It doesn’t hurt to be kind to service workers in a retail store. In fact, it might make your life easier.

This woman was working the register at a busy store when a customer mindlessly dumped unwanted items in the wrong place.

Whenthe customer refused to bring her the unwanted items, she made sure to return the favor.

Did she do the right thing? Check out the story below.

“No… Not right now.”

A lady was talking to a friend of hers while making eye contact with me the whole time.

I was on the till.

Her friend asked her what she was doing.

This woman politely asked the customer to bring her the items for return.

She replied, “I’m discarding what I don’t want.”

She was leaving miscellaneous food items on the Jewelry counter, and then promptly got in my line.

I asked her, “Can you bring me those items you just discarded on the Jewelry counter?”

The customer refused.

I don’t like my store looking like a disaster.

She snakily replied, “No… Not right now, I have places to be.”

Which is a big “Hell, no!” to me.

She placed her items on my counter, as I just stood there looking at her.

So, she took her time in getting the items herself before transacting with the customer.

She asked if I’m going to ring her up.

I replied, “No… Not right now.”

I stepped out from behind the till and walked slowly over to the Jewelry counter.

I picked up the items in question and took my time putting them in the returns cart.

Nothing else is said for the transaction.

Well played! Let’s check out the comments of other people on this story.

This is awesome, says this person.

This person suggests another petty idea.

Here’s a personal thought from this person.

People are loving the story.

Finally, short and meaningful.

Sometimes, the best response to a rude customer is to do things on your own time.

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