Customers From Hell Employ Scamming Tactics to Dupe Retail Workers Out of a Few Bucks Only to Be Exposed on Reddit
This is the Bad Place
Nothing tests your humanity more than having a job in the retail industry. For some reason, people think it's acceptable to behave at their absolute worst when dealing with customer service staff.
Their horrible behavior is so common yet cringe-worthy that the internet can't get enough of it. It seems like there are new stories about badly behaved customers a few times a week, and here's another one.
After reading these unforgettable exchanges, we can only conclude that retail workers are modern-day martyrs. They are forced to smile through every awkward interaction with the lot of us, and they do it every day.
Their social batteries must be fully diminished by now, right? Yet they carry on day after day, only to receive undeserved abuse from customers who think they are above them.
If you've seen a customer throwing what could only be described as a tantrum in the middle of a store, you know exactly how embarrassing it is. You're not the one causing the scene, but the secondhand embarrassment is strong.
These entitled customers unleash a litany of insults and curses when they can't get what they want. The retail worker has to stand there and take it while maintaining a calm disposition.
Anyone who has worked in retail must have witnessed every bad thing humanity has to offer. These stories, however, discuss the most bald-faced scams customers have attempted to pull.
Continue reading below to get a front-row seat to these mesmerizing spectacles:
RSTLNE3MCAAV1. Thanks for the helpful note!
MateriaBubbles2. One of the employees is bound to crack and give him a refund
Pineapple_Pistol
3. That's a different model, sir
wheatyz11
4. Don't go back to the scene of the crime, especially with the items you stole
AtelesJubatus
5. The one time the owner's daughter is manning the phones
schweinerneer13
6. See? Retail workers are so invisible that a customer can't even remember the representative he talked to for an hour the day before.
Valhallan1984
7. The dad who was trying to score drugs using his son's prescription
moogula1992
His excuse was that his son needed them for a birthday party
moogula1992
8. No problem. We were short on chicken bones to use for stew anyway.
Perschnickity
9. You can't fool the tech guys into thinking they won't check the unit you're trying to return
vick7171
10. Was the customer, by chance, a fan of bears, beets, and Battlestar Galactica?
[deleted]
11. Why freeze them? Also, corporate is so out of touch.
lilred_bitch
12. Imagine getting this worked up over discounted soda?
dawrina
She tried to double down, but all fight left her when each of her complaints was disproved.
dawrina
13. Your hands were not quick enough, mister.
Euchre
14. You can't use coupons from Google Images, ma'am.
PoolAddict41
15. People will try all sorts of shady ways to get quick cash.
Auntie_Ahem
16. The chicken lover who was stealing all the drumsticks for research purposes
ampmetaphene
17. Imagine trying to use a national tragedy for your own benefit.
Nightmare_Gerbil
18. What's your source? Trust me.
ColourfulSmarties
19. Bill Gates is so charitable he will pay for your iPhone.
coydog33
20. What makes them think this trick will work?
Euchre
21. Do not lie about easily verifiable information, please.
jasmminne
22. Don't take advantage of a privilege. You're just ruining it for other people.
wildthingmax
23. A lady who tried to have a gaming shopping spree
RudgerZ
Using a homemade fake credit card.
RudgerZ
24. A sob story that would have worked if only the ice cream machine had been functioning that day.
blindskate101
25. The lady who offered sexual favors in exchange for $100 worth of clothes.
Spartan0718
26. She tried to pull this trick so frequently that they are all friends now.
PM_your_PETZ
27. I don't like the scent of these used-up detergents because I refilled them with water.
TailesofMom
28. "Hun, the cashier won't accept my fake I.D.; go punch her in the face!"
uugggggg
29. That is an elaborate scam for some free towels.
rondaflonda
30. What is with the name-dropping to get free things or preferential treatment?
[deleted]
31. This pretty smart scam actually worked.
SparkleSparrows
32. He was just trying his luck; maybe you had lost iPhones lying around.
HermesCat
33. Exchange my roach-infested box for a new unit of Xbox One.
zahliailhaz
He got credit with the understanding that he would never bring back his box of roaches.
zahliailhaz
34. The tracking anklet is not the best endorsement of your morality.
profJesusfish
35. Why would this work?
Awit1992
36. That almost worked, the poor schmuck.
No_you_dont_
37. And lastly, the minor who tried to prove he was of legal age to buy alcohol using an ultrasound.
katmonday
I am convinced that retail workers are the most zen people on the planet. Or they are living saints walking the earth to spare us from the worst of humanity.
The worst part is they are not even paid enough for all of their hard work. Imagine dealing with a barely showered human while a cheesy pop song plays in the background for the nth time that day? Illegal!
