We don't pay customer service workers enough.
The proof is in the idiocy they have to deal with on a daily basis. Like this Karen who said that the uniforms at Burger King were "too distracting" to her husband.
The proof is also in the ridiculous returns people try to pull off. Just try not to laugh (or facepalm) at these 10+ examples below.
You know those portable toilets people bring camping? Well, one guy tried to return it WITH poop still inside, according to this Redditor.
The smell was obviously horrid and the person kept trying to put it on the counter...
"The other day, someone returned a birthday cake because it was stale. Was still in date and unopened. Somehow they knew it was stale without touching or tasting it." - u/ljkempson. Maybe their birthday wish made them psychic?
"When returning tillers (or any yard equipment) and it is scratched all to hell with dirt all over it and saying 'It is not doing what I need it to' ...or you are done with what you needed it for..." - u/Cbuck24
Newsflash: flowers die! Yet, this Redditor had a customer try to return them because they died a week after purchasing. We have to wonder if their wife put them up to it for new ones.
"We had a regular come in and whenever there was a woman in customer service, he'd try to return an opened box of condoms with the excuse 'they were too small and he needed to exchange them for the Magnums' instead. We let him do it once but then once it became an obvious habit and pick-up line, no more." -u/laterdude
"It was a necklace featuring a word in a script font hanging on a chain. The customer's complaint was that in the photos you could see the word when the model was wearing it, but when she tried hers on she could only see the word when looking in the mirror. Yeah, she was wearing it backwards." - u/anoukeblackheart
This Redditor experienced a customer try to return a bunch of expensive items with pesticides on them.
When they checked the security cameras, they saw that the woman had poured pesticide on the items herself.
Once one granddad figured out how to use the internet, the first thing he did was try to return a toilet brush he had had for five years.
He sent pictures to the company and everything. shivers.
"A guy tried to return about 100$ worth of meat that had been for a party that got cancelled. We saw him on camera put the meat in his cart, then walk up to the customer service desk to 'return' it." - u/Princess4getme
"A woman tried to return a three year old working grass cutter because her fingers had become too weak to pry open the case where the nylon cutter goes. We had tried for 20 minutes to make the case easier to open, but she wasn't satisfied." - u/Voxlashi
How did the chicken cross the road? Well, it hitched a ride with this customer who later tried to return it.
They said that it went bad six days after they bought it... "Who would've thought raw chicken would expire within a week?"
"I worked a pet store and this couple came in to try and 'return' their puppy they had bought a few days prior because they were under the impression that they came pre-house broken. At 8 weeks old." - u/CalculonsPride
"Their dress was stained. Seems reasonable. Except THEY stained it. They went to a bbq and got sauce on their new white dress. The sauce wouldn't wash out and stained the dress. I said no." - u/monstermayhem
This Redditor had a person return thongs because "they weren't comfortable." Well, duh! They're thongs!
Since they threw such a fit over company policy not allowing underwear returns, they accepted it.
"I worked at a Target when I was in high school. A woman came in and wanted to return a used breast pump because it 'hurt too much.' She returned it with no receipt...in a Ziploc baggie...not washed. And my manager allowed it to happen." -u/hogiehut
"I was working at a Spencer Gifts when this horse of a woman clopped up to the counter and put a 'personal massager' on the counter and stated it stopped working after a few minutes. I asked her if she'd like an exchange and she said 'No, it'll probably break like all the others.' ... ALL THE OTHERS?" - u/jchabotte
This Redditor had a guy come in to return four mini straighteners because he thought they were "some fancy small travel-irons for shirts and collars."
He had bought them for his brothers and brother-in-law... all of whom were bald.
"I worked at Gamestop for several years. Man came in with a brand new Guitar Hero II, opened, that he had bought the previous day. He demanded a refund because it was trying to possess his children." - u/Luthalis
