Is the customer always right? Not always, especially when they tell the employee to make the decision for them.

Read how this Redditor found their revenge by doing exactly what the customer requested.

Is this excellent customer service, or malicious compliance?

Read the story below to decide…

Don’t make me choose for you

I used to work graveyard shift at a gas station.

In my city, there is a law that says the cashier must be behind locked doors between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. for safety reasons.

So now, the attendant has a different way of doing things…

At my store, all transactions during this time took place through a service window. If the customer wanted anything from inside the store, I had to get it for them.

Rather, a lot of people would ask for “a pack of gum.”

At first, I’d just grabbed the closest one, but a lot of people would go “No, not that kind,” and make me get a different type.

But the attendant got more strategic with their questions.

So, I started asking questions. Minty or fruity? Chicklet or soft chew?

This seemed to work for awhile.

One night, a guy asked for a pack of gum, so I asked my questions.

He yelled “I said, I don’t care! Just get the gum.”

But this customer’s rude behavior got him a taste of his own medicine…er — gum.

So, I got him a pack of Thrills. The purple kind that tastes so much like soap that the package actually says ‘”This tastes like soap.”

He didn’t even look before popping one in his mouth, which he then spat out while cussing.

I laughed so hard!

And the attendant didn’t stop there.

From then on, anyone who gave me a hard time about making them choose a gum got Thrills.

Also, whenever a customer who asked for any carbonated beverage pissed me off, I’d shake the ever-loving bejeezus out of it before putting it in the service window.

I even got to see the pay-off a couple of times.

Did this worker go too far with their revenge, or do these customers deserve the unpleasant experience?

Let’s see what Reddit has to say with the comments below.

One Redditor had a similar story to share.

Another said they actually loved the soapy gum.

One reader likened the gum to a candy they knew of.

And one user reminisced about their childhood with the odd-tasting gum.

That’s why it always pays to be nice to service workers. You might get a bad taste in your mouth otherwise.

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