We asked members of the BuzzFeed Community who enactment successful lawsuit work to stock the astir absurd reasons wherefore customers person asked to talk to their managers. Here are the infuriating results:
1."I erstwhile worked successful retail, and a lawsuit asked maine to telephone a manager but didn't springiness a reason. He didn't look upset, and I followed his request, unsure what would happen. Turns retired helium wandered into the women's section and recovered a reddish garment made successful Vietnam. He wanted to record a firm complaint. As a warfare veteran, helium recovered the colour and state it was made successful personally offensive."
—r473dfab9c
2."I was adjunct manager astatine a section java shop. It was 6 a.m. connected a acold morning, and a pistillate pulled my manager speech to pass her that my choky pants were distracting and upsetting her and her husband. I was wearing heavy achromatic leggings with a agelong sweater that went down past my butt and a ample apron. They asked if I could beryllium taken disconnected displacement oregon asked to spell location and change. With my boss's permission, I took disconnected my sweater and made definite my butt was facing them astatine each times."
—glitterybubble50
3."I utilized to enactment arsenic a waiter. One time, a lawsuit asked to talk to my manager due to the fact that she didn't similar the lighting of the restaurant. She said it didn't lucifer her aesthetic and wanted it changed truthful she could instrumentality photos to station connected Facebook. I person honestly ne'er been truthful annoyed. She made a immense scene, saying I was being disrespectful due to the fact that I wouldn't alteration the lighting for her!"
—that1girlthatmightnotbehuman
4."I worked astatine Michaels 1 summertime successful my youth. An older woman erstwhile wanted to instrumentality yarn already knitted INTO A SCARF. We bash not person radical unknitting items successful the back. Of course, she had to embarrass herself by speaking to the manager and making a 2nd jaw drop."
—jennyh4ec3bc6e4
5."Something prevalent successful retail is called 'ticket switching.' Someone volition instrumentality a tag disconnected a cheaper point and enactment it connected a much costly item, hoping they tin get distant with a immense deal. Once, I was called to the registers for a lawsuit arguing astir a price. A $9 clearance sticker was connected a $100 brace of shoes. The clearance tag was each mangled and torn and CLEARLY pulled from different point and placed connected the box. She argued repeatedly, said she would telephone the Better Business Bureau, and swore I had to grant that price. I calmly explained that if we marque a mistake, we grant the price, but we evidently did not bash this. I explained that l would marque definite we reviewed our camera footage of the country wherever she recovered the shoes to marque definite a 'dishonest customer' didn't alteration the price. At the notation of a camera, she rapidly ended her statement and left."
—nicoles4c61edf61
6."I had a pistillate request to spot the manager due to the fact that her tuna sandwich was 'too fishy.'"
—prncesskristyn
7."I enactment for an vigor company. A lawsuit wanted my manager due to the fact that I wouldn't springiness them a escaped illustration of electricity. Another lawsuit wanted to kick due to the fact that they didn’t similar the odor of the gas! I was much acrophobic they could odor state alternatively than what the odor was like. Quick fact: They adhd the foul odor to state truthful you announcement it!"
—emocactus57
8."One of my jobs required taking passport pictures. A ridiculously precocious percent of those customers would travel successful caller from the gym — with sweaty hairsbreadth and nary constitution — and past screech astir however 'horrible' their photograph preview looked. Some would inquire for the manager (I was the manager) and past request to speech to the concern owner. I was adjacent asked to 'fix' pictures successful Photoshop."
—losfrangeles
9."My fellow erstwhile had a pistillate propulsion a brace of sandals astatine him due to the fact that helium wouldn't springiness her a afloat refund for said sandals that were astatine slightest 15 years aged and had been worn heavily."
—anonymous093
10."A lawsuit requested my manager due to the fact that I wouldn't cheque retired her items from a antithetic store successful the mall. She thought she could conscionable locomotion astir the full promenade and past wage astatine immoderate store."
—canunotmywaywardson
11."I worked astatine a restaurant, and 2 men didn't privation maine to instrumentality their currency due to the fact that 'I would springiness them the incorrect alteration due to the fact that women are atrocious with money.' They past asked to speech to a antheral manager. They near maine little than a dollar extremity and wrote connected a napkin, 'You could person been nicer.'"
—abbeyparty
12."An aged mates kept insisting their fries were excessively cold. They made maine travel implicit with a manager and insisted I usage a nutrient thermometer to instrumentality their somesthesia to beryllium they were cold."
—colleend9
13."I worked astatine Tiffany & Co. A lawsuit erstwhile threw a *fit* due to the fact that I wouldn't refund her for a $900 bracelet she allegedly bought, dropped, and broke. She didn't person the point oregon the receipt, nor was determination immoderate grounds of her acquisition successful our system. She asked to talk to the manager, who besides refused the refund."
—alicebraz
14."I was moving astatine a accelerated nutrient edifice that sells chickenhearted nuggets. A lawsuit wanted to talk to a manager due to the fact that the nuggets were excessively brown. Not overcooked, not dry, but BROWN. She asked america if we could marque them little brown, and we had to archer her that we couldn't undercook the nuggets for her (you know, for wellness reasons)."
—katie80
15."I worked astatine Panera successful precocious schoolhouse and once, a woman requested Chick-fil-A condiment connected her sandwich. I thought she was messing with me. I laughed a little, past jokingly reminded her we were astatine Panera, not Chick-fil-A. She called maine a rude witch and demanded to talk to my manager, who fundamentally laughed astatine her and walked away."
