June 27, 2025 at 5:47 pm

Coworker Is Convinced A Salesman Lied To Him, So He Gives Them A Bad Customer Review

by Laura Ornella

man giving a one star review

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Petty is as petty does.

Imagine going to a store and really wanting a specific product. The salesman tells you they’re out of stock, so you decide to buy something else instead. Would you be upset if you later found out that the salesman lied to you?

Read how one Redditor gives a low score on their customer service review because they’re convinced the worker withheld necessary information.

Keep reading for all the details.

Lie to a coworker/customer? Enjoy you negative review.

This happened back in the early 00’s. I was working at a motorcycle shop that was part of a bigger “group” of dealerships that all have one central warehouse for the majority of their inventory.

I had been working at this dealer for over a year at this point and got along well with everyone.

I was in the market for a new bike, and they had the bike I wanted on the floor, just not in the color I wanted.

So, the employee turned to their buddy for information.

So, I asked the one sales guy I was pretty friendly with to check and see if the warehouse had the other color because that was what I wanted.

The next day, he comes up to me and says, “No, they don’t have any of that color right now, only more of these.”

So I ended up buying the one they had at the store that same day.

Then, the employee decides to cross-check their information.

A few days later, I had to go to the warehouse to pick up a unit for the store. I walk in and find the warehouse manager and ask him if they had any of the bike I wanted in the color I wanted.

“Yeah, I have one right there,” he says and points to a crate.

Sure enough that’s it.

I ask him how long that bike has been here at the warehouse, and he tells me it’s been there for a month.

A MONTH.

So, this OP got to thinking…

Cue my petty revenge.

My sales survey from the manufacturer comes in the mail. I give the bike all high marks and give my salesman all zeros.

Screw him.

But this salesman was livid.

He comes up to me a week or so later all mad and yelling about me giving him all zeros and how it screwed his pay for the period and yada yada.

I straight up told him that maybe he shouldn’t lie to a customer’s face about the exact bike they want and told him to back off.

It felt nice.

Does Reddit agree with this revenge? Let’s see if the comments are on the OP’s side.

One Redditor asked what we were all wondering.

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Another said this OP was in the right.

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Another reader hinted at wanting a bike pic.

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And finally, one user had a follow-up to this whole situation.

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This salesman wasn’t doing his job well, whether he was being malicious or not.

If you liked this post, check out this story about an employee who got revenge on a co-worker who kept grading their work suspiciously low.