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People who work in food service or customer service: What’s the dumbest thing a customer ever insisted was “the law” or “illegal”? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Brought to you by my discovery that some people think that “the customer is always right” isn’t the slogan of a long-dead department store, but rather it’s an actual call the cops law.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I know lots of very stupid people with PhDs

I have a PhD, for one

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a buddy who's about to get his PhD in math. He's probably one of the dumbest guys I know. Don't get me wrong, he's incredibly smart and a very hard working. But also the guy can't open a baby gate, even if show show him 3 times. We play a lot of non-voice acted video games together where you need to read stuff, and he mispronounces pretty much every word. Like, he isn't even close on most of them.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a PhD student you pretty quickly learn that everyone is barely holding it together. It's the kind of work where you learn and discover the edges of knowledge and then forget how to eat

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gotta make sacrifices to be able to know shit when you're under 30

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What does being under 30 have to do with it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah if anything when you're over 30 it's even worse, as then you have to dedicate some brain power in dealing with all the body ailments you suddenly start developing.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I have a BSC... Bronze Swimming Certificate.

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