Malcom In The Middle - Mustard Hot Dog Scene

PEEKABOO DOESN'T EAT MUSTARD.
I DO NOT OWN THIS CLIP. I am not making any money off of this.
EPISODE: S 3 E 10 - Lois' Makeover

[@petertippmann7271]

I feel like if you didn’t work retail you assume this is just a joke at Craig’s expense but if you’ve done any customer service job you know that these people are 100% real.

[@charliebank5077]

Defo

[@champagnexoxo1198]

Obviously

[@ibrahimihsan2090]

Penguinz0 videos on Karens are enough to make people realize the horror retail workers go through.

[@andrewghostronin38]

For real

[@flair541]

I am convinced that scenes like these exist solely because people with customer service jobs went on to be writers for whatever show they crop up in. This is a revenge fantasy.

[@Malum09]

I’m pretty sure is a work that everyone says its going to be temporary and then bam you have been 15 years in it

[@jamesgizasson]

If you're planning on doing something dumb, don't do it near a writer... Your stupidity will be immortalized. X3

[@anthonyscarfe4853]

It’s anyone who has ever had to go through the effort of putting in all the hard work to make members of the general public, students, managers or someone else happy and all they’ve gotten in return is abuse or if they’re lucky just getting ignored. The ungrateful population of the world draining away your will to live. After that becoming a comedian and getting revenge is the best thing you can do.

[@cheesesteakphilly]

@@Malum09 One of my old retail jobs made up a position called “Men’s Section Controller”. It had all the duties of a men’s manager but gave me 39.5 hours/week (40 hrs is full-time) so they wouldn’t have to give me the pay and benefits of a men’s manager.

[@DoctorMinjinx]

"...THAT'S WHAT I TRIED TO TELL YA, YA OLD BAT!!!" Kills me every time.

[@ianeckhoff1992]

Me too! 🤣😂🤣😂

[@Chevyspeed337]

Retail in a nutshell

[@Chevyspeed337]

Don't remind me

[@iloverofles327]

Work in retail and can relate, it's always the older people too.

[@jordanharrison691]

Whoever coined the term "The customer is always right" is a complete and utter moron

[@aaronanthony8716]

Skynet Cyborg yeah no. Our store does not follow that at all. If a customer acts like this we either throw the attitude back at them or the manager tells them to leave. If you act like this lady then you don’t deserve good service.

[@ricky18redblack31]

aaron anththony true.

[@ALFfan1]

The accuracy is painful

[@ineedmydowntime6993]

SO frickin' painful

[@r.m2621]

Always the old farts who are the most difficult customers, just coz you've been on this earth a bit longer doesn't mean your fucking royalty!

[@Mr12tom1234]

I agree, like the saying treat your elders with respect sometimes I think they take advantage of it, because there old they know people won't say nothing to them and they know it.

[@trinitylivingston1286]

@@Mr12tom1234 yeah, but even they can't mess with people who are handicapped.

[@RiruKrypto_]

I wonder if these old geezers ever work a day at retail.

[@dementedcedar6821]

I agree. We all know they're old and salty, but they can be the worst narcissists on the planet.

[@dementedcedar6821]

@@Mr12tom1234 They actually do take advantage of this saying. However, they feel they are entitled to respect when they should know they have to earn it. Nope, that's not part of their logic. The only time peace is restored is when they leave. You can imagine how many salty old coots I've dealt with, and I still find it hilarious that they say I should show them respect, and I ignore them completely leaving them in the dust.

[@ThornLily]

This is barely an exaggeration (aside from the fight at the end).

[@volgax3646]

Lily Logan all true

[@buffylover83]

I've worked in retail for over 10 years. It's sad how accurate this scene is to my life.

[@thomasavendano3825]

I admire your patience. I barely survived a year.

[@JovanaSanchez000]

Nope, fights that do occur are exactly like that too.

[@whatster8753]

Speak for yourself

[@PhrasedReaction]

Been working in retail for 15 years, and customers like this DO exist.

[@bluecomet1109]

@Darkphoton damn man take it easy, maybe hes in management now

[@RiruKrypto_]

@@bluecomet1109 in 15 years well in this case 19 years now, he better be a manager.

[@kenm.a.d.7196]

As a 4-year Customer Service slave, this is one of the greatest, most satisfying and relatable scenes ever written.