—ladyengineer1227
16."I worked astatine Walgreens, wherever we sold reloadable debit cards. A pistillate bought 1 and wanted to instrumentality it due to the fact that she couldn't fig retired however to activate it. I calmly told her it was store argumentation (we had signs and stickers everywhere) that acquisition cards were nonrefundable. I offered to assistance her activate the card, similar I had for galore others. Twenty minutes later, a constabulary serviceman came successful due to the fact that she had called to accidental Walgreens was 'stealing her money.' I explained the situation, the bull talked to her, and past I utilized the telephone to acceptable up her card. I've seen immoderate chaotic things, but that was the wildest."
—leahpineaultb
17."I was the manager astatine a market store that sold overstocked items from different stores astatine a discount. A lawsuit wanted to talk to maine due to the fact that nary of the lids connected the foodstuff bottles were the size helium wanted. He was furious astir the 'lack of diverseness successful our foodstuff lid sizes' and demanded I bid juices with lids that were the circumstantial size helium wanted. Unfortunately for him, the dimensions of foodstuff lids are not listed anywhere, truthful I apologized and told him I couldn't bash that. He aboriginal reported my 'terrible lawsuit service' to the store owner, who conscionable laughed astatine him."
—s_uffel
18."I enactment astatine a earthy foods market store, and an older lawsuit asked to talk to my manager due to the fact that we merchantability crystal pick with 'too overmuch sweetener successful it' and, arsenic a wellness nutrient store, a merchandise with sweetener should not beryllium connected our shelves."
—fi0na12
19."A antheral bought and opened immoderate headphones and past wanted to instrumentality them, adjacent though they weren't faulty. I refused due to the fact that they were open/used, and that's our store policy. The antheral demanded to spot my manager due to the fact that I refused to nonstop the headphones disconnected for DNA investigating to beryllium he'd ne'er worn them."
—noimpillagingeverybody
20."A pistillate asked to talk to my manager due to the fact that her pesto sauce, which she ordered and ate entirely, had basil successful it, and I hadn't told her that it did. She didn't ask."
—melongmire888
21."I worked astatine a Chick-fil-A, and we erstwhile had a antheral travel successful and inquire for a Big Mac (something from McDonald's). After I informed him that we didn't merchantability that, helium stormed to the manager and tried to unit him to marque a Big Mac."
—laughingpunk13
22."I worked astatine a convenience store arsenic 1 of my archetypal jobs. A antheral had his $1.25 eaten by the aerial machine, which, portion connected the property, was not owned oregon tally by the store (and had a statement saying so). He freaked retired and demanded a refund, which I was not allowed to springiness him. He insisted connected speaking to my manager, but I was unsocial successful the store, truthful I offered to telephone him. Instead, helium insisted I springiness him my manager's idiosyncratic telephone number. When I refused, helium tried to travel down the antagonistic toward me, each portion screaming astatine me. I was clutching the phone, astir to telephone 911, erstwhile idiosyncratic other entered the store, and helium stomped out. It was terrifying. All for $1.25!"
—kmathisen1234
23."I enactment successful a retail store, and a lawsuit asked if we had a transcript instrumentality due to the fact that helium wanted to marque a transcript of his taxation paperwork earlier helium mailed it. I said, 'Sorry, we don't person that, but I deliberation the Office Depot adjacent doorway has transcript machines available.' He said, 'You don't person a transcript instrumentality successful your office?' He wasn't asking if we offered copying/printing services. He conscionable wanted to really usage our bureau instrumentality successful the back. He said helium was successful our store to prime up an bid and threatened to conscionable permission and not bargain it...like someway spending $25 entitles customers to our institution bureau supplies. Why not spell to Macy's and spot if they'll springiness you a stamped envelope since you bought a garment there? So weird."
—kngreyh
24."I worked astatine a accelerated nutrient place, and a feline came successful requesting fresh, unsalted fries. It was 100% doable; we conscionable had to get caller fries going, which took astir 5 minutes. After helium had been waiting a fewer minutes, helium asked wherever his nutrient was. I informed him that his caller fries were cooking and would instrumentality a fewer much minutes. He yelled astatine maine for not giving him 'fast' nutrient and requested the manager."
—mnoonan1017
25."I enactment astatine a convenience store with a kitchen. A pistillate paid for state and a pizza she wanted america to cook. We took the pizza to the kitchen, and she went to pump her gas. Three minutes aboriginal (we checked), she sent her kid successful for the pizza, but it wasn't done yet. The pistillate stormed backmost successful and demanded to speech to the manager due to the fact that the pizza wasn't done. It had been little than 5 minutes."
—fluffyogre92
26."When I was successful accelerated food, a lawsuit told maine we should beryllium unopen down due to the fact that we didn't service meal past 11 a.m. (unless they were waiting successful enactment erstwhile it deed that time). It was 1 p.m."
—motheroflostthings
27.And: "I worked astatine a covering store, and once, a pistillate came successful requesting to bargain the currency register. Not clothes, the currency register. Obviously, I informed her we don't merchantability things similar that, truthful she STORMED into the manager's bureau and screeched similar a hawk astatine him. Then, aft being asked to leave, she attempted to rip the registry retired of the integrative surface, wires and all."
—tedpreston234
What's the astir ridiculous crushed idiosyncratic has ever asked to talk to your manager? Tell america successful the comments oregon stock anonymously utilizing this form.