20 employees share their job's version of 'spitting in a rude customer's food.'

Anyone who has ever worked in the service industry knows that the 'spitting in table 2's side of mashed potatoes' ritual is mostly a myth, but that doesn't stop waiters everywhere from dreaming about some sweet revenge...

So, when a Reddit user asked, 'What is your job's version of 'spitting in the food of rude customers?'' disgruntled and burned out employees everywhere were brave enough to confess to the petty and hilarious ways they get back at the complaining Karens of the world. Oh, you want to speak to the manager about nothing? Looks like a mysterious fee just got added to your tab.

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I work access control at a data center for a multi-national bank. Have you been a sh*tty employee recently? Prepare to no longer have access to random doors in the building, and that will change as the day goes on. - WadeNotSlade

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I make their sandwiches with a little extra mayo or sauce and then I squeeze it as I wrap it up. - Sexyazzwife

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Manager at domino's. We usually will just blacklist the number if they try to complain too much. As managers we can totally push back in a formal and calm manner. If you have a genuine complaint then we'll give you reimbursement but if it becomes a regular thing then we will blacklist you and you can no longer order from us - yung-sprout

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Hotels - oh, you want to be a d*ck during check-in? Great, here's the 'best possible' room for you.. next to the ice machine, elevator, and right below the family with four kids. Also, how about a nice wake-up call at 4AM? - DuckScientist

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I work in loss prevention. If you are being an ass, when you are prosecuted, I make sure you are charged full retail price on everything you stole. Instead of today's sale price. Those 25 dollar pair of clearance Nike you stole? Yup those were 125. - dGaOmDn

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Professor here. Kind of in the vein of following the rules for those that piss us off, I will bend rules, deadlines, etc. for students who are respectful and seem to care. Those that do not or are jerks? Those are what hard deadlines are for. - sandwichheaven

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Asst. Manager at a sex toy shop. I sell them the toys with the worst customer reviews, so they have to come back and buy a second one when the first one breaks. Or I give them the sample lube packs that 'tingle.' - FactoryGirl_PardonMe

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I work HVAC. I am the guy that is out at 2AM because your ac or furnace does not work. If you are rude then I will find everything and anything I can charge you for. The guy who drank an entire glass of ice water in front of me after I spent 30 min in a 113 degree attic. His bill could have been over a hundred dollars less if he was not such an as*hole. - Blast338

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I deliver pizza. And shaken up soda. - fluhx

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'It'll be done in 3-4 business days.'
[1 day later] 'Is it done yet?'
Congratulations, make that 4 days period. - zipzog

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I worked at a beach club where no one was supposed to be on the premises between 2:00 AM and 6:00 AM. It was in a very tight knit community and many of the members were used to staying at the beach club over night, and for the most part if they shut the doors to their cabana and kept quiet we let them slide.

There were also those assholes who at 2:00AM we'd come around and they would all be outside blasting music and yelling. It was the same people every f*ckin week. After a while we got fed up, called the cops and had them arrested, padlocked their cabanas and charged them a fee (as specified in their contract) basically for being an as*hole. - Roadsoda350

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When I was a soldier and we got a new officer who was a pain in the a*s, we practiced malicious compliance. We did exactly what we were told, no matter how stupid it was. - RealityTimeshare

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I work as a cashier at a crappy grocery store on weekends, and I'll give customers benefit of the doubt when dealing with mystery prices on items. However, if you're an a*s, we're taking time to figure this mystery out, motherf*cker. - [deleted]

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Sticking to the rules. I work in enterprise tech support and I'll bend over backwards for any client that treats me with respect. Failing that? Now you get the rules. My SLA says I don't have to call you for 8 hours? Guess when you're getting called. That little question out of my support boundaries that I totally know the answer to? Nope, sorry, out of my expertise. - [deleted]

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So this isn't really an every-day opt to be passively aggressive towards rude customers, but it is a good story. This family came in to the restaurant I work at. They own a few local car dealerships and they love letting people know how much richer they are, which of course makes them better, right?

Well I was talking to the wife while she was blabbering on about her face cream, and how it's the most expensive and makes her look 15 years younger. She continued to be an arse throughout the meal, so when it came time to give her the bill, I gave her the senior discount. I've never seen a woman so red. - [deleted]

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One of my friends slightly overcooks meals of people that annoy him. Not enough that they'll bring it back but enough that they'll enjoy it less. - Gazunta1

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As*hole tax. If you are a complete a*shat or waste my time you're gonna pay for it on your invoice. - rockin-in-free-world

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I work at a gas station. It's disgustingly more common than it should be for customers 'in a rush' to try and cut the line and hand the cashier money across the counter while the cashier is already ringing in another customer or has a line.

'10 on pump five!', and by the time you turn your head to look at why someone is distracting you while you are busy with someone else who was in line first, they've left the money and hurried outside thinking they are going to be able to pump their gas right away.

I won't put it on their pump. Not even when my line is finished and I can clearly see them out of the corner of my eye at the pump angrily waving wondering why it won't work. No, I'll feign ignorance and go about my duties, making coffee or cleaning until they come back in, huffing and puffing, yelling about why their pump isn't working. Rude behavior like that cannot be rewarded in my opinion. - 12sleefo

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I host at a restaurant, and I am in charge of crayons and coloring sheets for kids. Nice kids get a cup with all the colors. Really nice kids get the new, unbroken crayons. Rude kids get the cup with 10 different shades of beige. - hunterofthesnark

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One of the things I love about being a bartender is that I don't have to take sh*t from people. If someone's being an a*shole, I can just refuse service and kick them out. - j0m1n1n