r/TalesFromRetail | CAN I SPEAK TO THE MANAGER

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[@kirklundbrown6206]

I genuinely feel bad for anyone named Karen and don't embody the "let me speak to your manager" personality

[@kirklundbrown6206]

@@coloringbunnies1273 probably lol I had a friend in High school named Karen she was also reserved but we never talked about her experience with this meme

[@EchthelionII]

I immediately think of Karen from the Office.

[@bland9876]

Someone should make a list of names that are unfortunate so far I've come up with Karen and Alexa

[@kirklundbrown6206]

@@bland9876 If you're black anything that ends in "sha" because it's heavily stereotyped

[@Dank_Dank]

@@bland9876 Gilbert, Tanner, Tyrone, Humphrey, Shaqaiqai, Cornelius, Requis, Hubert....

[@NewbyTon]

Can I speak to the manager? Manager: _walks in_ Manager: Sorry I don't speak Karen

[@HB-kx2nm]

Karen: Can I speak to your manager?!!! Me: Can I speak to your manager?

[@danieleccleston7928]

Don't you mean KaReAn :)

[@stewartzayat7526]

If somebody wants to talk to you, just say "Sorry, I'm mute"

[@isaacthered]

Karen: BUT YOU JUST SPOKE!!!!

[@savannahgamble1410]

Newby Ton I read Karen as Korean and spent a solid minute trying to find the joke

[@chaseevans9606]

Are the people in these stories entitled? Yes Do they have any reason to be? *OCTOPUS*

[@neilcognito]

Yeah, but didn't he show a squid and called it an octopus? XD

[@katarinahudackova8258]

I’m deaaad

[@iconiccrowbar6702]

I feel bad for that woman ONLY because it seems like some other adult or something happened that freaked out about her using the "no" word and now she is just super anxious that it'll get her in trouble or something XD

[@Superchicken_36]

chase Evans don't you blame the sea creatures for this!

[@miniespeon158]

That womans child is going to see this video and have a mid life crisis.

[@DrLongWang]

“But I don’t want to give money to charity.” Imagine what it’s like living as someone who is literally given an opportunity to be a good person and get a benefit, and they decide they want the benefit without being a good person.

[@Daves-not-here]

That Octopus kid is gonna have a real hard time when he's older.

[@ShockInazuma]

It's a *no*

[@Tvngsten]

Yeah like wtf, the mom thinks by substituting the word "no" for "octopus" her kid will be less negative ? That's not how languages work, lady

[@welcometaco5320]

I've worked retail for the past 8 years, and some of the most interesting things that have happened are - 1. A woman flashing me to show me a young rabbit nestled in her bosom. 2. During our annual Black Friday sale a few years back, a coworker was helping a customer out with the cat furniture. They're pretty expensive, and usually cost 150$USD or more. When the customer found out that the cat furniture was on sale for -50$, and there was a 20% discount because it was Black Friday, she exclaimed at the top of her lungs,"I'm so happy, I could blow someone!" 3. A man brought a monkey into the store. When some of my coworkers asked if they could pet it, he became angry and insisted that it was weird to ask to pet 'his child'.

[@modernmentality]

Welcome Taco 🦷

[@Sinsanatis]

Haha i was expecting these to be negative ones

[@enoughofyourkoicarp]

Kid looks up from playing with toys: "Sorry about my mother, she randomly starts jabbering about sea creatures and I have no idea what she wants or what she's smoking, we're committing her to an asylum on Thursday."

[@tripedal2063]

Can't stop fucking laughing at this

[@Slurp_Nation]

underrated comment of the week

[@chicken7482]

Kid: *finishes meal* Waiter: would you like anything else? Kid: octopus, thank you! Waiter: *comes back with an octopus meal*

[@geoman265.]

Kid: Octopus, that's squid what I meant!

[@Sinsanatis]

Geoman265 *comes back with squid* Kid: *OCTOOOPUSSSSSSS!!!!*

[@geoman265.]

@@Sinsanatis Waiter: But you said-

[@tripedal2063]

Lmao

[@Zarai_Numbers]

If you use *octopus* in the place of *no* but it means the same thing, aren't you turning octopus into a negative word completely defeating the whole point?

