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Former retail worker and Redditor u/Lopsided_Intention57 recently described to the subreddit r/MaliciousCompliance an encounter they had in a bustling store with an obnoxious customer, Debbie, who was seeking to return and repurchase art supplies to pay lower taxes on them.
Despite the chaos of a busy day, the employee complied with her request. But not without a twist. With meticulous attention to detail, they managed to do exactly what Debbie asked for in the most time-consuming way, causing her frustration and annoyance to escalate to intolerable levels.
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Caryle Caryle Community Member Follow
I feel if a customer calls, anybody stupid, or dumb or anything like that they should be politely asked to leave the store, and the transaction should be immediately stopped
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Kyle D Kyle D Community Member Follow
Exactly. Once the insults started, the transaction should have been stopped at once.At the VERY least, she should have been removed from the line and taken to a different register by the assistant or the store manager.
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Ken Beattie Ken Beattie Community Member Follow
I feel bad for the people forced to wait. And on a different note, the Publix story in the comments... that's horrible. People deliberately scamming the shop(s) is bad enough, but if they're scooping up all the sale meat for their little scam it means other people who actually want to buy it to eat are missing out.
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Ki Wi Ki Wi Community Member Follow
Plus the animals probably died in a horrible way only to be thrown away in the end. They gave their lives, show some respect to them
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Lemon Beans Lemon Beans Community Member Follow
Tf was up with the "was she blonde" comment 🧐 ...
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Bina Wei Bina Wei Community Member Follow
The "she was likely breeding," comment was worse. Of all the ways to say you worry if she has children.. like wtf. Edit: typo.
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Caryle Caryle Community Member Follow
I feel if a customer calls, anybody stupid, or dumb or anything like that they should be politely asked to leave the store, and the transaction should be immediately stopped
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Kyle D Kyle D Community Member Follow
Exactly. Once the insults started, the transaction should have been stopped at once.At the VERY least, she should have been removed from the line and taken to a different register by the assistant or the store manager.
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Ken Beattie Ken Beattie Community Member Follow
I feel bad for the people forced to wait. And on a different note, the Publix story in the comments... that's horrible. People deliberately scamming the shop(s) is bad enough, but if they're scooping up all the sale meat for their little scam it means other people who actually want to buy it to eat are missing out.
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Ki Wi Ki Wi Community Member Follow
Plus the animals probably died in a horrible way only to be thrown away in the end. They gave their lives, show some respect to them
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Lemon Beans Lemon Beans Community Member Follow
Tf was up with the "was she blonde" comment 🧐 ...
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Bina Wei Bina Wei Community Member Follow
The "she was likely breeding," comment was worse. Of all the ways to say you worry if she has children.. like wtf. Edit: typo.
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