Now, I (kind of) cringe when I think back to this moment, but enough was enough. Back in high school I worked weekends in this small Mom and Pop diner. We would get lots of weekenders, as this small town was desirable for cabin get-away folks, and these people in general [are the worst].

So, this family of four, Mom, Dad, and two slovenly girls (entire family had no couth, tipped poorly, and quickly became hated), came in EVERY weekend. And EVERY weekend their child monsters would order chocolate shakes and giant sodas. And EVERY time, they would greedily reach up and try to grab them off my tray causing me to almost loose my balance and spill. I tried to be polite and make comments like “uh oh girls! That might make me spill!” or “ladies, let me so we don’t have an accident” and so on and so on. Parents couldn’t take a hint. So I started to directly tell them “please have your daughters wait so I don’t lose my balance and spill”. Nothing.

Well, one day enough was enough. Those little trolls reached up with both hands and, oops! I “lost” my balance and both of them ended up wearing their ice cream. 14 years later I still have no regrets.

I work at a fireworks store, and 98% of the time I am the only employee in the store. Every now and then I would have customers that are very rude and ask to speak to a manager, so I say "Okay, Ill go get the manager." Then I duck down behind the counter, put a hat on that says "MANAGER" And stand back up, and ask what seems to be the problem.
I also have "BOSS" Just incase they would like to speak to someone higher up.

Had a very rude lady who was with a date that looked about the same age. Came time to card for drinks, asked to see his ID (he was mid twenties) she took hers out assuming I would ask to see hers as well. I told her “oh, I don’t need to see yours”. It was so satisfying to see her process that I thought she looked so much older than her date.

It was probably the meanest thing I’ve ever done, but she had been there 5 minutes and already been a complete [jerk] to everyone in her path. No regrets.

It's been a very long time, but I still remember this six top of women being very rude and obnoxious the whole time they were there. Constantly complaining and sending food back that there was nothing wrong with. Towards the end of the meal they did the typical "what are you going to give us since we were unhappy" shpeil, so I decided to give free desserts to all the tables around them for having to deal with them, loudly apologizing to them for having to sit through that. The stares I got were worth it.

I work as a wildlife biologist and used to work on a shorebird project that had us out in a boat 6 days a week, all from the same narrow, steep, curved boat ramp. I’m not amazing at trailering but I could have driven that boat launch with my eyes closed after the first few months.

We got to the launch on a busy Saturday, got our boat prepped and hopped in line for the launch. I was driving the truck, my other female coworker was driving the boat, and our boss was organizing gear in the boat. A guy behind us in line flagged my boss down and told him he was “brave to let the women drive” and said he hopped we didn’t block the ramp and hold everyone up while we tried to launch. My boss was just like “my crew has it handled” and the dude was like “your funeral, man, never seen a woman who could handle this ramp.”

I rolled my eyes but just single shotted the trailer down the ramp like always, my coworker handled the boat, and I went and parked the truck.


I walked back down the ramp to get in the boat and discovered that the guy had dropped one of his wheels off the ramp in the worst spot to and high-centered his trailer on the edge of the ramp.

I smiled sweetly at him and said “oh no! It I’d known you were going to have this much trouble I would have offered drive for you to help you out! Good luck!”

And then I hopped on my boat and my (female!) captain jetted us away down the river.

Working in a kids clothes store coming up to Christmas.

I was in the section by myself, trying to tidy the place while also serving the customers who came in.

This one guy came in, he'd been sent to buy clothes for his kids to wear on Christmas day and didn't have a clue, I helped him pick stuff out, piece things together, gave him a few options etc.

He picked out the outfits and came by to pay, by the time he came to the counter there was a queue so he had to wait in line a bit, *then* as he was paying I ran out of receipt paper.

The receipt paper was kept in the managers office and could only be changed by a manager because logic. Manager (who wasn't my favourite person) came out as she was changing the paper she started making chit-chat with this guy and said something like *"I hope she hasn't been too slow and keeping you waiting too long"* he froze for a second and then said;

*"Are you kidding me? This girl is here by herself and has been quickly helping out everyone who comes in, managed to save [me] by picking out outfits for my kids, while also tidying up* **and** *keeping a smile on her face the whole time... I hope you guys are paying her well for the kind of service she's providing."*

I honestly nearly cried on the spot it was just so nice to hear him say such nice things, especially to my manager who was always so rude to me.

In my early 20's at a dive bar, near closing time. I just put money into the jukebox and was making my selections when a very large man pushed me away and fished into his pockets for money to make a selection. He realized that the machine had credits available and used them! I didn't fuss because if he was capable of shoving me for a few songs, what else was he capable of?
Anyway, after he walked away I looked at the floor and saw that he had dropped a folded up $100 bill! I casually stepped on it, hiding it under my shoe and picked it up without suspicion... Instant payback!!!

I was driving on the freeway and a guy in a hot rod was tailgating me despite the fact that I was in the far right lane. He got mad, whipped around me, got in front of me and brake checked me. I had my two kids (one still a baby) in the car so I just slowed way down and let him get ahead of me. When I got to the off ramp, he was on the shoulder, pulled over by the state patrol. You best believe I rolled my window down and said “na na na na na!”.