[@whitedragon153]

Not at all. It is the same as when they got rid of RED pen markings on school papers and use purple instead. What people don't understand is that the word NO is a genetic trigger that is attached to our DNA. When you say the word NO our DNA starts to break down and even sometimes kicks us in the balls for good measure. This is the same when we see a red mark on a school paper. It doesn't happen when we see a nice red car or a red stop-sign or a red light. It ONLY happens when we see a RED mark on a school paper. That is why it was changed to purple because purple is not a genetic trigger due to it not being a normal primary color. That is the same for the word Octopus because it is an animal that lives in the sea and has no land based connection to us at all. This is the logic we use to come up with these things. LMAO!

[@Katragine]

@@whitedragon153 that's really cool

[@LilPoopsie]

@@Katragine smfh

[@game84cube]

Uh...Octopus. Octopus, he isn't

[@KeanuOR]

@@whitedragon153 Can I have a source? The color red makes sense since it is a property human's have evolved with since before we shared a common ancestor with octopi, but the word "no," is not only new, but completely relegated to a single language.

[@keddethan]

I have an aunt named Karen She’s divorced and has kids *Karen literally took the kids* I realized this only like 2 weeks ago lmao Edit: oh god I forgot about this comment So basically no, she’s not rude or anything she just got the kids during the divorce, I just kinda found it funny since it’s a bit of a “stereotype” at this point for a Karen to take the kids and leave lmao

[@hennarouse6513]

i have an aunt named karen to 😂

[@lobstertown1826]

Ethan Keddy My Mom’s best friends name is Karen, she’s actually a very nice woman

[@austindoesgames6058]

@@lobstertown1826 SHES THE ONE THAT CAN REBOOT THE KARENS, SHE JS THE NDJCHOWENS OENE

[@lexie2168]

ME TOO!! AND SHE TOOK THE KIDS AS WELL

[@pewdiepieisstillabadyoutub4490]

She’s Probably Anti-Vax, Turn On Her And Sue Her For Malicious Child Neglect

[@goobertoober273]

No joke I like this man's voice, I would rather listen to him And that laugh... That damn laugh.

[@ellisahheath]

:D

[@mynamo12]

KSR3 ...

[@luis-vw2xb]

He sound like markiplier

[@SoLaris_2004]

Didnt he like abuse his girlfriend?

[@benjaminf]

*Octopus smh

[@theirishrepublic6130]

Where have you locked away slazo

[@r20077]

In the basement along with his family

[@NumberOneCocteauTwinsFan]

I miss him and his accent :'l

[@livingwithbipolar]

Right that's my question

[@goldfish9773]

Shhh I'm beginning to have a fetish for American accents now

[@fazzfaiez4496]

whos slazo?...only know emkay XD

[@fakiirification]

Im a manager at a big box store, but i usually get stuck in and work with the team so i'm usually a mess by the mid point of my shift. Get people all the time refusing to believe that im a manager because they see me doing actual work and my clothes messy. Been able to do the "let me speak to your manager" > "i am the manager" thing twice so far. So freekin satisfying!

[@harms5846]

Imagine walking through Walmart and seeing a mother screaming at her kid "OCTOPUS" over and over.

[@JohnSmith-nj9qo]

Here you see the wild Karen in her natural habitat, screaming at an underpaid Walmart employee and demanding that they and their manager's busy schedules revolve around her and nothing else.

[@comedypolicehandsup5141]

Please stay, Not-Slazo. You are the peoples champion

[@howdareyoudissmycheese9249]

@Kay Pompeii same

[@magead]

And the only one now

[@Bladarc]

Don't you mean Octopust-Slazo?

[@Lyapunov]

this really aged quite well

[@amvaporean4522]

I don’t know why this subreddit is so underrated. Please do more of these!

[@munkle_3]

north of the equator? Audible sweating

[@rioreason]

wood tortoise *AUDIBLE* 😂

[@AlbertoDsign]

You entered a parallel universe by mistake

[@slickslack3644]

audible tropic of cancer

[@marshalljarnagin9370]

Im sorry...is that *audible* sweating? Stay away unholy demon.

[@cernanwinterfox85]

The dryer one gets me. $400 for a dryer delivered to the next town? For that price Id take it and sell mine. I get being thrifty or wary of used products, but just ask about the store warranty.

[@scartc]

Cheddar cheese theoretically can be used as a weapon, as it is, in fact, sharp.

[@SuperGirl-eq1le]

@Curtis Hutnick @BladeOfCthulhu 'EYYYYYYYYYYY, THESE GUYS!!!!!!!!!

