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Knowing the store can backfire.

This shopper learned that firsthand.

One manager mistakes a customer for staff.

Then doubles down anyway.

See why the box hit the floor.

Just because I know the job better then you, doesn’t make you my boss…

Ok so this just happened a few days ago, nothing big, just a slightly annoying occurrence as a customer.

Another thing worth knowing is that this specific store has a dress code of a dark blue shirt with their logo and black pants, I was wearing a colorful and loud summer dress.

So I was browsing an arts and crafts store chain, (art book addict. I like looking at the things I can’t draw) when I saw a female worker seeming to be lost. I honestly thought she was new, since anyone who isn’t at the store regularly can get extremely lost, so I asked if she was looking for something.

It turns out, she did have a question.

Worker: Do you have any idea where the faux plants are, for school-type projects?

me: The mossy things? Yeah, over in Aisle next to the paints, there’s a giant orange sign above it kind of hidden by the starter kits.

Worker, handing me a GIANT box of the moss-stuff: great, go put this over there.

After several, painfully long seconds of me standing there awkwardly, she gives me the dirtiest glare ever: Well!? Go put it away!

The worker was obviously confused.

Me: I don’t work here. glanced at her badge, she was a manager.

Worker: oh……. well go do it anyway.

is this real life? Me: ………What?

worker, looking at me as if I was an idiot: Go put it away.

me:….

I just dropped the box and left, forget that lady.

You don’t boss customers around as if they’re your employees. How rude!

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

This person suggests contacting corporate.

Here’s another vote for contacting corporate.

This person loved the story.

Another person is pretty sure they know what store this is.

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Knowing the store layout is pretty important!

The customer helped a confused manager find an item, only to get ordered around like an employee.

Even after learning the truth, the manager still told her to put the box away, so she dropped it and left.

Nothing says leadership like assigning tasks to random shoppers.