My sister lives halfway across the USA from where I live. She is about to come with her then 4 month old daughter to visit my mother and I. It will be the first time my niece had been to my mom’s house

We were FaceTimeing with my sister and niece
Me to niece : are you looking forward to going to grandma’s house?
Niece: starts fussing
Me and sister both start laughing at the timing

(I work for a fairly well known game store where you can also trade, as well as buy games. A lady comes in wanting to return a game which is not a problem other than she doesn’t have a receipt or a loyalty account)

Me: I’m afraid we can not do a return without some kind of proof of purchase, as we need to know you got it from this company.

Customer: I don’t see what the problem is, I’m going to buy more stuff here so I’m doing you a favour. Can’t you just return it.

I then talk to the manager who upon being shown a bank statement agrees to look thought the system and find the transaction. We then agree to do the return.

Me: can I just see your bank statement and the card the return will go on? I just need to make sure it’s the right account.

Customer: that’s ridiculous, can’t you just give me the money.

Me: i need to check it, to make sure it’s the right account.

Customer: it’s not like there’s an account number on my card anyway how would you know. This is so stupid, I want my money back. Just do it.

Me: we used the long number, please just let me have a quick look and il finish the return.

I finally verify the account and finish the return.

Customer: see that wasn’t difficult was it. I don’t understand why you people on make it so difficult. All I wanted to do was bring it back.

Me as the customer is leaving: see it’s normally quite straight forward but then most people can prove they actually brought the game due to having a receipt.

Do you having a ducking problem?!

I am marking down clothes in the back of our store. A co-worker I have already had problems with before comes in to start moving the clothes I am marking down. I try to offer my input on what they are doing as I was already working on the section they have started moving. My co-worker is short and rude in their response and ignores my request not to move the clothes I am actively working on. I let the manager of this department know there is conflicts brewing and I don’t feel confident or comfortable suggesting anything else to keep doing my job without interference. She says she is unable to come back right now but to tell the other employee what she said to do.

Uncomfortable with this option I come back and resign myself too continue doing my work even if it’s been made harder and I have to redo work.

Not much later the manager is able to come back and talk to my co-worker. She repeats roughly what I said while I look over at them. I meet my coworkers eye and she immediately yells ‘do you have a f@#%ing problem’. Not interested in starting anything I look away and mutter ‘I’m doing my job’. The manager calms things down and we later have a mediation where the co-worker shows no guilt or remorse. My manager still expected us to keep working together so I put my notice in.

Currently working my last week before I move on to my next steps.

where I work, among other things, they put salary slips for an intermunicipal structure in envelopes.
one of the first days, a coworker trains me on this work (a lot of work shared with several colleagues).
Coworker :So, indeed there are numbers there, you must read them because it is absolutely necessary to put them in order, but don’t read the addresses ! it’s the personal addresses there !
Me : It’s not my intention
Coworker: Because confidentiality is the most important part of our work ! Nobody would like us to read their paychecks, let alone the addresses.
No problem.

I’m carrying on with my work, being watched by the same coworker, when all of a sudden.
Coworker: Oh, you’re the one with the addresses from the city police today ? I’ll write them down, they got me drunk in my youth, I’ll get revenge when I quit this job !
A bunch of us went to our supervisor to report him, but our supervisor told us there was nothing he could do.

Bravo for the respect of confidentiality and I’m afraid for our municipal police.

(I’m visiting a venue with my dad and a man passes by. I have to add that due to all his activities, my dad knows a lot of people. We are however in a town that he didn’t frequent much. A man, clearly someone from the organization, passes by.)

Dad: Hi (name), how are you today?
(The man looks quizzical but shakes my dad’s hand.)
Man: I’m well and you? (The man is looking at my dad intently, clearly trying to match the face to a name.)
Me: Just say “Hi (dad’s name).
Man: Hi (dad’s name).
(Clearly, no light bulb went up and we part ways.)
Me: So, tell me, where do you know (name) from?
Dad: (chuckling: I don’t, but he wore a name tag and I was just being polite.
(He grinned broadly).
Me: Dad! Really? At your age? I just can’t take you anywhere.

(Don’t worry, I still go out with my dad. And he still enjoys his little prank.)