[@chicoscience502]

Wtf i read that as 'cheetah cheese'

[@emilyb-jones2339]

Imagine this: On a tombstone, it says “death by *CHEESE* ”

[@juliviana7738]

Me: Can I speak to Slazo? New dude: Who? Never heard of him. He's definitely not in my basement. Soooo... Me: So? New dude: Distraction *Throws paper at me and runs away*

[@invadore_8612]

Juli Viana New dude’s name is Damien.

[@juliviana7738]

@@invadore_8612 I know. That's a joke, but thank you anyway.

[@radughita1992]

Can we both acknowledge that RP jokes are not funny, just cringy, c'mon, you're better than this.

[@alextolleson5548]

Seriously between your voice and the King Dice music I legit love your videos on this stuff.

[@marcelathacat2739]

That isn't his voice check out slazo that's his real voice

[@pukapuka_]

marcela tha cat i can’t tell if you’re serious or following along with the joke

[@CynicznyZiemniaczek]

The last one is like: "I'm gonna say the N-word!" "Plz, don't!" *"NO!"*

[@SuperMonaLisaBros]

My middle school did a charity for the elderly where we cooked a Thanksgiving meal. There were SO MANY Karens/Davids.

[@rileyo.2986]

wait slazo this doesn’t sound like u

[@Kimberly_in_Wonderland]

This isn't Slazo it's Emkay but I see your point. This doesn't sound like Emkay.

[@ricardovazquez1772]

@@Kimberly_in_Wonderland you do know that Slazo is Emkay, right?

[@tigipilled]

Zanken it’s a running joke, don’t be daft.

[@NumberOneCocteauTwinsFan]

I miss him

[@ricardovazquez1772]

@@tigipilled Yeah, I know, but the way she said it makes it look like she didn't know

[@thedude5959]

Manager: i think they deserve each other Me: don't say that they'll repopulate!

[@DevinOfBacon]

Employee: "Are you joking?" Customer: "Octopus."

[@oakleyves]

petition to rename it to r/karen

[@Terr-Bow]

I used to work retail and it was miserable! People would often ask if we had x item in "the "back" but we did not have a "back" with extra inventory because all of our stock went straight from shipment to shelf on Fridays. I could tolerate that since most customers were cool but I ended up quitting because an assistant manager was threatened by me because I could do every single thing in the [hardware] store including paint mixing which she saw as her domain. I could mix up paint at least as well as her (quite possibly even better) but she could not cut keys, rekey locks, or thread pipe at all.

[@tamae.j7359]

When people asked me to go to the back id usually just go stand in the back then do 3 jumping jacks befor I walked out an say "Nope looked all over for you"

[@charleshax]

I always try to be respectful and thankful to retail workers because of stories like these, and also because I’m generally a nice person.

[@TheRinkydink101]

As a fellow retail worker I am sad to say a lot of these stories are mild compared to some I’ve experienced/heard about. I think everyone needs to work a customer service position in their life so they can experience the weird things we see every day

[@ninibini4060]

Agree 100%

[@justpeachy5186]

my dad is an employee manager and one entitled customer asked to see the manager and he turned around, took off his tie to 'change appearance' and goes "you're speaking to the manager"

[@sadbtch1827]

Slazo, I think you should go to the doctor. Your voice sounds different. Might have a bad cold.

[@marcusn9371]

Jane Doe who is slazo

[@tinguyen999]

No, he just went through puberty again

[@rioreason]

Speedy Toothbrush Are you serious? I really can’t tell. Slazo is EmKay’s main channel.

[@fool4343]

@@rioreason theyre probably joking

[@shane3121]

@@rioreason r/woooosh

[@thedarkonegaming9293]

Karen: I want to speak to the manager Manager: *OCTOPUS*

[@amanda-lw6dj]

the guy who was screaming about the phone case probably put it on his phone and forgot lmao

[@radughita1992]

But... By replacing "no" with "octopus", the meaning gets transferred so it's still a "negative word".

[@Tvngsten]

Yeah this lady has absolutely no idea how languages work. She must be thinking everyone is born with english language in their DNA

[@ManiacOfYouTube]

It's not even really always a negative word. Like, for instance, imagine you fall down the stairs. "Are you hurt?" "No." That is a positive answer.

[@Lewis-lw1hl]

I have nothing funny to say so keep up the content

[@dirtdiv3r]

most people don't have anything funny to say... thanks for not forcing it.

