Anyone who works in customer service knows that many customers expect the royal treatment, no matter how much they’re paying.

After being continually belittled, this employee found a subtle way to remind entitled patrons that the world doesn’t revolve around them.

I have a feeling this is going to be very cathartic.

Let’s find out how.

“Forgetting” customer names

I recently started doing this to entitled customers who berate me over the phone and who don’t seem to understand that their little piddly orders don’t make them king of the world.

Whenever they call and ask for the status of their orders or tell me the need to speak to my boss I go, “Sure, let me look into that,” or, ” Yes, let me see if he’s available.”

Then he hits them with it.

I end the sentence with “I’m sorry, but may I ask who I’m speaking with?”

For some reason, that drives them up the walls.

One customer went, “How can you not know who I am by now!”

He shrugs them off, angering them even more.

And I just replied, ” I’m sorry about that sir, I deal with a lot of customers on a daily basis.”

Guess this makes them feel as though they’re not important…

It’s pretty satisfying when rude people get what they deserve.

Users take to the comments to share their experience.

With so many people in and out every day, employees can’t be expected to remember them all.

A little kindness makes you a whole lot more memorable, according to this redditor.

The nerve of these people…

This user always stayed one step ahead with customers like these.

After a day of dealing with annoying customers, a little petty revenge is just what the doctor ordered.

It really is the small victories sometimes.

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