Most ridiculous complaint.

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I got a supermarket delivery and it arrived about 10 mins before the time slot. I was happy with this but joked with the driver about it being early.

He said some people do make genuine complaint if he is early.

At one house he knocked on the door, the door was opened and he was told to come back at the allotted time. It was 2 mins.

Mine turned up 40 mins early the other day and must of heard me huffing and puffing because he asked if ‘it was ok to carry’ on I commented on him being early as I’d just about finished bedtime routine and about to start other things before being interrupted by food delivery. Not even had a chance to look my phone to see the tracking status. So yes it can be annoying but I wouldn’t moan about 2-10 mins.

Mine turned up 40 mins early the other day and must of heard me huffing and puffing because he asked if ‘it was ok to carry’ on I commented on him being early as I’d just about finished bedtime routine and about to start other things before being interrupted by food delivery. Not even had a chance to look my phone to see the tracking status. So yes it can be annoying but I wouldn’t moan about 2-10 mins.

I had a doctor refusing to travel economy for a 1 hour flight. Everything was paid for, by the client. She insisted on first class nothing else. It was physically impossible due to compliance/policy to allow this (these compliance limits are made by the countries laws). Anyhow, the doctor made a formal complaint against it to the countries embassy. It was honestly the most ridiculous thing to ever happen. Imagine being that entitled to actually complain to an embassy about their countries law!

I absolutely hate it when a customer goes oh hello mushy how are you? So you have to go im fine thaks, you? And from there .. they unleash their complaint about not being ok.

I hate it when you go in a shop and no disrespect a much younger person jumps into an over excited conversation with you trying to find out about your day. I had one the other day and told them my Mum had just died I have been very measured with that since and get asked how Christmas was I would say fine thanks but that time it just came spilling out poor lass didn't know what to do with herself.

And over use of my name 🤢

In my local m&s food hall there is a checkout operator who always asks everyone "How are you today, living your best life?". I go in regularly so I'm used to her doing it and just reply "yes, thanks" and we leave it at that. She does it to everyone, says exactly the same thing, it's a bit fake and annoying but I just go along with it thinking she's probably been told she has to engage with the customers and this is her way of doing it. However, one day I was behind an elderly couple in the queue whilst they were being served by her and when she said her usual spiel to them about living their best life, they took extreme offence at it. They kept asking her to repeat what she'd said and to explain what exactly did she mean by it (they were obviously unfamiliar with the phrase). They got very upset and wouldn't move away from the checkout even after she'd finished serving them. They turned to other people in the queue, which was now growing longer and longer and asked could anyone understand what she was saying to them. The poor checkout operator had to try and explain to them that she was simply asking how they were. They told her that how they lived their life was none of her business and she shouldn't be commenting on what they'd bought!

The checkout operator could have left it as 'Good morning, Good Afternoon or How are you today'. I too think adding 'Living your best life?' is actually quite bizarre. 😕

You could all stop being gobshites and just say “Fine thanks”?

SumnerFate Who the hell are you calling a "Gobshite"? If you read my post you'd see I said I always reply "yes thanks"!!

Some of us are autistic and literally feel put on the spot and rude if we don't ask how they are back. It's really, and I mean really uncomfortable for us. Maybe you could try thinking about ND people, for a change, instead of being so wrapped up in yourself and your NT privilege.

But how are other people supposed to know if you’re ND or not?

That said, a parent at my child’s school made a card for herself, about A5 size, saying something like “I have autism, please do not addresss me directly.” And she wore it around her neck for pickup and drop off.

Unsurprisingly most people gave her a massive swerve, and then she was baffled at how (and I’m quoting here) “unsupportive” other parents were.

That's the whole point. Better not to ask people how they are. It's really unnecessary and annoys people, ND and non-ND alike.

No, it only annoys SOME NT people and SOME ND people and if it was so universally accepted as being annoying then it wouldn’t also be so widely used as a conversation opener, would it????

When I was a student I worked at McDonalds. Someone brought a Big Mac back because it had too much lettuce on it.