[@danieleccleston7928]

That quite alright and I agree

[@lewisparke7631]

Lewis we have the same name😃

[@npckiller3342]

It’s times like these where I remember arguments I get into with customers at the restaurant I work at

[@knekko7016]

Thanks for keeping it dark theme so my doesnt doesnt burn

[@whyarewestillhere4781]

*_so my doesnt doesnt burn_*

[@magead]

Good, Nobody wants their doesn't burnt

[@abby0567]

Thank god for that; a burnt doesn't is not a happy doesn't

[@shockingbelt4532]

Smh thank god my won’t burn

[@funkinfunkhead]

*_Excuse me sir. Can I speak to the manager? I just want to know where Slazo was locked away in, thank you._*

[@lilaxeree3621]

Octopus

[@stoopiosproductions3130]

Squid

[@shane3121]

Who's slazo? I've only heard of EmKay

[@bland9876]

Sorry KZbin viewer but Slazo is in another Castle

[@magead]

@@bland9876 he's in a dungeon now

[@bee-yg9yq]

omg emkay this guy slazo is stealing your voi- wh, wait a minute...

[@626Pennywise]

"I hope the rest of your day is as pleasant as you are" I'll have to remember that one

[@ayeshanicolesmithminaj8560]

As a Karen main, I can confirm that she is in fact S tier even with the amount of nerfs she’s had. She is now OP thanks to the anti vac movement giving her essential oil buffs.

[@thefutureismeaninglessthep7364]

On paper? Sure, Karen is OP as hell But in reality? I mean, do you SEE the hate karen mains get? They get targeted and murdered regardless of the situation. Why do you think so little people main karen? And don't get me started on the vulnerability to sickness debuff...

[@brianmorgan7703]

Nothing breaks a customer faster than the phrase "I AM the manager" First time I said it, made me feel.....powerful

[@patrikcath1025]

Guy: **getting mugged** "Octopus!"

[@kittyanya]

My job does the $5 donation that way. It explains everything on the ticket and it's local charities. Our local ones help homeless women, children in bad environments, and low income who have lost their houses to nature/fire. We have so many who get confused and say "No.", even when we offer a pre-sale savings.

[@rp101aquatics6]

The only time I asked for a manager was because of a school survey where I had to find out what stores have certain surveleinence systems

[@georgevanderlaan8369]

Do more retail! These made me feel less alone in the black hole of retail

[@mikelcarter1274]

The black hole of retail😂😂

[@threedicksonabench3141]

“Despite being a soulless husk that pines for death...” *BIG MOOD*

[@jimmyhoe1279]

Ladie: CAN I SPEAK TO THE MANAGER!! Me: Emkay

[@_micr0wave]

Mom: replace no with octopus mom: oh yeah, this won't have any consequences and my child will be raised better than any! child at 20 yrs: signs up for a job person interviewing him: so, do you have any experience with this stuff before? child: octopus. person: ???

[@cocothedino_2901]

i started my first job recently so i have a story for all of you now :) i work at this chicken place that comes with our signature sauce. technically customers have to pay extra but we have a rule that if the customer asks nicely for one extra sauce we can give them one for free but if they ask for more than one or if they have to pay for extra sauce, we have to tell them that it'll be extra. anyways this woman comes up with her 4 piece and asks for 5 extra sauces i say "I'm sorry mam but you would have to pay extra for that" she agrily storms off and i go on with my day. a few minutes later a guy asks for 1 extra sauce for his meal and i get it for him, after that she runs in out of nowhere and starts screaming at me "HOW DARE YOU!!! DO YOU REOLIZE WHAT YOU JUST DID?! HOW FUCKING RUDE ARE YOU O PLAY THIS BLATANT FAROITISM WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS!!!" and it's weird cuz she's like wisper yelling like she doesn't want anyone to hear her and I'm a sensative person and basically a child (I'm 16) and i start stuttering apology after apology as i offer her 1 extra sauce and I'm practically crying at this point as I'm not good under stressful social situations sadly but my manager starts walking over to the counter to check on me and the situation cuz she was at the front counter insulting me for awhile but the moment she sees him she shuts up and speedwalks out of the restaurant like a little kid trying not to get caught. it was a very stranger first karen for sure but i wonder if she just picked on me because she knew i was young and new and couldn't stand up for myself as an employee yet :/

[@infernals4979]

I work at a fast food place and my manager is a flippin Karen, Its hell... daily... HELL...

