Kids of ‘I Want to Talk to Your Manager’ Parents Recall The Most Embarrassing Moments They Went Through

It all started with one lady called Karen that ‘wants to speak to the manager’ about how her coupons are expired but she wants the discount.

No, we’re kidding, the world is filled with both women and men complaining about every single little issue or (no issue) around them as if they were royalty and deserved flawless service.

Too often, frustrated people forget they are not yelling at an employee, but at a human being that was hired to do their job, and not listen to customers’ every little complaint.

Reddit user Em367 asked fellow Redditors the one question that reminded us of all those awkward moments we had when our parents flipped out:

“Children of “I want to talk to your manager” parents, what has been your most embarrassing experience?”

Customer Service Nightmare

“My mother is a nightmare with customer service… even with the fact that I her daughter works in customer service and deals with people like her on the daily.
The stocker was struggling and dropped their price scanner thing on the ground. I was going to go help her gather her things she was struggling with when my mom came out like a bat out of hell and yelled ‘YOU KNOW YOU SHOULD PICK THAT UP PEOPLE COULD TRIP’ and then she darted off with the cart.
I was so embarrassed I just walked away in shame, and when I pointed it out to my mom the girl dropped it on accident she said ‘WELL SHE SHOULD BE MORE CAREFUL’.” – Reddit user butchyeugene
It is like she revels in other people’s misery! We will never understand why they take so much satisfaction in ruining people’s day.

Her Life Had Been a Lie!

“When I was 6 my mom took my brothers and I out to Golden Corral for dinner. She went up to the buffet, got a steak, and came back to the table. She’s an avid A1 steak sauce fan and cannot, i repeat, cannot eat steak without it.

She poured out the A1 onto her plate, tasted it, and was instantly horrified. She proceeded to pour out the Golden Corral Steak Sauce right next to the A1 and it matched perfectly.

Outraged, she called over a waitress and eventually the manager showing them her little experiment and how she exposed the Great Steak Sauce Fraud of 06. My brothers and I were scarred for the rest of our lives.

I still have nightmares about it.” – Reddit user Streaks

The realization two special sauces are actually the same thing must have completely changed this mom’s world!

Hungry at The Red Lobster

“Not me, but my sister in law. Her step dad and mom took the family out to eat at a Red Lobster. They get there and it is super busy. So the step dad walks up to the host and says ‘Yes, we have a reservation’.

The problem is, Red Lobster (or at least that one) doesnt take reservations. The host explains this and says it is going to be 20 min wait for seating.

Her step dad FLIPPED out and started screaming that he had called 3 hours before hand and made a reservation. The host politely told him this was not possible as they do not take reservations (again).

He continues to scream at the guy, and says he wants to talk to a manager. So the manager comes out and she tells him the same thing. They dont take reservations, so its not possible that he had made one.

He continues to cause a scene and people started leaving just to get away from this toxic guy. Finally, the manager says, ‘Fine, we will put you ahead of everyone else that has been patiently waiting their turn’. He says ‘Thank you’.

They get seated.

Once they get to the table and the waitress walks away, he slyly winks and says to my brother and the rest of the family ‘THAT is how you get things done.

I wasnt going to wait 20 min’.” – Reddit user sixstringhook

No, that’s how you get spit in your food and other nasty things. Never be that guy! This Reddit user also noted that his brother didn’t even have the guts to order food, fearing he will get food that contained more than the usual ingredients…

Mom Ruins Ice Cream

“Grocery store had this sign up that said if an item rang up higher than an advertised price it was free. It was the 80s.

Mom was buying a box of Little Debbie cakes and they rang up for $2.85 instead of the advertised $2.50. So now mom wants her free cakes. Cashier doesn’t know what to do, summons a manager.

Manager tells her to ring up the sale otherwise and he’ll be right back.

Comes back and hands my mother 35 cents cheerfully and says “There you go!” My mother points out the sign behind him and he says “Oh, the last manager put that up, it doesn’t make any sense.

I’m the new manager and I just haven’t had the sign removed yet.” Mom insists they honor their sign, he says nah.

Mom wordlessly drives downtown to the main store of this 3-5 store chain, knowing the office is next door. We walk into this perfectly 80’s wood paneled office where my mother asks the secretary to speak to the owner of the store.

Here my mother unleashes a tirade about how she has lost faith in his brand and how his word is meaningless since they will not honor the sign etc. This guy stands up, profusely apologizes, validates her anger and then pulls out his wallet and hands her a $5bill along with a promise that he will speak to the manager and the sign will either be honored or removed.

We get home and find that the ice cream we bought melted in the trunk because summer and ruined the cereal and the bread.” – Reddit user TheFire_Eagle

We must admit this mom stood by her principal, but to waste so much time and put so much effort into 35 cents and ruin the kid’s ice cream?

She took it too far…