Modern Scammers Work Double Time
(I’m a crew member at a fast food joint, while my uncle is the general manager at a sit down restaurant across the street. I’m working drive thru.)
Customer: “Hi, I just came through a few minutes ago, and my burger was all wrong, plus my fries were cold.”
Me: “I’m sorry about that. Just come up to the window, and we’ll get it all fixed up.”
(She pulls up, and I don’t recognize her at all. I don’t see a bag from us in her car either.)
Customer: “I also didn’t get my soda either.”
(Now I know she’s lying, because I’ve been in drive thru all day, and I never poured an extra soda. My manager just says screw it and give her what she wants. After I got off, I went up to my uncle’s restaurant to sit and chat. I tell him about the woman.)
Me: “I would have noticed someone wearing fleece pants in this heat!”
Uncle: “Uh… I’m pretty sure she came here.
Me: “WHAT!”
Uncle: “This lady came in. She was wearing fleece pants and a college sweatshirt. I see her looking at a menu. I speak up, and she says her salad was wrong and her wings were cold. I don’t recognize her from before. I ask for a receipt, and she doesn’t have one. I ask what kind of salad and what kind of wings. She looks at the menu for a few more minutes. I just wanted to get her out because we had big orders in the kitchen. So she got about $25 out of me.”
Me: “You did better than me! She got $7 from us! Did you forget her soda?”
Uncle: “YES! Yes, we did!”
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