[@BaleetedUser]

You need more subscribers. Seriously. The only reddit narrators I seem to find are either ones that don't have enough gusto when they narrate, or are narrated by a goddam text-to-speech. Though I guess the latter makes some posts pretty funny... it's hard to follow without reading along.

[@eros1702]

:A wild Karen appeared!: :You used 'back off': :Karen used 'manager'!: :You used 'evidence!' It was very effective: :The wild Karen ran away:

[@fayelinae]

4:48 i'm also selling home appliances. just today, my co-worker said that when you're buying something you're gonna use often (he was talking about washing machines), you should always buy a more expensive one. The more expensive ones have solid buttons that don't seem like they're gonna get stuck or break off. I never really thought about that, but it absolutely makes sense. Just something to keep in mind when buying stuff.

[@bethanydrover9452]

I'm starting my first retail job the Wednesday at a local hair salon/beauty Shoppe. But nervous but excited either way. These stories help take the edge off of my nerves ^-^

[@sandyjamison5929]

I'm sure you're doing just fine 😀 I've been retail management for years, just be polite and smile. More times than not, simply by making them look like a fool for being mean while you remain calm has them slinking away. Also, they tend to get dirty looks from other customers for being mean to a new person 😀 Take care and have fun with the job, that helps as well! Peace ❤️

[@aermenius9002]

Karen: Where's your manager? Manager: It is me Karen: OCTOPUS YOU AREN'T

[@Burnt_my_tongue]

I have a theory. You know those kids that always yell in a store... These are those kids all grown up.

[@Tasoq]

I've only had my current job in retail (in a small candy shop) for about a year now and the worst I've experienced as of yet was in my first month or 2, an older lady got annoyed with me because she was using the name of a product I hadn't heard before and so was confused as to what she was after and politely tried to ask her to describe it and she just proceeded to complain that I should know everything about where I work and stuff. Talking to my manager about it later, she told me what it was the lady was asking for but agreed with me that it was pretty rude of her. lol

[@athinginaplaceatatime2271]

Imagine that kid at school Teacher: no Kid: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@Asteri_agalriarept]

I have a story from when I worked in the Deli/prepared foods department. It was a rather slow night, so I was just cleaning the meat slicers with my back to the counter. After I finished washing the blade and reassembling it, I go to dump my bucket in the sink. Standing silently behind me, glaring, was a rather large, very angry looking woman. The moment I see her, she clears her throat and goes, "Are you going to take my order now or what? Ive been standing here for fifteen minutes while you ignored me!" Which is impossible since it's a 4 minute cleaning job at most. But I thank her for her patience and ask what I could help her with. She asks what ham we have on sale, and I tell her. She wants the "Sodium-free ham" she saw in our ad. Only that doesn't exist. I tell her that we have a Reduced Sodium Ham with only 20% the normal amount. She Huff's and puts her hands on her hips. "I'm on a diet! I can't have sodium, so just take the sodium out! If there's only twenty it should be easy, I don't know why you're not understanding this" I try to explain that it's impossible to "take out" the sodium in ham using a meat slicer. All I can do is cut the meat. She storms off, pulling along a kid I couldn't see before. She loudly tells him "This is why you should go to a good school, so you're not as stupid as she was!"

[@Star-6890.]

R: I am the manager. Ironman theme plays.😂🤣

[@snakewithapen5489]

Stories like this remind me why I always try hard to be reasonable and polite to employees in stores and restaurants :')

[@conner_is_t4t]

I'm honestly starting to fall for the new narrator. Sorry Slaz, but I think I wont check the basement.

[@kk-kk352]

New narrator who?

[@HannahGouge]

I worked in retail for a few months, and on my first time alone at the tills, I had a bitchy customer. It was a family, man, woman and a young kid. When a tag falls off an item, the bar code is usually written on the label inside the product. In this case it was a kids pair of boots. I start to look for the bar code and type it in to the till. As soon as I start the guy starts to shift and says 'come in love, this is the slowest service ever'. I apologise and explain that the tag has fallen off and I needed to type in the bar code. I also said that it was my first time by myself on the tills. He softened a little bit but no apology or remorse whatsoever. When it came to paying he used his card and basically snatched the bags off me and sped away. People forget that retail workers are human and have feelings, a 17 year old being basically shouted at by a 30 year old stranger, isn't really something that I consider acceptable.

