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March 29, 2026 at 6:15 pm

Call Center Worker Handles Hostile Customer By Professionally Patronizing Her For Being Angry About Prompt Customer Service

The audacity.

March 29, 2026 at 7:23 am

Legal Nonprofit Receptionist Repeatedly Told Caller They Did Not Run The State Hotline For Custody Papers, But The Woman Just Kept Repeating Herself Until She Realized The Receptionist Wasn’t Going To Help

Call center employee smirking as a woman screams at her

The woman clearly needed help.

March 28, 2026 at 11:49 pm

Customer Service Representative Took Call From Woman Whose Return Was Never Scanned, And She Forced Delivery Service To Check The Cameras

Call center employee smiling because the customer is funny

She did what she had to do.

March 28, 2026 at 6:15 pm

Box Office Employee Told Patron A Show Had No Seats Available Even Though Donor Tickets Existed, And She Felt Relieved When The Caller Understood The Policy Without Forcing Her To Break The Rules

Front facade of a theatre in Hollywood with a "Whitney" poster

Good customers do exist.

March 28, 2026 at 1:21 pm

Customer Service Representative Tried To Explain Camp Payment To An Angry Parent, But When She Accused Him Of Stealing And Threatened To Call Police, He Ended The Call

Call center worker listening to a woman yell about her money

He handled it fairly well.

March 28, 2026 at 3:22 am

Call Center Representative Offered Customer A $25 Courtesy Credit For An Outage Not Caused By The Company, But After She Insulted Him In Spanish Thinking He Couldn’t Understand, He Disconnected The Call

Man smiling because he was able to understand a woman being rude in Spanish

Never assume you know someone.

March 27, 2026 at 10:15 pm

Disabled Man Received Daily Robocalls Regarding A Six-Year-Old Cell Phone Debt, So He Used Redial To Call The Collection Agency 800 Times In Five Hours Until They Removed Him From Their List

Man fed up with hang up calls yelling into the receiver

They should’ve paid the debt.

March 27, 2026 at 7:15 pm

Ticketing Employee Asked Caller For Show Dates And Wheelchair Transfer Details To Book ADA Seats, But A Random Woman Started Yelling That The Patron Was Deaf And Accused Her Of Breaking The Law

Woman answering phones to book tickets for a show

What an innocent misunderstanding.

March 27, 2026 at 11:23 am

Employee Was Working From Home And Talking To A Coworker On The Phone When His Cat Started Screaming, So The Coworker Thought He Had A Baby In The House

Isn’t it adorable to have a coworker with four legs and loud meows? Lol.

March 27, 2026 at 7:21 am

Employee Received A Call From An Irate Customer Whose Card Kept Getting Declined, But The Customer Got Even More Upset When She Found Out Why

Call center emplpyee working in the office

Anger won’t solve your credit card problems.

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Call Center Worker Handles Hostile Customer By Professionally Patronizing Her For Being Angry About Prompt Customer Service

Legal Nonprofit Receptionist Repeatedly Told Caller They Did Not Run The State Hotline For Custody Papers, But The Woman Just Kept Repeating Herself Until She Realized The Receptionist Wasn’t Going To Help

Customer Service Representative Took Call From Woman Whose Return Was Never Scanned, And She Forced Delivery Service To Check The Cameras

Box Office Employee Told Patron A Show Had No Seats Available Even Though Donor Tickets Existed, And She Felt Relieved When The Caller Understood The Policy Without Forcing Her To Break The Rules

Customer Service Representative Tried To Explain Camp Payment To An Angry Parent, But When She Accused Him Of Stealing And Threatened To Call Police, He Ended The Call

Call Center Representative Offered Customer A $25 Courtesy Credit For An Outage Not Caused By The Company, But After She Insulted Him In Spanish Thinking He Couldn’t Understand, He Disconnected The Call

Disabled Man Received Daily Robocalls Regarding A Six-Year-Old Cell Phone Debt, So He Used Redial To Call The Collection Agency 800 Times In Five Hours Until They Removed Him From Their List

Ticketing Employee Asked Caller For Show Dates And Wheelchair Transfer Details To Book ADA Seats, But A Random Woman Started Yelling That The Patron Was Deaf And Accused Her Of Breaking The Law

Employee Was Working From Home And Talking To A Coworker On The Phone When His Cat Started Screaming, So The Coworker Thought He Had A Baby In The House

Employee Received A Call From An Irate Customer Whose Card Kept Getting Declined, But The Customer Got Even More Upset When She Found Out Why

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