Employee Misunderstands How Teenager Wants Her Ice-Cream, So The Girl’s Mom Insists On An Apology
by Jayne Elliott

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Some customer interactions can really leave you scratching your head wondering what just happened, and today’s story is one of those situations.
Imagine dealing with a mother who acts like a Karen and a daughter who seems to change her entire personality in one second.
That’s kind of close to what happens here but with ice-cream.
Keep reading to see why these customers literally need to chill out.
I had a customer shout at me today over ice cream
I work in a chocolate shop which sells ice cream and drinks.
And this woman and her 3 daughters (teenagers, the one in question was at least 15) one daughter wanted an ice cream so i made hers while getting the other stuff ready for the other orders.
The daughter wanted sauce on her icecream and then shook her hand like no when i went to get the chocolate square we put on at the end and so i thought she didnt want the sauce so i threw it away.
That isn’t what she meant.
I went to make a new one and she said sorry i meant i didnt want the square.
And i was like no its okay ill make you a new one.
Then i turned around to the mum coming up to me saying i was rude to her daughter and i needed to apologise.
So i looked at the daughter to apologise and suddenly her eyes are red like shes crying when 2 seconds ago she was fine???
She was really confused.
So i apologised and the mum was like you shouldnt be in retail if you cant talk to people. And asked for a refund and stormed out.
I was so confused, i should have asked what i had done. I look young so i think the mum thought she could bully me back.
Side note: this was at 4.30pm I had been at work since 8am…
It sounds like they were just playing her to try to get free ice-cream.
Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.
This makes sense.

Here’s a similar comment.

She was a little too quick to throw the ice-cream away.

It wasn’t her fault.

The mother really needs to chill!
If you liked that story, check out this post about a group of employees who got together and why working from home was a good financial decision.
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