[@railfanstreator94]

I just celebrated 10 years this past Wednesday. And you’re correct 😂😂

[@jellocakes]

Now that I work in retail, this is a thousand times funnier because it’s so true 😂😂

[@alexidk1702]

E.V more than funny it’s painful😢

[@PhenomResurrections08]

Still feelin that way after 2 years?

[@AurosOrion]

My favourite version of this customer is the one that's so dumb they're the reverse of this. I had a customer come in once looking for a pair of purple kid's sunglasses she had seen last week. I showed her the ones we had. She said, "No, they were a darker purple." These were the only purple kid's glasses we had. I said, "Let me check the back." I came back with the same exact ones. "Yes, those are the right ones! See, they're darker." They were not.

[@carultch]

The placebo effect works wonders, doesn't it? That's probably what Craig did with the woman who wanted the slightly darker thermos.

[@enekaitzteixeira7010]

I like you xD

[@princessmarlena1359]

I don’t even go that far to help them. I like hiding out on the back or between the shelves and behind a ball cage or similar to avoid customers and my boss. If the boss makes a dollar while I make a dime, I goof off on company time.

[@MrWildcard531]

At least your customers sticks around when you go to the back. Sometimes I go to the back to get something for someone then I come back and the customer is nowhere to be found. Customer got so impatient they go elsewhere.

[@RedRaven95]

I feel Craig. I'm a cashier and I get these pieces of garbage all the time.

[@kennysboat4432]

thats why for my first job i will work in the service industry to get an understanding.

[@SuperiorPhantom-dx6vh]

BlackKittyKat I know the feeling I deal with customers every day at Fry’s

[@hardcoreking52]

Especially the first woman who doesn't even say "thank you"

[@stephendexheimer7914]

Having worked a thrift store, Dollar Tree, and now a pizza restaurant this is a very accurate representation of dealing with old people in customer service

[@bealara8160]

Customers be like

[@johnub4]

Bea Lara I agree. I work in customer service too and sometimes I wanna go off at some of these fucking ungrateful people but I am not gonna risk my job because I am smarter than that.

[@MandenTV]

Bea Lara negroes be like

[@IAMDAVEAMI]

oi WTF be like what? WTF are you saying are your etarded or just plan stupid well your a girl so your just stupid HEHE THE END ::))

[@Mr101spb]

Craig’s termination letter from HR: Craig, we at lucky 8 believe it’s in our company’s best interest to terminate your employment with us, effective immediately. This termination has been caused by your own poor conduct, particularly when dealing with customers. This includes (and is not limited to) 1) Arriving to work with a torn shirt 2) Giving attitude to a customer after they simply asked you where we stock a particular product 3) failure to direct customer to the correct product, forcing them to ask again 4) Yell at said customer when they tell you that you handed them the incorrect item 5) Engaging in a fight rather than standing perfectly still when a customer starts throwing store items at you

[@fortifarse]

Craig's response: the name of the store is extremely visible on my shirt...

[@paradoxzee6834]

Funny in my last job I did not even got a termination letter. I come back home after work and a bit later I got a call from my company he tells me „Did your boss told you that you don‘t need to go to work tomorrow“, I asked if something happen. The answer was „No idea, your boss is unhappy with you.“ No joke that is all info I got that he is unhappy with me, no why is he unhappy is it something I done or did not done. Tomorrow I had a meting with the person who call me to sign the papers.

[@lordjrd4459]

That's dead accurate. The profit will always come first to these companies. You the employee are expendable.

[@thomascholowsky1236]

I work in retail and I LOATHE customers like this, a lot of the customers I interact with are nice but once in a while I run into that one customer that makes me want to tear their head off. I smile and say have a nice day but deep down my soul is full of rage.

[@ILOVEMARILYNMANSON89]

yeah, I've stopped smiling and telling people to have a nice day. I've become a soulless robot until I get off the clock then I remember happiness and other human emotions.

[@04dram04]

You never know what someone has been through before being rude to you

[@NarquelieNarmo]

+04dram04 Sure, but if you were not raised by pigs, you should always take a deep breath and relax before even speak to that person.

[@TSHandle6324]

Still no fucking need to take it out on someone who doesnt deserve it

[@bluecomet1109]

@Hellion - agreed tell him! Or her!

