When this patient walked up to the receptionist to try and make an appointment they were told that appointments could be made over the phone only, so they whipped out their phone and called the doctor's office right in front of the receptionist. Bureaucracies are an inertant force and dealing with them can be like dredging sludge off the ocean floor. Their entire existence serves to slow penetration and discourage inquiries from advancing any further than they need to. In favor of the reception…

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by Redditor “I was once mystery-shopped at a Petsmart by someone who asked for help finding food and toys for her guinea pig," shared Rainyqueer1. "We had a great interaction, talked about guinea pig needs, nutrition, etc.” "80% on my mystery shop score because I forgot to ask the GP’s name. My bad I guess, but…wow, I’m glad my retail days are over. I just don’t care what your rodent’s name is." “I got fired from bb [Best Buy] years ago fo…

One Fish, Two Fish, Less-Fish-For-You Fish

Every retail worker and customer service person has wished that they could do this.

Need I say more?

This former Subway “Sandwich Artist” took to Twitter on Monday to share their experience with an unfortunate individual who intentionally ordered a “questionable sandwich” that would haunt their nightmares. They note in their initial tweet that kick-started the thread that they “sincerely worry about the person who ordered it.” The story was told by @pb_and_garlic who shared their story in the form of a Twitter thread or what we used to refer to here as a “Live Tweet" (are we still using that?)…

Who has a better story than Bran the Broken? Well, anyone with a first-hand story of watching a Karen getting arrested for starters. This Reddit user, u/SimMinnie, shared a tale more epic (and better written) than the last season of Game of Thrones to the r/EntitledPeople subreddit. It's no secret that we love a good story about an entitled person getting their comeuppance and this one certainly ticks all the boxes. u/SimMinnie explains that the story took place when they were working as a supe…

What a piece of trash.

A disabled person found themselves targeted by an angry customer after the customer thought that their “disability lanyard” was a part of their work uniform. When confronted with the fact that he was wrong, he doubled down on the error and became increasingly agitated and angry at them and everyone else who tried to tell him otherwise. This bizarre display of behavior was displayed in a story that was posted to r/IDontWorkHereLady. A subreddit where people share stories such as this where they…

A hasty and rude retail worker quickly corrected this woman when she pointed out a pricing error on a chef's knife she was interested in. She relented in revealing the mistake to the worker and ended up with a deal on a great knife. This story was shared to the r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/TIL_eulenspiegel , the woman in the story, where it earned 19k upvotes as of the writing of this post. The u/TIL_eulenspiegel , the Original Poster of the topic (referred to as the “OP” in Reddit's cu…

The ONLY solution for working retail.

It often occurs that maintenance, tech workers, and other contractors end up getting accosted by Karens and other predatory customers when they are called to do jobs at retail locations and stray into the line of fire. These workers, who are sometimes just grabbing lunch at the store in question, are granted a small glimpse into the life of a retail worker. When you work retail, customers often have zero regard for you as a person and couldn’t give less of a sh*t whether or not you’re on a brea…

Anyone who has ever worked retail knows how stressful it is handling a constant stream of customers while you're trying to do inventory or stock shelves. It's a total mind destroyer that seems to tear your brain into two as you repeatedly try to swap between talking to customers and then refocusing on your task—before being, again, forced to handle the next customer. As the minutes and hours pass, you begin to realize that you're not making any headway on restocking today and finally submit to…

Seriously, get it together guys.

This worker put the therapy in retail therapy—as she watched the betrayal go down within this love triangle, she helped the victim come out stronger.

Retail worker deals with a customer who is confused why staff won't help him after closing time.