Dear readers,

Some of our roundups are about special holidays that bring people together. Some are about particularly frustrating kinds of customers or the places that seem to attract them. And some of our roundups are about food. We’ve covered all sorts of tasty treats in our roundups: hamburgers, cheese, chicken, French fries, garlic, soup, and more — even margaritas!

Today, we are digging into our archives with a fork and coming up covered in frosting. That’s right, people — it’s time for a cake roundup! Please enjoy these 17 delicious stories about cake!

Editor’s related sidebar: I just saw a post floating around the interwebs of a recipe where the author avoided using the word “moist” by describing their cake as “damp”. I can’t even. It’s just… SO much worse. Right?

Mammary Fallacy – They must’ve missed that day in elementary school when they learned about mammals versus reptiles.

Enabling A Generation – That’s what grandparents are for, right?

You Can’t Have Your Cake And Believe It Too – You could make an argument that cheesecake is really a pie, but it’s not this ambiguous!

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Dear readers,

It’s that time of year again – when the prices are low, and some customers’ behavior is even lower. That’s right: it’s Black Friday! Whether you’ll be spending this day navigating the crowds, prepping for Cyber Monday deals, or just lounging at home and enjoying a turkey hangover, we hope you have a safe and happy Black Friday that brings you whatever you’re looking for!

Please enjoy these 15 stories from our archives about Black Friday madness!

Error 404: Sympathy Not Found – These people really don’t have any self-awareness at all, do they?

Fake Coupon Gets You Fake Service – Why would they purposely keep you there longer, lady?!

General Managers Are Generally Annoying – Even when you have no customers, Black Friday sucks when you work retail.

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Dear readers,

Once again, it’s that time of year when our readers in the USA take a day to be thankful for what they have in life (and prep for the murder and mayhem of fighting over discount TVs immediately after they spent a day listing everything they were thankful for).

Thanksgiving, and the run-up to it, can be a crazy time for those working retail in the USA, so in solidarity with them, we’ve rounded up twenty stories from the Not Always Right archives about the woes of working retail in this holiday season (as well as a few surprises).

Please enjoy, and to all those celebrating, HAPPY THANKSGIVING from Not Always Right!

Not Talking Turkey This Thanksgiving, Part 2 – You planned to fail, sir. And boy, did you ever.

Black Friday Becomes Green Friday – Did you… season it?

Problem Solved… Thankfully – This year’s Thanksgiving party is Frankenstein-themed!

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Dear readers,

Last week, we threw our longest ever Not Always Right stories at you — those epic sagas of customer misbehavior that (mostly) warranted their word count.

They were, however, just a precursor to this roundup, a collection of even longer stories from our Working category, where our stories of workplace woes live with those rare stories where the customer (gasp!) was actually right!

Once more, we present to you, our readers with a lot of time on their hands, the twenty-five longest sagas in the history of Not Always Working!

When Even The Experts Are Clueless, You’re In Trouble (1,473 words) – Getting money from people is hard enough. Getting money from the government? Hoooooo boy.

That’s The Way The COO Crumbles (1,479 words) – When you follow their instructions to the letter (or lack thereof), sometimes it really pays off!

That’s Seriously Messed Up (1,495 words) – We’re not normally sue-happy, but we might make an exception for this one.

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Dear readers,

Most of the time, we here at Not Always Right (the editors especially!) like the short, quippy, funny stories, with the bad customer interactions that are quick to explain and can be wrapped up with a punchline. Sometimes, though, our stories need a bit of breathing room. Sometimes, the interactions are sagas so large, so epic and expansive, that Martin Scorsese wants to make a movie out of them.

Therefore, we present to you, our readers with a lot of time on their hands, the twenty-five longest, most epic sagas in the history of Not Always Right. They might not all be classics, but they’re definitely adventurous enough to warrant the word count! (And for those of you looking for a certain saga about an impossible store — that’s a Not Always Working story and you’ll be able to revisit that in a future epic roundup!)

Past The Tipping Point (1,404 words) – Even when filmed by a “long-range potato”, it’s obvious that this woman is no good!

What In The Audacious, Entitled, Rude-A** Heck Is This Bulls***?! (1,413 words) – Don’t. *Thwap* Touch. *Thwap* People’s. *Thwap* WHEELCHAIRS!

Certifiably, Positively Unintelligent (1,426 words) – Dear God, we hope this teen grows out of his stupid.

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