“‘The customer is always right’ is just a corporate way of saying, ‘just give them what they want.'”
Jannelle, who goes by Nelly, has been a manager at a Temple, Texas restaurant named Sol De Jalisco for a little over a year.
“A woman called to complain about her plastic lid melting into her hot soup. She refused and ignored all offers for refunds and replacements. I asked her to please not yell or curse at me and I could help her with anything she needed, which made her angrier. She said, ‘You haven’t seen attitude yet and I will talk to you any way I fucking want.’ I told her, ‘No ma’am, you will not’ and I hung up,” Nelly explained.
Other service industry workers quickly filled the comments to share similar experiences they’ve had with angry customers.
Employees of fast-food chains deal with irate customers both inside the restaurant and in the drive-thru.
And when these instances do happen, often times the employee gets in trouble — not the customer who was in the wrong.
The lack of care and concern employers have for their employees is actually driving people to quit the service industry altogether.
Nelly hopes the people who see this video realize just how difficult it can be to work in the service industry. “‘The customer is always right’ is just a corporate way of saying, ‘just give them what they want.’ It’s shocking sometimes. These are not children who need to be coddled and babied. These are grown adults. The customer does not need to be right to get what they want. They just need to ask! Preferably politely instead of throwing a tantrum.”
