They say that money changes people. It does, and so does heartbreak, war, having children, falling in love, or failing at a career. But you know what else does that? There is this one industry that people leave utterly different from when they started the job. None have returned the same. It's the customer service industry.
These people have heard, seen, and endured so much that they have become a more evolved and adapted species of Homo sapiens. According to stats published on Tidio, a staggering 95% of customer service employees have to deal with rude, angry, and unpleasant customers. Legend even says that every night some have nightmares about people at the table they forgot to bring the ketchup to.
All jokes aside, customer service is a hard job that must be tackled with humor to survive. It is no wonder why the internet is flooded with funny customer service memes and working in retail jokes. Heck, there are even pages dedicated to sharing call center memes! Why is humanity even trying to reach out and talk to aliens? We've got plenty of Martians and Venusians, aka, the customers, walking the Earth already! Frankly, those who have spent years in customer service deserve a master's degree in communications and praise for their mental stability! Your approach in a job where one must communicate with many different people (with different attitudes) really is the key.
Turning silly and outlandish comments into funny customer service jokes for others to laugh at really is the only way to keep sane in "insane" circumstances. So let's applaud all the hardworking customer service peeps because there wouldn't be so many customer service jokes and work puns to chuckle at if it wasn't for them. Below, we've compiled a lengthy list of funny work jokes and puns from inside the industry. So, take a look and let us know whether you have any work jokes or just funny jokes about customer service to share with us!
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#101
Amazon has great customer service.
"You know what they have in common with my wife?"
"Neither of them will screw me."
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#102
Ad from a printer I will not be doing business with: "We offer a full line of pricing options that will meet or exceed your printing budget."
Rachel Wagner
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#103
"A woman called the help desk for a problem with her printer. The support guy asked her if she was “running it under Windows.” The woman said, “No, my desk is next to the door. But hey, that’s a good point. The man sitting next to me is under a window, and he is working fine.”"
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#104
"A typical customer support agent: I’m just going to ask you a few questions so I can transfer you to the right department. They will ask you exactly the same questions and be of no help!"
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#105
Customer to a restaurant manager: Are you open?
Manager: Read the sign at the front door, please. (It said CLOSED.)
Customer: Okay, so I’ll have a double-decker beef burger with some extra cheez and some mild chili kelp fries.
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#106
"As the hostess at the casino buffet showed me to my table, I asked her to keep an eye out for my husband, who would be joining me momentarily. I started to describe him: “He has gray hair, wears glasses, has a potbelly...” She stopped me there. “Honey,” she said, “today is senior day. They all look like that.”"
Rosalie Daria
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#107
"Before Google, there were librarians. Here are some queries posed to the poor, suffering staff of public libraries: A woman wanted “inspirational material on grass and lawns.” “Who built the English Channel?” “Is there a full moon every night in Acapulco?” “Music suitable for a doll wedding to take place between a Shirley Temple doll and a teddy bear.” “Can the New York Public Library recommend a good forger?”"
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#108
Hallmark: When you care enough to give a card mass-produced by a corporation.
Ritz crackers: Tiny, edible plates.
CliffsNotes: They’re still going to know you didn’t read the book.
Gillette: We’re just going to keep adding blades.
ChapStick: You’ll misplace it before the tube’s empty.
Hot Pockets: Every bite is a different temperature.
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#109
Client to designer: “It doesn’t really look purple. It looks more like a mixture of red and blue.”
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#110
"Don’t get upset if I ask you where something is in Target when you choose to wear a red shirt and khakis to shop."
Reid Kerr
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#111
"Librarians may be shy, but their patrons aren’t. Look at their oddball requests: A patron offered me $100 to steal a cactus from somebody’s yard. A patron wanted me to find a book to teach her dog German. A patron on his way to the casino asked to rub my red hair for luck. A patron once asked me for my home phone number so she could call me with reference questions when I wasn’t at work."
Roz Warren
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#112
Scene: A radio newsroom.
Caller: I just wanted to let you know you’re off the air.
Host: Yes, we know. The engineers are working on it.
Caller: It would be nice if you put something on the air that says that.
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#113
"Most of our music store customers have a story about their old vinyl collection. Once, a man asked how much a record cost. My coworker quoted him the price, then added, 'But there’s a surcharge if we have to listen to how your mother made you throw out all your old vinyl records.'"
Linda Neukrug
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#114
"Gilding the lily is a job seeker’s birthright. Here are a few doozies, where the applicant claimed. To be a former CEO of the company to which he was applying. To be fluent in two languages — one of which was pig Latin. To be a Nobel Prize winner. To have worked in a jail when he was really in there serving time. He was fired “on accident.”"
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#115
"While I was working as a store Santa, a boy asked me for an electric train set. “If you get your train,” I told him, “your dad is going to want to play with it too. Is that all right?” The boy became very quiet. So, moving the conversation along, I asked, “What else would you like Santa to bring you?” He promptly replied, “Another train.”"
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#116
"Mary goes to the post office to buy 50 stamps for her Hanukkah cards. “What denomination?” asks the postal clerk. Mary thinks a second before replying, “Give me six Orthodox, 12 Conservative and 32 Reform.”"
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#117
"I sent a reminder to a client that it was time to visit the eye doctor. He called back to inform me that he would not be coming in because, as he put it, “I have a new obstetrician.”"
Sarah Parchert
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#118
"I spotted several pairs of men’s Levi’s at a garage sale. They were sizes 30, 31, and 32, but I was looking for size 33. So I asked the owner if he had a pair. He shook his head. “I’m still wearing the 33s,” he said. “Come back next year.”"
Sally Thorinson
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#119
“I have to make payments on my BMW and iPhones.” “You are too wrapped up in the whole concept of ‘money. ’ ” “So... you’re talking to me only, because the rent’s not paid? Is that all I am to you? A tenant?”
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#120
Scene: My cousin Matt and his daughter at Chick-fil-A.
Matt: Can I please get a four-piece kids’ meal with white milk. [Pause] Oh, and gimme an extra white milk.
Clerk: Um… we only have one kind of milk, and it’s pretty white.
Paul Silverman
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