[@basedbattledroid3507]

*"ThIS HAZzzzzssssss MUsTaRrrrD On iTttt!!!!"*

[@blackdynamite6055]

THAT’S WHAT I TRIED TO TELL YOU, YOU OLD BAT!

[@jediguardianaka6202]

Now You're gonna take it to your dog and make him like it

[@thomascholowsky1236]

@@jediguardianaka6202 Gasp! *Throws hot dog*

[@venomwise]

Thomas Cholowsky throws another dog toy back

[@maxmolemen7786]

THAT’S WHAT I TRIED TO TELL YOU, YA OLD BAT!!

[@BaronRemy99]

This is why so many retail workers hate customers, a vast majority of them are like these two customers here. Cold and unappreciative at best. Angry, bitter, stubborn, and completely braindead at worst.

[@felixespino430]

"ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME WHAT I ASK FOR?!" "Certainly." You can hear Craig trying to hold his anger from the woman.

[@nerdknight111]

Been in the business for almost 10 years. You need the patience of a saint to deal with some of these people

[@jedrusk3702]

1:12 IT'S WHAT I TRIED TO TELL YOU YOU OLD BAT!! NOW YOU'RE GONNA TAKE IT TO YOUR DOG AND MAKE HIM LIKE IT!!

[@CalebSpires]

The line delivery of “this has mustard on it!” gets me laughing every single time. You can just hear the shaky rage building with each word.

[@Direwoof]

I work at IKEA in california and this is 100% accurate, especially the 1st woman where you go out of your way to do something extremely nice for someone and they don't give you a tip or even say thank you.

[@Direwoof]

I load cars sometimes by myself with 100+ pound boxes. I think a tip is more deserved for that then for bringing someone their food.

[@paigemarco548]

@@Direwoof servers make $2 an hour buddy

[@bluecomet1109]

Damn I feel you, I work at a bank and some people can be rude

[@brianaguilar8283]

Paige Marco where I live, servers make $5 an hour.

[@fortifarse]

@@brianaguilar8283 oh wow, well that changes everything!

[@grant24678]

This is so totally what being a checkout person is like

[@pittland44]

grant24678 but why won't you take my expired coupons?

[@system0fadowner251]

pittland44 cause we don't get money for that shit.

[@opticalraven1935]

No, more like a stocker, which I happen to be.

[@Xylarxcode]

I've worked in retail for 13 years. I once had a customer like that second one who wanted to get an item from the top shelf. She insisted that she had to have the top shelf one, even though we had others exactly like it on a much more reachable shelf. She claimed we kept the 'good stuff' out of reach on purpose. So I went to get a step, put it on the ground and said: 'Here you go.' then turned around and walked away. The look on her face was priceless.

[@JayMoney-hd1jl]

If she slipt and fell you/the company would be liable. Wouldn't it have been less risk and effort to just reach for the top shelf. Why even put shit on the top shelf if its so out of reach?

[@k8magic6]

Jay Money the reason we put stuff on the top shelf is because there isn’t enough room for it where it belongs sometimes

[@railfanstreator94]

I would’ve loved to have seen her face 😂😂😂

[@erikolson4454]

This is why I was fired from my retail job

[@TheLatinoRedneckCowboy]

Lmao

[@jayforeman5299]

You did the right thing.

[@JayBeeIRL]

Ok Boomer

[@mr.bownington5180]

@@JayBeeIRL troll or not you'd get the minimal amount of customer service you feel entitled to in my store

[@DrOrr]

@@JayBeeIRL ?

[@mikelkelly9693]

As a guy who worked retail for years I can confirm this is 100% accurate

[@TheHightower92]

Whoever played the old lady really did a good job

[@eboooo]

I loved this guy

[@johnub4]

Michael Eyob Craig was a hilarious character. I LOVE the episode where he confessed to Lois and ended up getting ultimately friend zoned.

[@Kpoplover2310]

Michael Eyob he was on big time rush

[@aaronanthony8716]

100% accurate

[@celsovera91]

If she really wanted to get a special kind a dog toy She should’ve gone to a pet store not a drugstore

[@22espec]

It would not even matter.

[@DuckOfRubber]

No, the fact that she wasn’t even at the right store makes her character even more realistic.

