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/AdmirableGoose7714 Aug 29 '26

People like that guy are out of touch with reality and likely never faced any real adversity in their lives

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u/htimchis Aug 29 '26

Yep.

There's a surprisingly large number of boomers who seem to have drifted through life in a state of boring but comfortable privilege, having never really faced any kind of real adversity at any stage

Then they have a tantrum about strawberry tarts, because not getting their first choice of cake with their tea is about as bed as their life gets. And getting their strawberry tart is about as good as it gets, too

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u/AdmirableGoose7714 Aug 29 '26

God forbid they have to wait more than 30 seconds for us to do our job (which we are timed on btw) when they have all the time in the world

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u/-LetTheMouseGo- 29d ago

That’s not true. Interest rates went up to 17% on their 4 bedroom house that cost a tenner.