Entitled gas station customer assumes a stranger is an attendant based on his looks, stranger gets even: '[This is] why you work in a gas station!'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Sep 10, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

This lady's patience may have been wearing thin, but that does not mean she was justified in ordering strangers around like their jobs were in service of her needs. She may not have learned her lesson that day, but she definitely left the encounter feeling rightfully called out.

There is a special kind of satisfaction that comes with properly confronting someone who radiates main character energy and not refusing to quit until they get the picture. This lady arrived at a gas station where the attendant had disappeared for less than a minute. She was clearly in some kind of a hurry, at least so it seemed, so naturally, she decided to yell at the first person she saw to come and help her. That person was not the attendant; he was just another customer who walked out of the store with bags of chips. It would be clear to a monkey that this guy was not the employee that this entitled lady was looking for, and yet, somehow she had the audacity to demand his service. 

Thankfully, this wasn't the type of guy who lets mistreatment slide. Not only did he inform the lady that he did not work at the gas station, but he also called her out on her wildly out-of-line behavior and superiority complex. The actual gas station attendant was able to witness this encounter, so at least he was able to see someone defend him rather than boss him around. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from members of this online community!

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  • "That’s why you work in a gas station. Except I don’t…"

    A gas station attendant fills up the gas of a car.
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  • Let's be honest with ourselves. This is the type of lady who probably went home and complained about the horrible service she received at the gas station. She did not seem like someone who would publicly acknowledge how wrong she was. Still, at least we know that deep down, she knows exactly what she did. 

  • This happened to my husband recently. He went inside the gas station to grab some snacks while I waited in the car. I saw this
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  • lady walk in after him and a few minutes later he walked out and got back in the car. While he got himself situated the lady walked back out and he glared at her.
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  • "Man I can't stand people like that!" He said gesturing to her. I asked him what happened.
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  • He said that while he was browsing the snacks the lady came in all loud yelling "Excuse me, excuse me!" Apparently she was looking for the attendant who had momentarily disappeared. Well then she turns to my husband and says, "Excuse me! I need some help!"
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  • He looks up confused and points to himself asking "Me?" And she says nastily, "Obviously. ! So stupid. That's why you work in a gas station!"
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  • At that point the gas attendant returned and quite obviously heard her. My husband was because not only was she wrong, he didn't work there, but
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  • she had the nerve to belittle someone's profession right where they could hear her. So he gives her a disdainful look and tells her, "First of all, I don't work here.
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  • Obviously I'm a customer," indicating his snacks, "second, you need to learn some manners and be patient." Then he walks up to the counter to purchase his snacks, giving the attendant an
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  • apologetic look. As he's leaving he sneers at the lady and then walks past her to the door. He said she had the grace to look embarrassed.
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  • I made a face when he told me the story and then we both looked up at her through the windshield. She saw us looking at her and likely knew we were talking about her so she quickly walked off looking shamed face
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  • and went to pump her gas. The audacity of some people is unbelievable. Unfortunately for her she messed with the wrong one that day. Hopefully she takes his advice and learns some manners!
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  • RedDazzlr I have the opinion that everyone should work at least a month in the following: retail cashier, retail stocker, gas station attendant, fast food drive-
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  • thru, fast food front counter, fast food kitchen, pizza delivery driver, call center team member, and some job that involves cleaning bathrooms and doing trash.
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  • Of course medical exceptions can be made for those who need it, but many people would get a reality check if they had to work those jobs.
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  • Disig I used to volunteer at a zoo as a docent (basically I got to take classes about the animals and teach others) I was in the bird exhibit showing kids feathers while a zookeeper was in an exhibit cleaning nearby.
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  • Some kids dad looked at her and just loudly exclaimed "see kids, this is why you go to college. Otherwise you end up cleaning bird. II
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  • To which I immediately said "Actually the zookeepers all have degrees. We don't just let anyone walk through and clean cages."
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  • The kids got excited to learn more and the zookeeper told them about what she had to do to become a zookeeper.
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  • The dad just huffed and stayed silent, clearly embarrassed. people who belittle others.
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