'Can't help you, I was told to zip it and leave you alone': Man refuses to wait his turn while waiting to purchase beverage

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Sienna Varady
Dec 14, 2023 6:00 PM EST

Some people flourish under pressure. Don't ask me, something about a tense environment, or rather, a chaotic setting, drives them to excellence. Us mortals, on the other hand, crave a peaceful work environment with warm and amicable coworkers. While we all recognize the burdens of working in customer service, I think we ought to address the burdens of the customers themselves. 

The story below is an account of an innocent customer who is overtaken by an entitled individual who believes himself to be superior to the rest. I won't ruin the story for you guys, but let's just say that instead of succumbing to pressure, OP decides to take matters into his own hands. In other words, OP decides that he would rather lose the battle and win the war. So, on that note, check out the thread below, and don't forget to check out an account of an overworked employee who quits after dealing with upper management's double standards here!

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    "Sorry, you told me to leave you alone..." 91
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    Sorry, you told me to leave you alone
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    When I was around 15 or 16, a friend and I went to the local mall on the weekend to hang out and hit the arcade. After a bit we decided to get a drink at the food court. While we were standing in line an older man, late 30's or early 40's, looking like he just got out of the gym decided to cut in the line in front of us. The line was fairly long at this point, around 10
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    deep(they had the best lemonade in the mall). I tapped him on the shoulder and said, "Sir, we're in line here." He shot us a look and turned back around, pretty much ignoring the fact that we were there. When he got nearer to the register he
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    reached into his pocket to take out his wallet. As he did so a I of cash fell onto as he the floor unnoticed by him. As was, I was raised to be courteous and respectful. I picked up the cash and said, "Excuse me, sir." At which point he replied, without even turning to look at me, "Shot up and leave me the alone." I turned back to look at the older gentleman behind us who just smiled and
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    shrugged. So I placed the cash in my pocket. When it was time for him to pay, he opened his wallet to discover that there was no cash in it. He quickly turned and scanned the floor. When he didn't find the money he asked us if we'd seen him drop it. My friend said, "Can't help you. We were told to shut up and leave you the alone." He was a bit spicy, he
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    ranted, but in the end he walked away without his money. Turned out there was 147 bucks in there, a nice haul for a broke kid in the early nineties. Another time when I was just a little older I had gone to wally world. I purchased something fairly inexpensive and paid the cashier. She handed me back around 87
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    bucks in change. I said "Ma'am, I think you gave me the wrong change." She looked at it and told me that she had it right. I responded, "But ma'am..." She cut me off, spitting mad, and went into a rant about how she was very good at math. I let her finish and simply said "Ok, sorry to
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    bother you ma'am" . I then took my leave. I wonder how she felt about her math skills when she counted her drawer after her shift. What I was trying to tell her was that I had paid with a twenty, not a Benjamin.
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    formerPhillyguy. 3 days ago an older man, late 30's or early 40's, sigh, I guess I'm going to go sit on my porch and keep kids off my lawn.
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    1/2-25] lamedic22 2 days ago Back in the day (think mid 70s), I managed a grocery store. Our supplier, good ole boys we had dealt with for over 30 yrs, sold out to a larger chain. We had always had a trusting relationship, and didn't know
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    things had changed for a few weeks. Then we missed about $250 worth of vanilla wafers from a delivery. We never checked off the items received until stocking time. This got their driver back on the road, and
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    our folks back to other things. I rang up one of the new guys and told him what happened. His response was "Once you sign the invoice, the mistake cannot be corrected. You should have checked it closer".
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    A few months later they delivered $3600 of sugar by mistake. When they missed it and called me, guess what my response was? I let him stew a couple of days and called him back. Told him he could bill me for the sugar if he gave me credit for the cookies and didn't question my word again. We had a great relationship from then on.
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    Tishcanwish 2 days ago I was in the burger 'royalty' drive through with my kids. Bought them kids meals and paid with a $20 ( this was early 2000s). The st er, and yes, you could tell he was st ned took my money and gave me change. He handed me about $18.. way too much. I said "
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    does this look like the right amount of change?" He blinked very slowly and handed me about $6 more. I refused to deal with a w sted dude and just drove on. So my kids got free food and I MADE money going through the drive through that day. I did try to fix the mistake, but since he doubled down I said .........
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    mickey72 2 days ago Something similar happened to my dad at the bank back in the 80s. They had a new policy, you need to count your money before you leave the counter then your transaction was finalized. He started to walk away when he noticed they have him $200 too much. He
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    turned back to speak to the teller but she cut him off and told him he should have checked before he walked away. He thanked her for the tip and ignored her as he walked out.
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    Waifer2016- 2 days ago Second story happened to me at a Canadian store called Zellers back in the 90s. I was buying a pair of sneakers (running shoes for the yanks lol) on sale for $14. Gave the cashier a 20 and she gave me
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    cashier a 20 and she gave me my change ...and $20. I tried to tell her it was wrong but she insisted she was right. So I shrugged, picked up my bag and walked out with free shoes and extra cash!
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    goddess54 3 days ago I had just arrived at a strange airport, travelling alone for the second time ever, and booked a bus to the place I was staying as part of a group (We all took seperate flights because of work schedules).
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    Walked outside to find the bus terminal, and spotted a $20 on the ground. Hurried after the only person walking that way, since it was on the later side, and he just brushed me off when I said 'Excuse me' trying to get his attention.
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    That bus trip then became a $2 bus trip, which was great for someone who was only going because the rest of the group helped pay for flights last minute. Otherwise I couldn't afford it, but choirs stick together.
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    Equivalent-Salary357 3 days ago Sometime in the 1990s or early 2000s, I was entering a mall perhaps 10 to 15 feet behind three teen-age girls when one of the girls dropped a couple of bills.
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    When I picked them up, I saw that they were both $100 bills. She kind of jumped back when I caught up and got her attention, but was happy to take back her money.
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    I could have kept the money, but to be honest $200 is a cheap price to pay for my self respect. (And the ability to tell the story, LOL.)
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    Robadubmarley · 2 days ago Aka you're lucky. Most of us mortals have similar experiences, but without the good ending lol
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