He Demanded a $400 Price Match to an Unverified Third-Party Site—Then Left a Handwritten Note Threatening the Cashier’s Job

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Customers always think they deserve some type of special treatment, and when they are told no, they get upset.
What would you do if a customer kept demanding that you price match a different store, even though your store didn’t do that?
That is what happened to the cashier in this story, and when she refused, the customer wrote out a note and demanded that she sign it and hand it to the manager. Of course, the cashier refused, which upset the customer even more.
Read through the full story below and see what you think of what happened.
Sign this note to say you’re a terrible employee!
My friend, L, worked at a discount store in our small, bogan town. It sold general household things, arts and crafts, stationary and the like at pretty cheap prices.
Small town stores can be great.
The store had very few employees, and my friend was receiving close to full-time hours each week. So, I’m pretty sure she just did not care about trying to please crazy people.
She was working on the till and had just scanned this particularly customer’s (C) item. Here’s the conversation that happened:
How much a different store charges doesn’t matter.
L: That’ll be $10
C: $10?? But it’s less at (a different discount store)!
L: Sorry, but it’s $10 here
I want it for free, but that’s not happening.
C: I want it for less!
L: I’m sorry, we don’t do price match.
C: Get me your supervisor.
Ugh, why are people so awful?
L: I am the supervisor
C: Where’s your manager??
L: They’re not here today.
C: Well then you’re going to give them this when you see them.
She wants her to pass a note to the manager?
The customer then whips out a pen and notebook and quickly scribbles a note. She then hands my friend the note and the pen and says “Sign this.”
According to my friend, the note read “L would not give me the item for the proper price. L had terrible customer service and was extremely rude” and then C’s name and number.
There is no way that she should do that.
My friend stared at her for a few seconds, figuring out if she was serious, before simply saying “No”
C: I need you to sign this and give it to your manager!
L: No. It’s not true.
C: I’m going to come back and have you fired!
Good luck with that, lady.
And then she stormed out without her item. Nothing ever came of it. Crazy.
Upset customers are almost always all talk and no action. They sure can be annoying, though.
Read on to see what the people in the comments have to say about what happened.
It is better to bite your tongue.

I agree with this commenter.

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Now this would have been funny.

If you enjoyed this story, check out this post about an employee who got the perfect revenge after being told he can’t work from home.
It wouldn’t be surprising if she did this.

What did they think they could do with the employee number?

Imagine being so entitled that you actually think that she should pass a note to the manager. Some people are just too crazy to go out in public.
Sadly, they all seem to go shopping and harass the poor workers.
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Michael LevanduskiSenior Contributing Editor, Workplace & Community
Michael Levanduski is a veteran journalist and digital culture specialist with over 15 years of professional writing and research experience. While his background spans emerging technology and complex technical subjects, Michael specializes in analyzing workplace ethics, property disputes, and viral interpersonal dynamics across modern digital forums.
Since joining TwistedSifter in 2024, Michael has authored some of the publication’s most widely read coverage on corporate policy, malicious compliance, and neighborhood relations. Rather than simply aggregating online debates, he brings rigorous research, organizational context, and an empathetic editorial voice to everyday human dilemmas—transforming raw forum discussions into insightful, highly engaging narratives.
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Categories: Life & Drama, Workplace
Tags: · annoying customers, ENTITY, funny story, manager, passing notes, picture, price matching, reddit, tales from retail, top, Upset customer

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