The restaurant I work in closes at 8:00 pm, but if customers order before closing time, they can stay inside and eat their food. Some people come in and order at 7:50 pm, and they are still inside eating at 8:25 pm.

Legally, we cannot lock our doors while customers are inside. We have most of the chairs up, our open sign is turned off, and we have a sign on the door stating our hours. At 8:25 pm, a man walks inside the restaurant. 

Me: “Sorry, we closed at eight.”

The man puts his wristwatch up to his face, so close it’s almost touching his glasses, and then turns toward me.

Me: “Yes, we closed at eight.”

Customer: “Well, maybe you should lock your doors.”

Me: “We can’t lock the doors while customers are still inside.”

Coworker: “It’s illegal here; it’s a fire hazard.”

The man exited the restaurant while flipping us off.

The chairs were up and the open sign was off; that should have been the first sign that we were closed. Even so, we still do get people coming in to at least ask if they can still place an order since there are other people inside eating, but generally, when you tell someone it’s closed, they just leave without a fuss.

I don’t know what I expected, though; people usually seem incapable of reading signs.

A customer approaches my register. As I start ringing her items up, she leans in to look at my name tag.

Customer: “Oh, so you’re Kathy?”

Me: “No, ma’am, my name is Katie, actually!”

Customer: “Okay, well, thank you, Karen.”

I work retail, but most of the workers love the company so we are all definitely stressed (because of the general public) but satisfied due to the pay and coworkers. I’m a manager. My boss and I are close friends so we joke around frequently.

We are in the office. It’s the end of the night, so it’s just the two of us and our payroll clerk, who is a riot to work with. Most of the administrative staff have gone home, so it’s up to management to answer the phones. 

The phone rings; my boss and I are talking without realizing that the payroll clerk is in the middle of something and can’t get the phones. She makes an idle comment about being busy so the boss and I give each other a look and race to our respective phones. It’s immature, I know, but being silly makes working there easier.

We both grab a separate phone connected to the same line and I hear him make a victory cry and then start saying our general business greeting into the receiver. 

I assume he was able to reach the call, and I laugh and yell, “You little brat!” at my boss before slamming down my phone in defeat. That’s when I look up and see the payroll clerk and my boss looking at me in horror.

I was the one who got the call, and I just called the unknown caller a brat and hung up on them. Oops. 

The caller calls back not even a minute later and they all force me to take the call.

After the general greeting, I learn that it’s one of our part-time employees.

Employee: “Um, hi, so I wanted to call so I can quit? I can’t give two weeks’ notice and won’t be coming in for my shift tomorrow.”

I tell the employee that I will notify the proper parties and hang up. I explain the call to the payroll clerk and the boss.

Boss: “She quit without notice? That little brat! You had it right the first time!”

I work for a Native American tribe. One day, a coworker of mine, who is Native American, comes in on his day off to get a drink. As he’s deciding on something to snack on, a woman comes in looking equal parts disgusted and livid. She’s very upset over something, but it’s hard to tell what.

Coworker: “Ma’am, are you okay? Did something happen?”

Customer: “I just hate having to come in here and deal with you lazy f****** Indians. I hate [Tribe], and every last f****** one of you.”

Coworker: “Well, get your a** back in your canoe and paddle your way back to England, lady; we were here first.”

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My wife and I have separate accounts and use different banks for personal and business purposes. This is for businesses that she owns and that I own. For tax reasons, it’s easier if they are in different banks. 

The vast majority of our transactions are done online — credit card acceptance, direct deposits, etc.  

One fine day, I sell one of my work vehicles; it’s a business expense. I sell it online and the buyer pays cash. It’s not a lot of money, just $1200.

My wife and both have regular deposits of $1000 to $5000, often multiple times a month, into our business accounts, and then we transfer money to our personal accounts. The accounts are healthy, and there has never been an overdraft or any thoughts of “fraud” or anything. My wife and I BOTH have credit cards at her bank, but only she has a business checking, personal checking, and a savings account.

I decide to make the CASH deposit from the sale of the truck into my wife’s account. I have her debit card, PIN, and deposit slip signed by her, and we share the same last name and address. I am the beneficiary on her accounts, and she on mine.

The bank flatly refuses to accept the money.

Teller: “There might be money laundering going on.”

I leave the bank pissed off. I drive home, get my wife, and drive back to the bank. The same tellers are at the counter. They smile at her and make small talk. They ignore me. My wife asks about the attempted transaction. 

Teller: “We were worried about money laundering.”

Right in front of me. 

My wife smiles and nods.

Wife: “Can I please speak to the branch manager?

She came out and my wife produced her driver’s license and told her to close ALL the accounts: personal checking, personal savings, business checking, and credit cards. The cards were paid off anyway, and my wife wanted a certified check. Now. 

We’re not talking about a game-changer for the bank — less than $50,000 — but the backtracking that they did to try to keep the accounts was laughable! 

In the end, about ninety minutes later, we walked out of the bank with cashier’s checks in hand and a very red-in-the-face teller and manager!

We still get emails about reopening accounts now and then.

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