[@MessiahComing]

I had a customer yell at me because our comforters were on sale, but the sheets weren't. She demanded I follow her to the section where the sign says they're on sale. When we got there, she accused me of changing the sign after realizing she was wrong.

[@hectorarredondo6929]

Same experience in fast food and people with expired cupons

[@animemanXLK]

It's scary how many people are commenting on the real world accuracy of this video.

[@lostuser1094]

Shaun Blyth work in a supermarket for a week, see how this isn’t a comedy but a horror about the mundanities of late capitalism

[@jasonbriggs2559]

I LOVE "Malcolm in the Middle", and working in retail management for 20+ years, this scene is done PERFECTLY! I only wish I would have been able to react like Craig does here without fear of losing my job...

[@ganados0]

Days ago I took bottles of wine from the stock room to place on a shelf, they were on the very bottom so to do the task efficiently I sat down and right then some old woman said "Must be great working here, getting to sit on your arse all day." I sometimes hate my job but then remember the many decent customers who thank you when you help them with their purchases.

[@MastaSmack]

Just focus on the nice people instead of the jerks. A lot of people couldn't get attention in a good way as a child and as a result they got it by being negative.

[@NarquelieNarmo]

+Ricky Spanish Consider that this is the only moment of fun in the day of that person. You definitely have a better life than her.

[@AlenAlic]

Craig was such a savage in this show. 😂

[@matadeverdoemden]

Craig had every right to be pissed. I'm a pretty impatient person, so I would have told her off once she told me to get the exact same hot dog from the top.

[@SJReid82]

My first job was at a discount grocery store and I shit you not that EVERY FUCKING CUSTOMER I dealt with was like this old lady. of course me being a 19-year-old angry, shithead punk, I basically acted like Craig did at the end to everyone, even at the slightest offense. Needless to say, it was a memorable two weeks of employment.

[@tucktheduck5119]

Everyone should work in customer service sometime in their life simply to build empathy and character

[@762jeremy]

I had a customer report me to me manager because she "was sure" I was purposely ripping her off out of 14 cents on a coupon. I know the feels.

[@dragonslayer015]

I've never worked in retail, but I feel for him.

[@captain_awesome2134]

I've had something similar to me at my job. I was working self checkout one day and this guy asks me where the wine is. The Self Checkout is right in front of the Beer and Wine aisle. It's actually perfectly aligned with it. And there's even a big sign that says "Beer and Wine". I told him "It's right there" while pointing at it and he was still like "where?" And it's not like the front was beer and the back was wine, one side was wine and the other side was beer. The re was even a circular display in the middle that had wine on it. Then I just told him it was by self checkout, and he got it. Then he came back with a beer.

[@762jeremy]

That's pretty bad. Some people are oblivious. Maybe he was already drunk. 🤣

[@Xylarxcode]

I don't know what your self checkout is like, but in the store I work at, that would have made me extremely cautious, because we cannot leave that station unmanned at any time and it sounds like the customer might be trying to lure you away from your position so his buddies can get away with stealing certain items. Luckily, it sounds like you were just dealing with an idiot. They'll try to get away with anything, but sometimes, you're just dealing with sheer stupidity. That's frustrating, but at least they're not doing it on purpose. They're just dumb

[@welshman100]

I managed to work in McDonalds for a whole month. Then got into an argument with a customer, it developed into a slagging match. I won by quitting then and there.

[@JewishKeto]

I have been in retail nearly 20 years and this is very much accurate. I have been yelled at, belittled, blamed, ect all because we didn’t have the freakin stupid hotdog without mustard

[@havingteawiththedevil]

I laugh so hard at the fact that minus the fight, everything is accurate asf 😭

[@orryrobb5160]

Restaurants aren't any better. Once had a lady try to send back her salad because she wanted it cut up more (I sat down with her to show her how the fork and knife work) And a guy with his coworkers tried to send back another salad because the crutons were stale, and he wanted fresh croutons, so I handed him a piece of fresh ciabatta.

[@MsPenny1994]

Literally had something like this happen at work today.... had to grit my teeth. Thankfully the mask hid my expression of anger lmao

[@Ebolacrash]

The way she says " EXCUSE ME" Hits reality working in retail ...god dam there is nothing more infuriating then hearing that

[@762jeremy]

"How hard is your job? really?" There's another.

[@CleFesse]

I hate customers like them...

