Question of the Day #54

If you've ever worked in the service industry, what's your nightmare workplace story?

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The customer is always right... until they're not. There are horrifying customers, bizarre coworkers, and the devil-incarnate that stands as your boss. Work can be hell, but you can count on some funny stories to come out of it. What's yours?

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A crappy way to start the day. Literally.

TarahG · Nurse from Asheville NC

“If we can count working as a nurse in a hospital as part of the service industry, then I would say my nightmare story is when I started my shift at 6:45 in the morning, and I'm coming down the hall,…”

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Hopelessly deep in a grease trap

Zach A · Graphic Designer

“Hello. So this is my workplace nightmare story. Um, I worked at this barbecue restaurant for two years and I knew everything about it, you know, ins and outs like it was the back of my hand. I knew…”

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Midnight madness with the company door.

jnm_101 · From the Bay Area🥳

“Um, I have worked in retail for a little bit. So I think one of the worst nights was when My backdoor key got jammed. So, essentially, I could not - I couldn't lock the back door, and it was around…”

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Teased by my manager for being robbed.

therealjames · Los Angeles

“Is banking considered a service industry? Yes. I was a teller and I got robbed at gunpoint, and and he left with a couple hundred dollars. Um, they found him and then they sent him to like 50 years…”

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No story - but kids are my nightmare.

aliciaradke · Jersey —-> Tampa

“Hi. Um, I have worked in the service industry. I've been a waitress at three different restaurants, and my nightmare is children. No story. Just, if you have children, I don't think they should be…”

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Serving the customer of my nightmares.

Arti P · Analyst

“I've worked in the service industry before. My workplace story was I had this really impatient, um, customer who was being rude, and I was making a sandwich and he was just asking for a lot of…”

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Ice cream shop scare made me never do drugs.

Sonya · Sales Rep

“So, I don't know if this is considered a nightmare, but I used to work at a ice cream shop from ages 15 to 20, and, um, I just remember in one instance - this startled me a lot, so this was my…”

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Target practice for Walmart hotdogs.

Crystal · Alabama

“Well, I'm at work right now - can't talk about this one. Um, I worked at Walmart before. Price matching was a nightmare. I had a pack of hotdogs thrown at me.”

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