[@Liz-ux4lf]

These stories are reminding me of my last job where I worked at a pizza place. I had just gotten there as another girl A's shift ended. We take orders over the phone and customers can pick it up later if they want. Just after 5, a customer came in and a conversation went like this. Customer: Hi, I have an order for pick up and it's under the name ____. Me: It says on the ticket that it's supposed to be picked up at 6. (Note that this cannot be done unless the customer asks to pick it up at a specific time) Customer: No! I had two bottles of taco sauce and three pizzas! Me: That's what the ticket says here (I had triple checked to see if there was any orders under names similar to his, nope). Customer: Are you girl A? Me: No, I'm Liz. Customer: Well girl A was the one who took my order. (We don't tell customers our names over the phone, so the only way he could have known was if he had asked) Me: I'm sorry sir, she just left 15 minutes ago, I can get a manager if you want. Customer: Do that! After this, I went to my manager. Long story short, he kept asking the manager if she was the one who took his order (she was not obviously) and he ended up getting his whole order free and another bottle of sauce on the house. I never got in trouble for the incident, but I am still pretty sure that he was trying and succeeded in getting his order for free.

[@capystara662]

I used to work at a Menards. Its was a long day for me, between being a high school student and having a manager who didnt care and would give me ridiculous hours. It was nearing the end of my shift when this old guy walks up to register. I greet him as I'm ringing his stuff up as I'm keeping an eye on the growing line behind him. I finish with a smile and start to help the next customer. I didnt miss the stink eye look he gives me as he makes his way to the managers desk. I can hear him raising a fit about how I didnt tell him to have a good day. The other cashiers just sort of rolled their eyes at him. My manager, however, chewed me out big time. He was a crappy manager in general but he seemed to have it out for me since my dad is friends with the big guy at this particular store, being a contractor and all. It gave so much satisfaction to see his face when a couple of weeks later I quit. He was replaced a few months later and the cashiers told me how much better the new manager is compared to him.

[@ghost-facedhindu4275]

Customer: (points to Jello no-bake cheesecake) I like cheesecake, but I don't know about Jello though. Me: Good news is, it doesn't have that consistency. C: But it says, "Jello." M: Yeah, that's the brand, it doesn't wiggle, man I promise. C: (Takes a moment to work out the logic.) Why do they let you work here if you can't read!? (Storms off)

[@timehunter9467]

Some of these would literally leave me speechless, the “octopus” one caught me off guard and I literally froze with confusion.

[@creepersbeware]

me: says hi to my cat cat: starts to scratch my leg me: OCTOPUS!

[@unknown20005]

have jus been binge watching your videos for the past 3 days

[@prettylittledistance2007]

My mom asked to speak to the manager yesterday. . .

[@dovahbear8238]

divorce your mom

[@prettylittledistance2007]

Well fun little update it was bc our food looked not so good and I was like ahsjejensn just leave it but I got food poisoning from those fucking chicken strips so

[@dovahbear8238]

@@prettylittledistance2007 sorry about the food poisoning dude, are you okay?

[@prettylittledistance2007]

Lmao yeah I’m all good also nice pfp

[@newbooksmell4163]

Okay I love my job in retail, I work in "low socioeconomic" area, with respect to Australia anyway. But for some reason that generally means that the customers who show up there are just the nicest people, (personally I think) it's because a majority have been in the same place at one point or another. On the flip side however there are also people who feel like taking they're anger out on the closest person to them. One reoccurring customer is famous for having stink eye at all times. Beginner server me was rushing and oblivious to his boiling rage letting his coke bottle 'tip over' as in, it was upright to lying flat in the bag. in my 'defense', I was keeping this flimsy plastic bag open with one hand and putting other items in with the other cause we had no bag holders, so I didn't really have any control of where the bottle went. I, being extremely apologetic in all situations (cause i generally anxious and needed reassurance), said "oops, sorry about that". Tutted and threw his hands up, like I had just tipped his favorite drink all over the counter. He complained along the lines of "I hate flat coke" so I asked if he'd like to get another one and so he said yes, he'd like me to go get one. I kind of did a double take cause I had like 3 trolleys behind him (hence the rushing) and the cokes were literally 10 feet from where he was standing, but I figured it would be faster (a apart of me knew if I said "no, YOU get it", would not have been pretty). So I did that and he just started ranting about me letting the coke fall over and how it didn't realize I had such a difficult job. Saying how I should try his life of being a single dad with three kids ( or something to that effect). I didn't say anything and just kept scanning, terrified of making another mistake. He yanked his change from me and just kept shaking his head. I could practically see the words "dumb bitch" in his head. Have worked at my job for 3 years, still see him around/serve him and am yet to see him show one single sign of joy not caused by the discomfort or 'stupidity' of others.