[@mgt1429]

Other than the throwing part at the end and the toy hotdog, I had a similar experience with a mean old lady. I thought people only acted this way on television or in the movies. Oh boy.

[@trinitylivingston1286]

Dude, I wish you could actually do this and not get fired.

[@nerdknight111]

I think anyone who works in retail would wish that

[@OTownNews]

0:14 (Out loud) "You're welcome." (in his head) "Well, screw you, too."

[@Tdidonato]

I had customer like the other day. I work for walmart

[@k8magic6]

Anthony DiDonato I work for Walmart too. I’ve been doing it for a month. And it’s not the customers it’s just one coworker, who’s head i want to rip off

[@MrErwin989]

@@k8magic6 you have 2 more months left to work there everyone gets 3 months and then fired for literally no reason if you stay longer you did something dirty to someone else or your "friends" with the right people

[@k8magic6]

isa Ontieuros i have been there for six months now. I guess I am friends with some people

[@vanguardplays3418]

this scene reminds me of a time I was working in retail and we were closing up for the day then someone decided to walk right in while the barrier was half closed and wouldn't leave until they got served even though I told him we were closing

[@canuseeme2670]

That what i tride to tell yeah u old bat yeah ..😂😂😂😂😂

[@lululu5631]

canU See Me lol

[@TheTheninjagummybear]

*Tried

[@prometheus3406]

Craig totally would’ve been fired after this but if your gonna get fired, make it for a memorable reason.

[@React2Quick]

Pretty sure he did get fired in this episode.

[@bigblue9996]

Craig later changed his name to Reginald and became manager of the Palm Woods.

[@dannythomas417]

Let's not forget about Hal & Abe changing their names to Walt & Ruckus and respectively became a meth maker and a self hating supremacist.

[@avalon2699]

when you work in retail for such a long time

[@EviltheNub]

This is shockingly accurate. The only thing missing is a kid standing there constantly squeezing the squeaky toys the entire time.

[@AnaBM9510]

The toys sounds 🤣🤣🤣

[@rafaiv18]

Life struggles only employees will understand

[@patrickmccutcheon8860]

Opening scene to "Falling Down"

[@717jeezy]

Me and my brothers always reference this anytime anything has mustard on it 🤣🤣

[@chasfarthing244]

This is why when customers ask if there are any round the back I have a little look but im not pulling out 5-6 rollers for a dairylea dunker

[@NewFreedomHQ]

I've worked retail for five years. Every day I came close to snapping like this.

[@mr.bownington5180]

These are the customers you kill with kindness in the most condescending way. Here's the exact same toy you wanted. "Hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for shopping with us" *pretend you have another radio call and walk the fuck away from them*

[@GamersDogma]

Customers are like that at my store

[@LuckyXCX]

Walmart in one video

[@MiGGY_310]

Hahaha... Yess!!!

[@christopherbolanos4529]

I worked in best buy , not any more. some lady I shit you not wanted a free 5k fridge because we were late in delivery. People deserve to go to hell.

[@broadwaymelody33]

This scene has stayed with me since I was ten years old.

[@princessmarlena1359]

0:20 this is as far as I go to help any customer, in any retail or similar day jobs I happen to be working.

[@theredbaron4446]

As someone who works in a hardware store this might be the most relatable scene of any tv show ever

[@Dman-jr8ey]

As someone who has worked in retail for the last 10 years I can tell you this is 100% how the public acts.

[@klina7645]

This, sadly, is my life! Except if I yelled at a customer & threw things at them, I would get fired 😳.

[@broadwaymelody33]

My particular job is like mental health and customer service, and we have real doozies too. “I need to make an appointment for my 40 year old son with depression” “Are you his legal guardian?” “Yes, I BIRTHED HIM” “No I mean do you have court documents? Because otherwise I have to get his permission to talk to you” “I GAVE BIRTH TO HIM”

[@hectorarredondo6929]

“The customer is always right, the customer is always right,the is always right” says the man as he goes home

[@FrehleyFan3988]

This has mustard on it! That's what I tried to tell you ya old bat!!!!!!! 1:10

[@AurosOrion]

I genuinely had someone come in looking for "kid's purple Raybans" and said that the ones she saw before were darker. Ma'am how many shades of kid's size purple Raybans do you think exist that there's a SLIGHTLY DARKER PAIR SOMEWHERE?!

