Picture this: you’re a supermarket employee, and a regular customer who’s wheelchair-bound and has limited motor skills comes in for her usual shopping. You’re assigned to help her, but communication is a challenge. She points to the same brand of mayo six times, and you assume she needs them all. Later, her daughter storms in, demanding a refund and calling you out for not understanding her mother better. So, who’s really at fault here?
The Regular Customer ♀️

Her Limitations

The Supervisor’s Attitude

Helping the Lady ️

The Mayo Dilemma

Checkout Time ⏰

Supervisor’s Verdict

The Payment Process

A Rushed Visit? ♀️

A Mayo Mishap or a Misunderstanding? ♀️
In a whirlwind of mayo and misunderstandings, a supermarket employee tries their best to help a disabled, wheelchair-bound customer with her shopping. However, when the customer ends up with 6 tubs of mayonnaise, her daughter isn’t too pleased. The supervisor sides with the angry daughter, leaving the employee feeling frustrated and misunderstood. Was the employee really at fault, or was this just a tricky situation? Let’s dive into the internet’s top responses to this mayo drama…
NTA – Daughter should have accompanied her mother during shopping.

Daughter overreacts to mayo, but caretaking can be complicated.

Family’s absence during grocery shopping leads to mayo mishap

NTA for buying in bulk, but using expired mayo is gross

Elderly woman’s desire for 6 tubs of mayo fulfilled. NTA OP!

Empathy vs Expectations: Who’s the real a**hole here?

Employee misidentified product, supervisor may be at fault. NTA.

NTA grocery store employee faces wrath for not accommodating disabled customer’s needs

Daughter’s abandonment and mayo purchase leads to unprofessional behavior.

Employee tries their best to assist wheelchair-bound customer with 6 tubs of mayo, but daughter and others still frustrated. NAH.
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A mischievous motive behind buying 6 tubs of mayo?
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Commenter defends OP’s lack of training and criticizes manager and entitled daughter.

Employee accused of rushing wheelchair-bound customer, but denies it.
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Empathetic commenter defends employee’s actions in mayo incident.

Empathetic commenter suggests family should help disabled shopper. NTA

Customer defends employee after buying 6 tubs of mayo

Wheelchairs are tools, not prisons.

A motorized wheelchair-bound lady buys 6 tubs of mayo?

Customer’s mayo request misunderstood, employee not at fault.
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Breaking Bad reference sparks hilarious comment thread

Empathize with the wheelchair-bound lady and understand her struggles

Mayo madness! A plausible explanation for the 6 tubs

Daughter’s grocery list could have saved employee from mayo wrath

Disabled customer faces backlash for buying too much mayo ♀️

Don’t judge a customer’s purchases! Maybe she’s prepping for apocalypse? NTA

Respect customer’s choice, even if it’s 6 mayo tubs

Empathy and understanding are key when communicating with disabilities.

Supervisor’s lack of support leads to customer service disaster

Assistive communication devices can help avoid misunderstandings and conflicts.

Empathy wins: Suggesting a solution for the wheelchair-bound lady

Empowering language matters: ‘Wheelchair user’ instead of ‘confined to wheelchair’.

Empathetic comment acknowledges situation and suggests solution for future incidents.

Disabled woman buys 6 tubs of mayo: Is she in the wrong?

Finding alternative communication methods for wheelchair-bound customer. NTA.

Misunderstanding leads to mayo mayhem, but no a*****s here

Empathetic commenter defends employee in mayo debacle.

Kind customer defends mayo purchase, suggests lady needs assistance

Refund given, but why the use of “forcing” in title?

Empathy for employee’s predicament with communication-impaired customer

Confused commenter gets answer to mayo purchase mystery

Did the employee jump to conclusions about the mayo hoarder?

Daughter called NTA but criticized for not taking mother shopping

Questioning the validity of the story with a hint of skepticism

Plan ahead to avoid mayo mishaps

Empathetic comment defends employee in mayo mishap.

Daughter defends employee after wheelchair-bound woman’s mayo meltdown

Last Updated on May 11, 2023 by Diply Social Team