[@BrendonTerra]

“I wanna know where these people work to get these horror stories” Florida dude. Florida. It’s a shit show here.

[@gr2093]

Enter Germany in the 21 century, where people don't speak correct english or german and only think about themselves. Honestly, I've seen WAY too many Karen's over here.

[@SuperMonaLisaBros]

@@gr2093 Karen is a German name.

[@dx.feelgood5825]

Even funnier, Damien IS Floridian, lmfao

[@panzerkrieg3509]

Dont tell me this i live in flordia and just got my first job lmao

[@claustrophobicastronaut9318]

(Note: please fargive my grammer English isn't my first language) My family owns a small retail shop. Mostly my parents take care of it but occassionally I help them out the chores. Since it was my Summer I decided to take the morning shift and give my mother some time to take rest. It was a small neighbourhood so I mostly new everyone. the first hour and a half went by and enter "the entitled hell spawn's"they were twins(fraternal).these guys were always a handful and piss me of a lot but I usually ignored them since they were kids. One day they took it the next level both of them got about 5 rupees each and brought a 50 rupees item to the counter. Again since they were kids I tell them to buy something else with the money they got. They refused and started making a fuss. So I told them to go home and bring enough money for the item. They went back and about 5 minutes later come back with their grandpa I thought that he came to buy them what they want. On hell was I wrong. He straight up came to the counter and started to call me names for abusing his "angelic grand children". I explained what had happened. Then the older one of the kids said that I took their money and how I beat em up(At this point all the people near by were staring at us). Their grandpa was at it again I didn't know what to do and I was hoping that my mom would come and sort this out. After a few minutes of back and forth my mom came and sorted this out. From that day we banned them from entering our store. This was my first entitled parents experience...this year . I'm posting this here because I don't have reddit. 👇👍😅

[@kheuzi6558]

Me-hi welcome to subway, what can I get started for you G- 5 dollar footlong Me- oh uhmn well out footlong aren't actually 5 dollars sir G- 5 dollar footlong wheat Me- *makes sandwhich* G- double meat Me- internally knowing that's extra money *oh no* Me- *finishes sandwich* The total is 6.77 sir G- it's a 5 dollar footlong Me- they aren't actually 5 dollars. G- 5 dollar footlong Me- *gives up trying to explain* G- Oh is it sales tax Me- sure

[@The_Sock_]

Retail worker here. I once had a customer try to get a refund on a $1 scratch off lottery ticket that was a loser. When I informed her she can't get a refund, she screamed at me, accused me of being racist (both she and I are white.. fucking what?) and then stormed out of the store only to return a min later with a baseball bat. She bashed the counter and the register, and I had to restrain her while my boss called 911. I managed to get the bat away from her and hold her arms and she instantly started screaming "RAPE!!" (I'm a woman. Again I ask.. fucking what?) Officer comes in and she starts crying "This worker attacked me over a simple refund and raped me right here in the store! Arrest her!!" Officer calls her by name and just slaps cuffs on her. Apparently she was wanted for assaulting an employee at a different store that same fucking day. (imagine my shock)

[@rRedditvsKaren]

Karen is always entitled to speak to the manager, it's her right!

[@cm4inaz237]

The second one sounds like every best buy/geek squad staff ever and I hate that I can relate to it so much 🤣

[@chiangkaishrek5123]

*“Hey you gonna answer my question? It’s a yes or octopus question, it isn’t krill science you squiding whale.”*

[@MrPepinoazul]

I will tell you a secret, when you request to speak to a manager, we just transfer you to another agent.

[@erichaney8254]

I'mma prank call the dude in story 1

[@awalkingcontradiction3017]

I used to work on a military base retail store (fashion store) and we have to check ids. Well this guy pulls out his id in his wallet but it’s an old wallet and I can’t see the id and ask him to pull it out. He laughs and does so, no problem right? His wife on the other hand scoffs towards the end of our transaction and says “just cause my husband is black doesn’t mean his id is fake” This was at 9:30 at night and at this point I had worked an 8 hour shift and was closing. I didn’t say anything and let the go on there way. Wasn’t worth getting into a fight. The lady I was working with just gave me an empathetic smile and say we get a lot of people like that.

