I'm super pregnant right now and that just made me feel so nice. Reply 1 14 •..

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Karen Demands Delivery Driver Checks Her Groceries Out, Driver Complies


Man, you've got to hand it to this delivery driver for just leaning right into an otherwise infuriating situation with a Karen, who seemed to have left her common sense in the car. Wonder if she really meant what she said about the store "losing a customer", or if she'll be right back in a couple days when she thinks everyone will have forgotten about her entitled brain fart. 

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Text - r/MaliciousCompliance + Join u/[deleted] • 2y Lady demanded that I, a delivery man, check her groceries out. So I complied... with my package scanner. L Originally posted this over on O r/idontworkherelady and they suggested this sub would appreciate it! Hope you guys like it! Had quite an amusing encounter over this past winter break.

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Text - To set the stage, I was working as a holiday helper for a UPS delivery guy. As a holiday helper they had us wear cheap brown vests with a small company logo on them. You'd think that would be enough, but apparently not. Now although we mainly drop packages off at peoples' houses, we also went through a shopping plaza to drop off stuff at different stores. We were dropping stuff off at Kroger when this happened. The way it worked was I would take a cart loaded with packages into Kroger alo

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Text - Standard practice for me is to unload all the boxes behind the counter and then just wait until an employee comes back to sign off on them. So I unload all the boxes, stack them behind the counter, and then lean up against it to wait for someone to come by. While I'm waiting I casually take out my phone and begin browsing Reddit to pass the time. Then I heard the "Ahem." I looked up to see some fifty-something-year-old lady scowling at me, with a cart packed to the brim with food. She had

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Text - We stared at each other and her expression soured with each passing moment like the milk that was undoubtedly curdling in her cart. Finally she broke the awkward silence. "Well?" I shrugged. "Well what?" She shoved her cart forward, almost bumping me with it. "Are you gonna keep ignoring me? Or are you gonna check me out?" I looked at her then down at my uniform, which consisted of a grey hoodie, black sweatpants, and my trademark brown vest. Kroger employees wear black khakis, blue-colla

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Text - The sour woman scoffed and jabbed a finger at my DIAD. "Bullshit. You're just too lazy to help me. Start scanning these," she shoved the cart at me again, this time bumping my thigh, "or l'll get your manager." I wasn't sure why she didn't go to the standard checkout line either, but l guess if things got really busy, Kroger allowed customers to go through the customer service desk too. (It wasn't very busy anway.) Now I could've taken the easy way out, told her to politely fuck off, and

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Text - So I decided to help her out and began to unload her groceries, one by one, in the most tedious manner possible. I scanned each fruit, can, veggie, and box with the DIAD (which is normally used for recording people's addresses. Funnily enough, it didn't know where the kiwi or Rotisserie chicken live, but it does make a satisfying little bleep when it rejects an address which sounded quite similar to a product being scanned.) 1. I kept doing this for about ten minutes, often "miss- scannin

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Text - I stood there, DIAD in one hand, egg crate in the other, looking completely innocent while trying not to die laughing. I could swear I heard her mind briefly shutting down at the stupidity of my question, before rebooting. Calmly and with a polite smile, I repeated the question. Her face was almost as purple as the grapes l'd offered to discount as she struggled to form words. "What... kind of a dumbass question is that?" she croaked, her manicured nails digging into trembling palms. I pl

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Text - By this point the Kroger employee working the customer service desk returned and the lady turned on them with the fury of God. "HOW CAN YOU LET AN EMPLOYEE TREAT ME THIS WAY? I SHOP HERE ALL THE TIME! HOW DARE YOU TREAT A VALUED CUSTOMER LIKE SHIT!" To their credit, the customer service worker took the verbal assault pretty well, holding their hands up in a "Holy shit" gesture as they tried to calm the lady down. Then they looked from her to me and back to her and simply reiterated what I

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Text - I was fascinated to see the "doubling down when you're wrong" mentality in action, but to my surprise all the wrath leached out of this harpy in two seconds flat. It was the look of someone who realized the only way they'd save face in a situation like this was to simply drop it. She pursed her lips at the employee's words and looked at my brown vest, as if thinking I was somehow still defying her logic. "Well," she said coldly, "you just lost a customer." Then, quick as she'd arrived, th

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Text - I was tempted to say that was more of a win, but figured l'd antagonized her enough. Holding out my DIAD for a signature, I asked if the employee had ever encountered her before. He said he had, but never that angry. She was usually just demanding and arrogant to anyone else when she shopped there. After getting his signature, I helped him repack everything and asked if he needed me to help him take it back, but he said "no." It was worth it just getting another tumorous customer out of t

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