Worked in Tesco for a while. A woman and her daughter approached me when I was packing out dairy, asking if we had any three-litre cartons of milk. I said sorry, there were none about, but that we had plenty of two- and one-litre cartons. Oh no, they came here every Saturday and always bought the three-litre, and could I go and check the stockroom, as it was 11p cheaper.

On the other hand, if men ever asked for anything, they were always very nice and reasonable and asked me not to go to any trouble. Always women with the imperious attitudes and ridiculous requests.

on our honeymoon we witnessed an American tourist being very rude to the waiter one morning at breakfast, insisting he didn’t want to sit at the table he was shown to but wanted to sit “through in that room there, it’s much nicer!”. He was gesturing at a big floor to ceiling mirror.

I work in a heavily regulated industry. Recently someone from another department called up asking if we had done X and could we provide him with the details and outcome. One of my team politely said no, that’s not the role of our department. The guy raised a “non-conformance” that my team hadn’t done X. The best part was it’s actually his job to do it!

I work for a supplier to supermarkets and regularly go to supermarkets to check the product. I used to wear a hi vis with the company name on (clearly not a supermarket and a well known brand) but stopped due to people asking me where stuff was. I didn’t mind that at all, easily done but most of them were so rude when I said I didn’t work there so unfortunately i didn’t know. Additionally, just walking around etc, when people think you work there they seem to become entitled and that they have priority in areas and I just need to wait for them like a second class citizen. I still get it without the hi viz and now make a joke about how it looks like I work there but i still get a bad taste.

one time i was with a colleague who has a large build and is slow. We were just turning off into the back of the store (staff only) but he was slower than she wanted to be and huffed behind us and then when we turned said “oh come on, yoi know I wanted to get past”. He isn’t that slow and it’s extremely entitled that she couldn’t wait 5 seconds and felt we must stop walking to get out of her way. We ignored her but if I’d been alone I would have bowed and said “please forgive me m’lady”.

however, my local Tesco early in the morning is the opposite with dodging aggressive staff being some sort of assault course.

Exactly. I just say, 'Thanks, and you?' without even answering the question, because I realise it's just a friendly form of greeting.

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oh yeah, difficult to find!

I am not supporting a complaint. But they can be a bit pushy about coming early sometimes, because they are aware they in fact cant come early - they officially have to wait, or come back, if you arent there or don't accept them early. I dont generally mind, and I get it is awkward for them, but I can see how some might be a little put out if they have done it a couple of times and pushed for it to be accepted.

I know it's not exactly the point of the thread but it's reminded me of working in retail and wearing a name badge - there was a minority of customers that loved the fact they knew my name and I didn't know theirs, so made a point of using it. There was 1 semi-regular guy in particular who used to strike up conversion and use my name at every opportunity, each time saying it a bit more exaggeratedly!

Hello Bill
How are you today Biiillllll
Do you know where the Greeting Cards are BBBIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL?!

I used to find it hilarious but a lot of the staff hated it!

I had a temp job as a receptionist for a civil engineering company for a while. A woman once rang up to complain that one of our vans was parked up and the guys were eating sandwiches in it. I wasn’t quite sure what her issue was, so I replied that our workers were allowed to take a lunch break; that was perfectly ok.

“It’s in Daventry!” was her reply. “On the High Street”

She was so appalled. I’ve never been to Daventry, so I was clearly unable to comprehend why eating sandwiches in a van on the High Street there was so shocking. If there are any Daventrians reading this who can shed light, please do. I’ve wondered about it for years.

Lol! Tell me you worked in Edinburgh without telling me you worked in Edinburgh.

I had a Saturday job in one of the cafes in Jenners back in the day and the number of gripes you’d get about the Castle being “all the way up there”. We were often asked why there wasn’t an elevator!

Same! I wouldnt complain but I do find it awkward. They don't want you to be honest and something like 'terrible y grandma just died' because that would make them feel bad for asking so I end up lying and just saying 'fine thanks.' totally pointless interaction.