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Closing time can be a dodgy period for employees. This lady brought her tea from home so it's unclear if she was even a real customer, but expecting to just stay as long as you want when all the employees should be off work anyway? What a way to live your life. Too many customers don't seem to get that closed means closed, like this entitled customer who expects a place to stay open late but can't handle rejection.

Sometimes, even if you're being a respectable and agreeable customer you end up coming across someone on their job that's clearly just having a day. Normally, it's on you to play nice and be as accommodating as you ca to their foul mood. Customer service ain't easy, and anyone that's ever worked a customer service job will confirm that for you. But, when you have a dude like this barista, you might end up caving in and playing around a little bit. We can only imagine the expression on this dude's face. 

The moral of the story here is to never mess with the person who's responsible for preparing your coffee. If you do decide to go that rude and inconsiderate route, you'd best be prepared for some kind of fallout similar to this one. The barista absolutely had the power to ban the arrogant employee, but they decided to take things to extraordinarily petty heights instead. Wonder how long it took that employee to notice that the coffee wasn't giving them their desired caffeine rush. 

Man, anyone who has ever worked a customer service job will appreciate the fact that you never know what kind of craziness you're bound to encounter on a shift. It could be juggling customers' mythologically strong coffee orders, or it could be having to work with someone who is the pure example of chaotic good. Always something new in the life of a barista. 

Every now and again the wonderful beings of the Tumblr world deliver a quick, impactful, wholesome story that hits us right in the feels-plex. In this case, we hear about a barista who worked in a rough part of town, but ended up being helped out by some kids that went full "chaotic good" mode. Seriously, picking a lock to help take the trash out is about as chaotic good as it comes. 

For another Tumblr thread about the world of coffee serving, check out this thread about customers' mythically powerful coffee orders.

Every now and again we can get caught up in unique interactions while out going about our daily business that reminds us we share a planet with some particularly unique individuals. This quick and entertaining Tumblr post about a strange customer makes him sound like he was the mad hatter himself. 

Some people just seem impossibly happy. It's like no matter how many curveballs the world tosses their way, their positive never falters. Take this barista for instance: clearly the barista is at complete peace with where they've found themselves in lives, and thus proceeded to have some fun with their job, and definitely not waste time taking it too seriously. Those drink nicknames are gold. 

This barista asked the people of Reddit whether or not they were in the wrong for trying to get back at their rude customers by pretending to get fired. They're either the hero that the retail world needs, or they took it too far!

Customer service is the WORST. You're guaranteed to meet all kinds of entitled people just out looking to get pissed off at something. And from there it seems to be a terribly natural direction of rage at the people put there to help them out! Yikes all around. 

If you're looking for more work stories documenting the struggles of working customer service, check out these crazy work stories from an ex-Domino's employee here!

This is a prime example of why you've always gotta be careful with what you put on the internet. Granted, tweeting about spitting in someone's beverage is a pretty damn surefire way of taking the shortcut to the unemployment bench.