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notalwaysright_feed(My father is notorious for taking things back to a store or restaurant if they do not meet his standards. On a Friday evening, a couple of his buddies are passing through town, and they stop to spend the night. As they are all chatting and generally having a good time, they eventually ask my […]
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I'm a female employee with short hair working in a shoe store. A mother and her teenage daughter (I'd say fifteen to sixteen) are looking at the selection, and the daughter picks up a pair of sneakers.
Mom: "No, [Daughter]. Sneakers are for children and lesbians."
notalwaysright_feedI’m a freshman in college and I’m taking a basic biology class as part of my required learning for my degree. The class had a lab component and prior to class starting I would read funny stories from Cosmo magazine to my lab partners who enjoyed the stories. They were a little raunchy but harmless. […]
notalwaysright_feedRead First Contact-less Payments
Customer: "Why are we putting so much effort into trying to find aliens?"
There's a pause, and then I realize the customer is talking to me.
Me: "Oh! Well, I don't know. I think it would be cool if we found some, though."
notalwaysright_feedRead Hue Do You Think You Are?
We had a repeat customer from Hell who unfortunately checked all the boxes of the typical entitled American customer, including the bit about Americans refusing to learn any language other than English.
notalwaysright_feedRead We’re Finally Giving Customer Service Some Claws
I'm browsing in a cute, small stationery store. I get distracted by a little framed sign next to the register. It’s a photo of a very fluffy tabby cat with the caption: "This is our manager."
Me: *Grinning at the clerk.* "Can I… can I see the manager?"
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notalwaysright_feedRead Work Smart, Not Hard, But Gloat Harder
It’s 10:15 AM. Most of us have been in since 8:30 AM. The daily stand-up ended half an hour ago. We're halfway through wrangling a backlog of user tickets when [Lazy Coworker] finally strolls in, yawning and holding a smoothie.
Coworker: "Look who’s here. Thought maybe you got promoted to part-time."
notalwaysright_feedRead Houston, We Have A Misfire
Customer: "And how much is this gonna cost me?"
Mechanic: "Between the parts and labor, about $800."
Customer: "$800?! For what? Spraying some gas? Come on. That’s ridiculous!"
Mechanic: "It’s not just spraying gas. It’s precision calibration. A few milliliters too much or too little and your engine won’t run right. That’s why it takes expertise."
notalwaysright_feedRead Dead Ringer
Customer: *Looking up at me and gasping.* "Oh, are you [Name]?"
Me: *Pointing to my name tag.* "No, I'm [My Name]."
Customer: "Oh, you look like him. He was a Buddhist monk I met when I was traveling, but he died."
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notalwaysright_feedRead Automatic Litigation Stations
Broke Customer: "That’s not right, you can’t do that. I’m calling my lawyer."
Me: "Well, if that’s the case, ma’am, I can’t comment on pending litigation. Have a good day, goodbye."
notalwaysright_feedRead The Sass, However, Is VERY Real
I'm playing with my three-year-old niece, and she's playing kitchen, meaning she's bringing me stuff on her toy plates, and I have to pretend to eat whatever she's proclaimed is on the plate.
This has been going on for some time, and I am getting kinda bored, so when she brings me a chicken, I start to pretend that I am choking on a chicken bone.
notalwaysright_feedRead When You Put In Nine Months Of Work But Someone Else Gets The Group Project Credit
Woman: "Oh wow, what a beautiful baby. Is he adopted?"
I keep my smile, lean in, and answer cheerfully:
Me: "Nope. Actually, I stole him. His real mom is in aisle six."
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Me: "Oh, and if you’d like, there’s sanitizer here. Just push the nozzle about a quarter of the way down… like this… and you’ll get the right amount."
I demonstrate with a neat little dollop.
The first friend does exactly as I showed, rubs her hands, and smiles. The second friend steps up… and slams the pump almost all the way down.
A glop the size of a golf ball splats into her hand, nearly overflowing her palm.
notalwaysright_feed(I’m sat in a busy London underground train. There are priority seats for people who are less able to stand but people will sit in these until asked to move. I’m not in a priority seat but I do have an invisible disability – ehlers danlos syndrome – which causes my joints to easily dislocate […]
notalwaysright_feed(A girl approaches my register.) Me:Hello miss. Girl:Hi. (I have scanned half of her items when a phone rings.) Girl:Hello?Oh hi,I’m at the store getting groceries for mom.Sure I could get something for ya…No,I’m not buying you cigarettes.Why?Because you said you’ll quit and buying them for you would be breaking the law…I’m the good kid […]
notalwaysright_feedSome years I worked in an IT Helpdesk in scotland and colleagues from the dutch speaking team had some issues with a service provider who claimed the working instructrions they got from the helpdesk agents were no good whereas the helpdesk agents insisted that the instructions were fine but the service provider´s technicians just wouldn´t […]
notalwaysright_feed(My dad is a paleontologist and takes his job seriously.He remarried 10 years after mom died.) Step-dad:Are you doing anything tonight? Me:No.Why? Step-dad:I was thinking we could have a family movie night.Your father loved the idea. Me:Sounds great.Which movies? Step-dad:I was thinking Deadpool,Back to the future and Jurassic park. Me:You might wanna rethink the last […]
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