He Was Just Trying to Clean the Aisles—Then an Entitled Customer Demanded to Teach Him How to Sweep

Matthew Gilligan

2 hours ago

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Don’t you just love it when a customer (or anyone, really) tries to tell you that you’re doing your job incorrectly and that they are the all-knowing, all-seeing person who can show you the error of your ways?

In case you didn’t pick up on it, I’m being sarcastic…

That’s annoying as hell!

And if you’ve ever had to deal with it before, you know I’m not lying!

In today’s story, a worker at a hardware store explained what happened when a customer tried to teach him about the art of using a broom.

Check it out!

Customer Took My Broom and Called Me an Idiot.

“I work for a big name hardware store.

So I’m at work, sweeping the floor.

I like to squat when I sweep hard to reach areas. I stand 99% of the time, but I like to squat so I can actually see spots I might miss standing. In addition, it eases stress on my bad back.

Hahaha, what?!?!

A customer walks up, takes my broom out of my hands, and starts lecturing me on how I’m “doing it wrong,” demonstrating his technique.

I politely tell him, “I prefer to do it this way.”

His way was the way I was doing it for basically every moment before he arrived.

This guy was something else!

He immediately gets angry and goes, “Of course you do, because you’re an idiot.”

I just laughed, said thanks, and kept sweeping. He walked away shortly after.

Like… bro, you don’t work here, you don’t know me, and you literally have no business caring how I sweep.

10/10, would not take unsolicited broom advice from this guy again.”

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