'With a polite smile, I did exactly as he said': Vacationing couple refuses to let employee touch their golf cart, then realize they're stuck in the Florida heat with no gas

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Apr 15, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

One cranky couple was too busy snapping at employees instead of soaking up the Florida sun. In the end, they got a little too much sun… but it was their own fault. 

Florida is known for many things: sunny beaches, golf, alligators, hot and humid temperatures, and who can forget the state's wacky "Florida man" residents. The vacationers in u/Sierra_Nick's story were spending a day in the sunny state, and they had a great way to get around: a golf cart. They were staying at a hotel, and had gotten a golf cart from the concierge. I guess they didn't think about the particulars of their transport… and they really regretted it later in the day. 

This employee shared their tale with r/MaliciousCompliance, the subreddit for stories of people who followed the rules exactly. If you're following the rules, you've done all you can do to help that person. If the vacationer doesn't want to have a working golf cart, well, that's his loss. He must've gotten very tanned out there in the sun! 

After that, read about the moviegoers who couldn't help but shout at the screen, like one person who yelled, "Mortal Kombat!" at top volume at the start of that movie. 

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  • 01
    Don't want gas? Ok then have fun sitting in the Key West sun! M So I know this is my first post so I'll try to do my best, and sorry about it being clumped up, I'm doing this on my phone on break but it was to funny not to tell!
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  • 02
    So I am currently a college student in key west, and I work for one of the larger Watersports companies down here. We do everything from party boats to jet skis to golf carts (which this story involves). Part of my job is to go to the main hotels that we provide rental golf carts to, and at-least once a week refill the gas tanks (which were pretty small, about 2-3 gallons which is important later)
    via u/Sierra_Nick
  • 03
    and clean them off. Normally this goes off without a hitch and everybody is always very nice. Normally even when it's a cart someone is currently renting they are more than happy to let my refill it for free and clean it off for then. However, for some reason today was not this persons day. I was doing my usual route and this particular hotel was the first one I stop at every time, I went about my usual refilling them and I got to the last cart, when I go to
    via u/Sierra_Nick
  • 04
    lift the seat up to refill it this couple walks up and asks what I'm doing. I casually say: "oh I work for (company) I'm here to refill your cart with gas because it looks like it's only about half full” and smile as I turn back to take off the gas cap. The gentleman then starts yelling at me:
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  • 05
    "Stop that! Stop messing with my cart I payed for this I can take care of it myself!" So I turn around and tell him that it's ok, I'm here to do it for free so they don't have to worry. But he was having none of it. He than storms off yelling something about he is going to tell my manager (I think he meant the concierge because that's who you book the carts through). So I stand there and wait for them to
    via u/Sierra_Nick
  • 06
    come back. About 5 minutes later I see them walking out all smug with the concierge behind them who just tells me to not fuel them up and let them go. So with a polite smile I did exactly as he said. I left that hotel and continued on my route and finished up all 4 hotels and was heading back to the marina where I usually worked when I get a call from my boss.
    via u/Sierra_Nick
  • 07
    ?! I thought I told you to refill all the carts to the top? Why do we now have a couple calling and yelling at us that they ran out of gas?" I honestly had to try so hard not to laugh my off, but I just calmly told him about how they didn't want me too fill it up and they could "handle it themselves" He told me to go give them some gas so they could get to a gas station, they were right off the beach which the nearest station was almost on
    via u/Sierra_Nick
  • 08
    the other side of the island. So that's exactly what I did... but I took my SWEET it. time doing When I finally pulled up to them they were sitting on the side of the road all sweaty and red . They started yelling at me that I had left them with no gas and they were going to call the owner and all the usual b.s. So I just calmly filled their tank about half full and told them:
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  • 09
    "I thought you said you could handle it?" And just stepped back into my truck and drove off laughing my off. TLDR: Couple yells at me for refilling their golf cart, so instead I let them run out of gas and bake in the sun.
    via u/Sierra_Nick
  • 10
    [deleted] Boo-yah ... that was a tankful of justice!
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  • 11
    TEXISTENCE Varnigma I'm just jealous that I'm not currently in KW myself right now.
    via u/Varnigma
  • 12
    rdgneoz3 Always cover your the concierge to sign something saying they Get • refused service on 1 cart. People always try to blame others for their own stupidity
    via u/rdgneoz3
  • 13
    Shadowdoom286 You had the key to success
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  • 14
    drapehsnormak "You left me with no gas! I'm calling the owner." "Oh, that won't be necessary. I already informed him that you refused to let me fill up your tank. The concierge has already verified my story as well. Take care!"
    via u/drapehsnormak
  • 15
    Dongo666 If it was me, I think it would have been worth it to say I was gonna show up and then not show up. If Id get fired over it, then so be it. :D
    via u/Dongo666

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