# What is considered 'A Bad Customer' (and have you ever been one)? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 7, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971 "2017-11-07T15:11:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/21 "2017-11-08T11:56:39Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > A girl named “Carry”? Are you sure it wasn’t Carrie or Kari? Does she have a brother named Cash? She really is missing her calling. She should team up [with someone named Cash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_and_carry) and be buddy cops. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/22 "2017-11-08T12:48:38Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > 1. " I said, ‘He looks high - like he’s on drugs’ That’s when it got personal." – No, it actually got personal when you said he looked like he was on drugs. Yeah, the poor guy probably just wanted a Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/23 "2017-11-08T13:15:27Z")
Stopped halfway through the wall o’ text but got the gist. Not surprised that the OP hasn’t returned. Bottom line? Maybe she’s a troll, maybe not. But it’s clear that there are several red flags there. And no, this board isn’t a substitute for therapy. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/24 "2017-11-08T13:58:24Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Yeah, the poor guy probably just wanted a Pepsi. :p:p Now I understand the oft used phrase “you owe me a new keyboard”. This little nugget made my day. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/25 "2017-11-08T14:22:39Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I tried to read the entire post, but I got lost in it a few times, so I’m not sure I got every point. Based on what I could get from it > > 1. When a bunch of people in line are getting frustrated by slow service, your best reaction may just be to grunt noncommittally rather than make a joke. > > 2. " I said, ‘He looks high - like he’s on drugs’ That’s when it got personal." – No, it actually got personal when you said he looked like he was on drugs. > > 3. You say “seven or eight people” yelling that you were being abusive, that the six or seven people behind the counter were “laughing and doing high fives,” the store manager was a “Lying Bitch,” you take a swipe at all management by referring to the optometrist as “the most educated person there,” you automatically dismiss the second manager (Carry) as not being a real manager. By my count, that’s at least 15 people you claim went out of their way to push you around. > > Now, I wasn’t there, but I’m guessing that your perception of what went down wouldn’t match up with what a neutral observer would have seen. Maybe we’ll see the other side of the story at [notalwaysright.com](http://notalwaysright.com). ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/26 "2017-11-08T14:23:41Z")
Tried to read but the lack of paragraphs and the lack of brevity and succinctness killed my interest. If you are indeed a writer I’d like to know who buys your work. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/27 "2017-11-08T14:52:18Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Tried to read but the lack of paragraphs and the lack of brevity and succinctness killed my interest. If you are indeed a writer I’d like to know who buys your work. There’s thuh rub, ain’a? No license, no exam, no minimum skill level ta call y’sef a writer, izzere? ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/28 "2017-11-08T15:14:23Z")
Geez, it looks like this place is crawling with stupid people with no expertise and ignorant opinions, just like Yahoo. Just like those stupid, uneducated Walmart customers who called you abusive, the stupid cashier who was on drugs, the other stupid cashiers, that lying bitch of a manager, the other stupid managers, the stupid optometrist, and all the other people going out of their way to victimize you and make you a scapegoat. And all because you were making fun of a guy who was obviously a r\*\*\*\*d. It really looks like the whole world is crazy, except you! ---
**Author:** ![ASGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/29 "2017-11-08T16:02:24Z")
> [@LisaMaryM](#): > > I’m a writer, so I… What do you think? I think you need to go back to writing school…or did you ever go? The OP was waaay over my tolerance limit. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/30 "2017-11-08T23:41:11Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > 1. " I said, ‘He looks high - like he’s on drugs’ That’s when it got personal." – No, it actually got personal when you said he looked like he was on drugs. > > . Just to clarify your point, isn’t that what she she said? Or are you saying that the OP made it personal, not the slow guy or the angry woman? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/31 "2017-11-08T23:42:02Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Yeah, the poor guy probably just wanted a Pepsi. Ha! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/32 "2017-11-09T00:19:17Z")
I can recall one time I lost my patience at a restaurant. I was working the graveyard shift covering call. I was the only person on duty. There was a Denny’s five minutes away. I called in my breakfast order for carry out. I normally could get back to the Operations Center in 12 mins. I get there and the stupid idiots didn’t have it ready. 4 AM and not a customer in the building. They hadn’t even started cooking it yet. I was shaking with rage. I finally told them to shove it up their ass and left. These fools could have gotten me written up for being gone from operations too long. I never ate at the Denny’s again. I started waiting until 5:30 AM and getting breakfast at McDonald’s. They never failed me. Pickup Breakfast in two mins and leave. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/33 "2017-11-09T00:26:27Z")
Maybe you just needed a pepsi?! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/34 "2017-11-09T00:30:25Z")
Btw, I’m in my fifties and that’s the only time I lost my shit in a business. I’ve been frustrated other times and even bit my lip to avoid an outburst. Those joker’s at Denny’s attitude was terrible. They seemed to think it was no big deal to have a carry out ready. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/35 "2017-11-09T00:30:47Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I can recall one time I lost my patience at a restaurant. > > I was working the graveyard shift covering call. I was the only person on duty. There was a Denny’s five minutes away. I called in my breakfast order for carry out. I normally could get back to the Operations Center in 12 mins. > > I get there and the stupid idiots didn’t have it ready. 4 AM and not a customer in the building. They hadn’t even started cooking it yet. > > \*\*I was shaking with rage. I finally told them to shove it up their ass and left. > > These fools could have gotten me written up for being gone from operations too long.\*\* > > I never ate at the Denny’s again. I started waiting until 5:30 AM and getting breakfast at McDonald’s. They never failed me. Pickup Breakfast in two mins and leave. So the first mistake you flip out? Any reason you couldn’t bring something from home so as not to risk being gone too long? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/36 "2017-11-09T00:33:25Z")
A hot breakfast & fresh coffee makes a miserable graveyard shift bearable. I knew better than to ever trust Denny’s. The biggest screw ups in the restaurant business. This happened early in my career in the late 1980’s. I eventually took a pay cut and transferred out of Computing Services. Shifted to supporting HR’s staff and setup their Server. No call. Ever! Getting out from under that stress probably saved my live. I was a heart attack waiting to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/37 "2017-11-09T00:38:37Z")
> [@](#): > > So the first mistake you flip out? That’s what I was thinking. I’d be upset, but not flip out. And there’d have to be a repeat performance (if the place previously had good service) before I’d not revisit. And even then, it’d only be that location I’d blacklist. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/38 "2017-11-09T00:48:25Z")
I have gone to other Denny’s locations. The thread asked for a time we were rude and a bad customer. Everybody has to be an a-hole once in their life. 😉 I bend over backwards to be polite and patient. I realize the service industry is a tough job. That one night the stress of my job, sleep deprivation, and frustration sent me over the edge ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/39 "2017-11-09T00:56:01Z")
ive been the pain in the ass that shows up 15 minutes before closing with a 50 taco order but the management didn’t mind as me and several stoned friends spent a quite a bit it also helped they had a 24 hr drive through so they just closed the dining room doors and I cant say for sure but I think a few joints were passed over the counter too , ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971/40 "2017-11-09T02:40:51Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Just to clarify your point, isn’t that what she she said? > Or are you saying that the OP made it personal, not the slow guy or the angry woman? The OP made it personal by shifting from a flip comment about the “bionic man” to “he looks high - like he’s on drugs.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-a-bad-customer-and-have-you-ever-been-one/800971.md?page=3)