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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 24 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

When I was a teenager in the 90s I worked a local, Chicago-area chain fast food job, as ya do. One customer was mad that his ribs were taking a while so he came up to tell at the cashier. The General Manager was a older Chicagoan with a Mike Ditka mustache, and came out of the office right behind the cashiers and yelled right back, mad that somebody was yelling at his employees.

The guy shouted that he'd take his business elsewhere and never come back, at which point the GM pointed at the line that stretched to the door and said something to the effect of "you see all these people? I don't need your business! Now get out of my store!" It was in the middle of the dinner rush, and it's still a popular chain.

We all really liked that GM before and especially after that. He was one of those "tough but fair" types, the kind of boss you could respect. Good guy.

The point is that yeah, go ahead and take your business elsewhere Karen. It literally makes no difference and nobody cares.

[–] Noobnarski@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Also if the difficult customers go and take their business elsewhere that means that mostly nice customers remain, so that's nice.

[–] Iceman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Why would i want my dinner ruined by some rude asshole yelling at their staff? I'll gladly take my business to a place free from dicks.