[@wardedthorn6523]

Honey, do you not realize that words do not have inherent meanings beyond the ones we give them? If you teach your kid that octopus means what no means, then octopus becomes the equivalent of no.

[@anxiety1133]

Damian's laugh has a healing effect

[@boahneelassmal]

Donation Karen: give her the 20, take the five after completing the "transction" and pop it into charity of your choice... Water-Karen: poor Daughter...

[@normalhuman9878]

God bless you retail workers I have crippling anxiety and I don’t think I could ever do what you do

[@davidmistoffelees8459]

Dude, grocery store are ground zero for nutters. Basic rule: everyone has to eat.

[@HelloXrancidkitteh]

that octopus kid is going to be SO confused as he grows up and really start to talk to other kids or if he ever goes to an aquarium... that mom is forgetting the fact that 'no' is a pretty important word. plus even if she substitutes 'no' with other words that are meant to be a 'no', with her "logic" she's making octopus a "negative" word. lol

[@axeohlotel478]

Why do people compare him to slazo? They sound nothing alike.

[@wssphmeskllt]

Every time I hear your intro, I just "IIIIIII'M MR KING DICE!!"

[@Lewis-lw1hl]

Every comment: *wait you're not slazo*

[@kk-kk352]

Whos slazo

[@DuckSongFan]

I’ve been working retail for awhile and the most notable thing I’ve seen is that someone stole a MTN Dew from where I work, put a straw in it and walked around the store drinking it

[@DanPantzig]

I've worked retail on and off for over 20 years. Here are some things I hate(d): Extreme coupon people. a good decade before it was a show, I had at least one of these crazies in my line every week. Cool that you found a way to game the system, really, it's rad, but stop holding up lines. Hagglers. Many people from Asian countries, to my experience, in the 90s, I swear I'm not racist, would try to haggle at a supermarket. I'd give them everything for free if I could, but I wanted to keep my job. Obviously underage kids. No matter how much you whine, I'm not selling you booze or smokes. I wish I could, but again I wanted to make money. Entitled People. I'm sorry you're 30 bucks short on your EBT, we can't and won't knock that off the price. Also in my experience, and this I fucking hate, but if someone demands to speak to a manager about something super petty the manager will often just be like "Ugh, god, just let 'em have it".

[@foolsenigma]

I work at a big box grocery store. I started as a cashier, then moved to specialist (walking around giving people info and helping them download the store app), and then finally had to move to maintenance after a year because i couldnt take the customers anymore. Before moving to maintenance, i was reported to the manager multiple times for "harassment" (asking them if they want to try the app), "stalking" (walking the same direction as someone or coming up to them from behind) or "being racist" (the same thing but the person thought i was doing it for racist reasons like assuming they were stealing, maybe because i wear a cowboy hat??), and i got yelled or snapped at once a month because people wont just say they dont want to talk to you, theyll hint at it until they get mad enough to scream. There was also multiple instances where guys would pretend to be interested in the app so they could hit on me or ask me out while i tried to help them, and their ages would range from early 20s to late 50s (im 24 but regularly get mistaken for a teenager). Super creepy. Now that im a janitor? The only time customers talk to me is to ask where something is or to thank me for cleaning the bathroom. And the job pays just as much as the old one, with 100% less constant supervision. Definitely worth ocassionally having to clean shit off the floor.

[@thesatelliteslickers907]

“I want to speak to a manager,” the middle-aged woman said in her stern I-used-to-be-a-soccer-mom-ten-years-ago voice, looking down at me over the top of her Gucci reading glasses. A wicked grin split across my face and the gates of Hell opened up behind me, releasing a gust of hot wind that whipped my apron around my body and forced the woman to shield her face. Demons came forth, dancing around in flames with songs of, “She wants to speak to a manager. Did you hear that? She wants to speak to a manager!” before erupting into earsplitting shrieks of laughter, none louder than my own cackling. I took in the woman’s look of utter horror before my eyes rolled back into my head and I growled, “I am the manager.”

[@reveille5425]

Bro I appreciate you putting content out that's not just the normal shitty recycled Reddit posts

[@MYZS]

Is it still okay to consider these readings fine af if I live north of the equator?

[@connorv.9337]

as one who also lives above the equator, yes

[@floop7624]

octopus

[@kero2962]

@@floop7624 name checks out

[@reubonium]

My mom gave me the "Karen" haircut. Can I speak to the manager? Oh God save me.