Alrighty. So I worked at a deli for three years and then some. Eventually I got the bosses wrapped around my finger and was just as important and high up as them. I had great regular customers and was a favourite among them.
So one day while I'm cleaning up and getting ready to go home, a customer walks in on their phone. Some businesswoman. We were located in a business center so we got those all the time. A guy I was working with decided to help her so I could go home sooner. As he's asking her what she wants on her sandwich, I hear her say to the person on the phone, 'Can you hang on for a second? This guy is being really rude.'
I stared at her. Are you serious? HE is being rude when you are the one talking on your phone? But my wonderful co-worker kept on smiling and asking her what she wanted on her sandwich. By the time she got down to the register and me, she was quite huffy.
'That young man was very rude.'
'Well what did he do, ma'am?'
'He kept interrupting me while I was on the phone.'
'Well you shouldn't be on the phone when you're ordering anyways. Sorry to say, but that is more rude than what he was doing. And if you have a problem with it you can call my higher up. Here, let me get you his number. I'm sure he'll be happy to hear how people are treating his employees.'
She waved me away and walked out.
Oh the joy of working with people.