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People who work in food service or customer service: What’s the dumbest thing a customer ever insisted was “the law” or “illegal”? (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 1 year ago by morganth@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Brought to you by my discovery that some people think that “the customer is always right” isn’t the slogan of a long-dead department store, but rather it’s an actual call the cops law.

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[–] ech@lemm.ee 104 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Was working retail in an area that had a local bag ordinance that required businesses to charge customers for bags. A man came up to the register and when I asked him if he wanted a bag for a few cents extra, he looked at me like I was crazy and was like, "You charge for bags?" I explained that it was required by the government and he just kinda scoffed. I thought that was it, but as he opened his wallet to pay, he flashed what turned out to be a police badge at me from another city some ways away, gave me a look, and said something along the lines of "I think I know what the law is." I just finished up the transaction and got him going asap, blown away at the insecurity displayed. It was such a bizarre powermove over what was only a few cents extra for something completely optional.

[–] goofyfoot@lemmy.ml 74 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I work in law enforcement and this is called "tinning" when you show your badge unnecessarily. My personal rule of thumb is if I'm dealing with you and you tin me then I am 100% giving you a ticket now.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 1 year ago

I appreciate that there's a word for it.

[–] hstde@lemmy.fmhy.ml 62 points 1 year ago (1 children)

American police: they think they know what the law is.

[–] ComradePorkRoll@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 year ago

If cops had to pass the bar to be a cop, there wouldn't be any cops.