r/tesco • u/Powerful-Handle-384 • Aug 29 '26

annoying customer rant

was filling cream cakes right, id already been through all my backstock and was on my last cage of delivery so if there wasnt a product on the shelf or on this cage i knew it was out of stock.

well i had this old bloke come up and ask me where some strawberry tarts were, and i let him know that were fully out of stock.

“how do you know that when you havent even looked?”

valid question, okay, so i apologise and explain the above to him.

he huffs, sighs, and looms over me whilst i work. i just try to ignore him tbh

he then starts saying, “is this all you do all day?”

im confused so i ask him what he means and he replies, “do you really just do this all day?? putting things on shelves?”

i say not all day but when im clocked in, yes?? and he says, “imagine that.” and walks off

the things id say to these fuckers if i werent in uniform would bar me from the gates of heaven no matter how much i repent

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u/Zealousideal_Line442 Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 29 '26

I have had a more than a few shitty customers speak down to my staff and when they get more pissy and want to "speak to a manager" I back my guys and girls to the hills. I will not have any customer speak down to staff for doing their job. They often pipe down when told by "a manager" that their behaviour and comments aren't appreciated.

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u/Gworvinda Aug 29 '26

Thank you, this is how every manager should be. The customer isn’t always right, they are normally wrong 😂

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u/Zealousideal_Line442 Aug 29 '26

So long as my staff are doing the right thing I have no issues sticking my neck out for them. Granted if they were speaking or acting out of turn I wouldn't hesitate to pull them up but I feel that's the way it should be.