Customer Service Horror Stories

LoathsomePete · 08-21-2012, 04:52 PM

I'm going to go out on a limb just by the age demographics of MusicBanter that most members who have jobs, either work, or have worked in some kind of service based industry. People, as we all know are selfish, greedy, hateful, ugly, spiteful cocks and when they're standing with cash in hand it just seems to exacerbate all of these delightful qualities and as such go off on some of the strangest tangents to some poor schlep working for minimum wage who has absolutely no control over the circumstances. So fellow musicbanterer's, I ask you to share your stories of customers exhibiting the kind of behavior that makes you fantasize about how many sledgehammer blows to the face it takes to turn it into a smoothie.

Here's my most recent one. A client sends in his payment for me to file his businesses annual report with the state, but on the check he confuses the "Pay to the Order of" and "memo" slots and made it so I couldn't deposit the check. I send him an email letting him know the situation and that I will be returning his check in the mail, but he decides to respond with a long tangent about how we're trying to rip him off... by sending him back the check that I can't even deposit.

Not the best story I have, but I figure I'll save those for later.

08-21-2012, 04:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Customer Service Horror Stories I'm going to go out on a limb just by the age demographics of MusicBanter that most members who have jobs, either work, or have worked in some kind of service based industry. People, as we all know are selfish, greedy, hateful, ugly, spiteful cocks and when they're standing with cash in hand it just seems to exacerbate all of these delightful qualities and as such go off on some of the strangest tangents to some poor schlep working for minimum wage who has absolutely no control over the circumstances. So fellow musicbanterer's, I ask you to share your stories of customers exhibiting the kind of behavior that makes you fantasize about how many sledgehammer blows to the face it takes to turn it into a smoothie. Here's my most recent one. A client sends in his payment for me to file his businesses annual report with the state, but on the check he confuses the "Pay to the Order of" and "memo" slots and made it so I couldn't deposit the check. I send him an email letting him know the situation and that I will be returning his check in the mail, but he decides to respond with a long tangent about how we're trying to rip him off... by sending him back the check that I can't even deposit. Not the best story I have, but I figure I'll save those for later. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too