"The customer is always right," reads customer service rule number one, popularized back in the early 1900s. Is this slogan truly correct, though? I'm pretty sure that anyone who's ever worked in this field has had the pleasure of encountering at least a few customers that were being rude to them for no apparent reason. I mean, we've even made a list of times customers acted like total jerks and got shamed for it.
And even though in such situations, the staff are expected to suck it up and stay collected, there's always a sneakier and a more subtle way to get back. Recently, TikTok user @officialtbw asked fellow customer service workers to share things they've done to a customer who has been rude to them, and started it all by revealing how he sometimes gives people cold butter instead of room-temperature, because he knows that cold butter will rip up their bread. Since then, thousands of TikTok users have jumped on the bandwagon by sharing their own little stories.
Without further ado, Bored Panda invites you to look through a list of some of the funniest, most savage and passive-aggressive ways customer service workers have gotten revenge on impolite customers. Don't forget to vote for your favorite ones and share your own stories in the comment section!
#1
someone paid me $17 in change while laughing to their friend that I'd have to count it so I lost count 6 times right as I was about to be done countin
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408points
#2
As a delivery driver I once spent the entire drive en route to a chronically rude customer's house shaking the bottle of soda they'd ordered
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352points
#3
I took a deep breath and was extra nice to them. They were so triggered but sounded insane complaining to my boss about how nice I was being
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340points
#4
when I was a teacher I had a parent was constantly rude. I told her her baby started walking so she missed her first steps
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329points
#5
Under blend their smoothies so the little chunks block their straws
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295points
#6
I'm in heating & air and if they're rude...I tell them it'll take 3 days to get the part for their heater..even though I have the part. be cold karen
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283points
#7
Sprayed fart spray in the isle because they didn't wear a mask and cussed me out when I told them we required a mask
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271points
#8
When I was a cashier if anyone came to my register on the phone I always talked to them loudly to make it harder for them to talk on the phone
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265points
#9
allow them to put their card in to pay and hit escape so they have to do it again. repeat until I feel better
261points
#10
If they threw their money at me to pay, I'd throw their change back at them, smile and walk away
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255points
#11
I “accidentally” forget to take the sensors off so they have to come back and I can waste their “precious time”
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254points
#12
Be nice to the wedding photographer. If you're not I include all the awful photos of you & sometimes even add some weight in photoshop
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240points
#13
booked their airplane seat on a 10+ hour flight right next to the bathroom
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230points
#14
Used to work at a grocery store, if people were extremely rude to me I would squash their loaf of bread in my hand while packing it in a bag
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219points
#15
I put extra, extra hot sauce in their salsa then do not refill their drinks
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215points
#16
If someone was being very rude to me I would save their number at the end of the day and put it in insurance offers and stuff so they would get calls
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213points
#17
I worked in the drive-thru at a Wendy's. rude people got broken straws for their sodas. because nothings more annoying than a cracked straw
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195points
#18
she payed me in ones.... i checked each and everyone up to the light
188points
#19
Sometimes if they get kids meals, I'll give each one a different toy so maybe the kids will fight over it and annoy the parents
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188points
#20
I've given a tip back and said “ you clearly need this more than I do”
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182points