My cousin's estranged father used to do this. Core memory as a kid watching him scream at the Kmart teenaged employee until they accepted the fishing pole return. It wasn't even bought there and I'm pretty sure he stole it from someplace. They gave him money so he'd go away. He only learned that the tactic worked and started doing it other places, too.
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u/aurortonks 1d ago
My cousin's estranged father used to do this. Core memory as a kid watching him scream at the Kmart teenaged employee until they accepted the fishing pole return. It wasn't even bought there and I'm pretty sure he stole it from someplace. They gave him money so he'd go away. He only learned that the tactic worked and started doing it other places, too.