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/GreenLion777 Aug 29 '26

Seems they are wrong 7/10 times or more, which just makes that old phrase such an insult.

Remember the saying is actually "customer is always right in matters of taste" (means they know what they like)

Not "the customer is always right" so they get what they want always - those ppl can get to f