“It Was A Good Day To Be Retail”: Cashier Beats Rude Karen At Her Own Game Through Malicious Compliance (2024)

“It Was A Good Day To Be Retail”: Cashier Beats Rude Karen At Her Own Game Through Malicious Compliance (1)

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“It Was A Good Day To Be Retail”: Cashier Beats Rude Karen At Her Own Game Through Malicious Compliance (2)

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“It Was A Good Day To Be Retail”: Cashier Beats Rude Karen At Her Own Game Through Malicious Compliance (4)

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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I feel if a customer calls, anybody stupid, or dumb or anything like that they should be politely asked to leave the store, and the transaction should be immediately stopped

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10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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Exactly. Once the insults started, the transaction should have been stopped at once.At the VERY least, she should have been removed from the line and taken to a different register by the assistant or the store manager.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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I feel bad for the people forced to wait. And on a different note, the Publix story in the comments... that's horrible. People deliberately scamming the shop(s) is bad enough, but if they're scooping up all the sale meat for their little scam it means other people who actually want to buy it to eat are missing out.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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Plus the animals probably died in a horrible way only to be thrown away in the end. They gave their lives, show some respect to them

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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Tf was up with the "was she blonde" comment 🧐 ...

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10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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The "she was likely breeding," comment was worse. Of all the ways to say you worry if she has children.. like wtf. Edit: typo.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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I feel if a customer calls, anybody stupid, or dumb or anything like that they should be politely asked to leave the store, and the transaction should be immediately stopped

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10 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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Exactly. Once the insults started, the transaction should have been stopped at once.At the VERY least, she should have been removed from the line and taken to a different register by the assistant or the store manager.

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
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I feel bad for the people forced to wait. And on a different note, the Publix story in the comments... that's horrible. People deliberately scamming the shop(s) is bad enough, but if they're scooping up all the sale meat for their little scam it means other people who actually want to buy it to eat are missing out.

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Plus the animals probably died in a horrible way only to be thrown away in the end. They gave their lives, show some respect to them

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Tf was up with the "was she blonde" comment 🧐 ...

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The "she was likely breeding," comment was worse. Of all the ways to say you worry if she has children.. like wtf. Edit: typo.

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