[@greekmillennial4540]

I once worked at a post office and a lady came in asking for to help deliver a package, when I asked where she said “I don’t know I wasn’t told” X(

[@610Hobbies]

Long story: I worked at a department store back in the day, I was in the boys' clothing department, I mostly enjoyed it, but it was REALLY tiring, most of the customers were nice as long as I treated them with a modicum of human dignity, the only annoying customer I can remember was an old lady that spent a lot of time looking at EVERYTHING, she looked all over the clothes searching for the cheapest deal, and since she didn't find any to suit her stinginess, she started demanding to get a discount for every last remaining piece she would find of a product (as in, almost sold out), I had to keep going to my supervisor to authorize such discounts which he gladly did since he saw how obnoxious the old lady was, she also found a pair of roller blades for kids, which were already at a discount, because they had no box, and she also demanded a discount for those since they were the last ones, then, she asked me to wrap those roller blades for gift, and I told her we didn't have any boxes were they could fit, she asked me to use one of plastic boxes we use to carry inventory, and I told her I couldn't do that since those weren't technically of the store, she then told me to just make a hole to a regular gift box so the skates would fit, and I did, it was the most awful gift wrap I had intentionally done, and I even left the price tag on, so her grandchild can too know how stingy her grandma is.

[@nerdknight111]

I’ve been working in retail for 8 1/2 years. People like this DO exist

[@JaxBlade]

LMFAOOOO this is TOO ORGANIC THO xD

[@KimSamaVideos]

Old people shouldn't be allowed to shop

[@jdtroup198683]

0:49 My response hell no

[@caseycarr3339]

I can totally relate. Worked retail over 8 years and customers are just like this and much worse. Still have nightmares sometimes.

[@Chl0r0f0rmG1rl]

As a person who works at a pet store I can confirm this is very accurate

[@ghostviper8906]

I would've lied and said "actually it's special yellow ketchup"

[@strife3e]

What's scary is that she KNOWS her dog doesn't like mustard in the first place.

[@carultch]

More likely, she's projecting her own preferences about mustard onto her dog.

[@karasmith576]

Who names their dog Peekaboo? 😂

[@hectorarredondo6929]

Sam e person that says their dog doesn’t like fake mustard

[@angusyjr]

A crazy old woman. that's who. Haha!

[@HentaiVirus]

Pretty much what I deal with at work all the time.

[@Nicksolo85]

I've had a few customers like that when I worked in retail who were just assholes/bitches. I kept a smile on my face & tried to stay positive, but either in my head or even muttering under my breath, I said (through gritted teeth) "Get the f*ck out of here." Luckily, I haven't dealt with that in over 7 years since I finally got to go on to better stuff & I'm never going back to retail.

[@adamgordon3163]

Ah, the joys of working in retail

[@fjlsfljsalfkjasdflka]

I empathize with this so much...customers are entitled af. I'm a cart pusher and last night a customer bitched at me because my row of carts were in the way of her leaving. The thing is, if she had just gotten into her car and gotten ready to leave, I would have already been out of her way. Instead she chose to stand there in the rain and berate me because she had a stick up her ass.

[@IFreakingEatPeople]

Reminds me of my god awful college job of working at Lowe’s in an upper middle class white neighborhood...

[@elisabethmemmott2351]

Dude I’m in the same boat right now, losing my mind at lowes

[@TheBlackShofu]

Bruh that’s me rn

[@sazeedoll]

If look closely, you can see one of those hot dogs right next to her. Heck she probably noticed it, but never said anything because it had “mUsTaRd oN iT!!!” 😂

[@athletecrystal2962]

Believe it or not, customers like this do exist. Us people who have worked retail know. lol

[@Luxcy]

Me:*touches dog toy* Malcom in the universe: *squeaky noise*

[@pokemonnurd9986]

I totally understand his frustration right now

[@terrelltownsend8016]

"That's what I tried to TELL YOU, YOU OLD BAT!!!"

[@lewishiniski1276]

I know it’s a scripted show but I want to give this man a hug for I had to deal with this shit So Fucking Much.

[@greekmillennial4540]

1:10-1:12 That beastly voice! did she just get possessed?

[@twmax6525]

An amazing actor. I loved Craig. 😂😂