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'''''[http://notalwaysright.com/ (The Customer is) Not Always Right]''''' is a Web site dedicated to stories of the stupid, ignorant, egotistical, funny and just plain mad customers whom retail staff across the world (well, mostly in the Anglo-sphere—since it's an English-only site) encounter. It can be a good example of Tropes that appear in [[Real Life]]. [[Unreliable Narrator|That being said, it is best to take most of it with a grain of salt.]]
In 2011, the webmasters also launched two sister sites: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104162940/http://notalwaysromantic.com/ Not Always Romantic] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20131124060212/http://notalwaysrelated.com/ Not Always Related.] In 2012, they added [http://notalwaysworking.com Not Always Working] to the collective. Later they folded back as sections on ''NAR''.
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== Not Always Right ==
* [[Abomination Accusation Attack]]: The site has [http://notalwaysright.com/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-embarrassments one episode] with a woman going totally overboard with this trope as she visits the movies and decides that she owns the place and has the right to deny random strangers the seats they have bought, all in the name of [[Think of the Children]] - accusing two random young women of being potential child molesters and thus disqualified from being treated with basic human respect.
* [[Abusive Parents]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/gives-new-meaning-to-family-tree “That’s not true. My mommy and daddy tie me to trees when they get mad.”]
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** While not exactly abusive (though it could be considered borderline), any parent who uses their child in a scam attempt.
* [[Accentuate the Negative]]: Reading the site, it could be easy to forget the 90% of customers who don't cause any kind of trouble exist at all.
** The staff actually put a disclaimer on their [
* [[Adaptation Displacement]]: Perhaps the second customer said it best: [http://notalwaysright.com/re-vamping-dracula "I hate Hollywood."]
** [http://notalwaysright.com/ordering-pizza-talking-baloney Now with pizza].
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* [[All Asians Are Alike]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/incheon-further-away-from-the-answer "So are you Chinese or Puerto Rican? It’s hard to tell."]
* [[All Balloons Have Helium]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/its-a-miracle-shes-still-on-the-ground "Look, it says on the packet, 'Helium Balloons'."]
* [[All Men Are Perverts]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131110024823/http://notalwaysright.com/tag/lingerie-store As seen here].
** ''[http://notalwaysright.com/definitely-not-right Especially]'' [[Invisible to Gaydar|the gay ones.]] Wait, ''[[Fridge Logic|what?]]''
*** That story actually contains a good amount of [[Fridge Brilliance]]. The woman tried using [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!]] and failed ''[[Epic Fail|hard]]'' due to the guy being gay. So, what she does is shout out [[Refuge in Audacity|ridiculous and contradictory insults]] in the hope that he'll be speechless long enough for her to run away from that rather embarrassing situation.
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** [http://notalwaysright.com/talking-turkey-about-the-chickens “Does your chicken and turkey come from the same animal?”]
** [http://notalwaysright.com/dont-want-know-whats-going-farm Turkey ham]?
* [[Artistic License Economics]]: Any entry titled "'''This Is Why We’re In A Recession [Part X]'''". Last checked, there's [http://notalwaysright.com/recession-part-58 Part 58], and little hope that it can possibly be the last. With a bonus one called "This Is Why We're In A Recession, Literally" - [http://notalwaysright.com/this-is-why-were-in-a-recession-literally which, true to title, states the exact reason for the recession]. And 2 "[http://notalwaysright.com/economic-recession-for-dummies-part-2 Economic Recession For Dummies]".
* [[Artistic License Geography]]: ''Many'', but [http://notalwaysright.com/first-ocean-to-the-right-then-straight-on-til-drowning this one] is especially [[TV Tropes Drinking Game|egregious]]. What travel is better -- [http://notalwaysright.com/here-today-gone-to-maui-2 a train to Hawaii] or a boat [http://notalwaysright.com/i-have-a-sinking-feeling to Atlantis]?
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** Examples [http://notalwaysright.com/thank-you-for-shopping-at-apocalypsemart here], [http://notalwaysright.com/eternal-dnation-pleasant-atmosphere here], [http://notalwaysright.com/you-look-nothing-like-your-ad here], [http://notalwaysright.com/just-another-day-at-work here] and [http://notalwaysright.com/thou-shalt-pay-on-time here].
** Behold the power of [http://notalwaysright.com/the-devil-to-pay bobble head Jesus!]
** [http://notalwaysright.com/hell-in-a-handbag This one is] [[
** Then there are the more benign, but still insane, ones like [http://notalwaysright.com/never-fail-conversation-starters this person], who is like the exact polar opposite of a young-earth creationist or something.
** A [[The Fundamentalist|fundamentalist]] alum of a certain college tries her hardest to "justify" the stupidity. [http://notalwaysright.com/freedom-of-screech “You don’t need freedom of speech if you let Jesus think for you.”]
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* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: There's a whole category for it - "[http://notalwaysright.com/category/lost-in-translation Lost In Translation]".
* [[Blind Mistake]]: An [http://notalwaysright.com/eyesight-only-as-good-as-hindsight/13821 innocent version], and [http://notalwaysright.com/eyesight-only-as-good-as-hindsight-part-2/14157 a destructive, ignorant version].
* [[Bluff the Impostor]]: How [https://web.archive.org/web/20110825080518/http://notalwaysright.com/how-to-scam-a-scammer-part-3 one scammer] gets caught.
* [[Book Dumb]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/warning-movie-may-require-brain-cells Because subtitles are too hard for the average customer.].
** A rather extreme case here. [http://notalwaysright.com/there-must-be-something-in-the-water What's dumbing down?].
* [[Book Safe]]: What [http://notalwaysright.com/all-the-worlds-a-book "I'm looking for a dictionary. No, it's not a dictionary, it's just a book. Well, it's not a book, it's a box. Not really, it’s kind of a box and you put things in it. Like a box. ...Yes, it's also a book."] customer apparently was looking for.
* [[Bridezilla]]: ...''and'' a [[Spoiled Brat]] [https://notalwaysright.com/cant-dress-anything-bridezilla/ here]. It ain't pretty.
* [[Buffy-Speak]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110831142726/http://notalwaysright.com/de-ting-de-ting DE TING, DE TING!!!]
** [http://notalwaysright.com/noahs-nondescript-ark The tall things, and the not so tall things.]
** Buffy Speak is apparently the first language of [http://notalwaysright.com/youve-got-a-bad-doodad/10930 this customer].
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* [[Burn the Witch]]: With people like [http://notalwaysright.com/for-my-next-trick this] ''today'', it's not a surprise this was so popular back in [[The Dung Ages]].
* [[But I Can't Be Pregnant]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/even-managers-have-a-stupid-quota Oh], [http://notalwaysright.com/denial-by-way-of-refund yes] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110827023734/http://notalwaysright.com/a-strong-case-for-reproductive-licensing you can].<ref>Though this one may just have meant she was not trying either way. And take "still having her period" as evidence she wasn't pregnant at the time</ref> And your [http://notalwaysright.com/that-hot-tub-had-better-be-filled-with-spermicide daughter] too.
* [[But That I Would Believe]]: [
* [[Buxom Is Better]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/the-sisterhood-of-the-traveling-back-pain/17925 According to these customers], it is. In fact, they call the employee's breasts tiny, even though she has C-Cups, which are usually considered big.
* [[The Cake Is a Lie]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/deceptive-desserts Some people just don't get it.]
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* [[Elvis Has Left the Planet]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/vivacious-las-vegas And gone to Vegas, apparently.]
* [[Engaging Conversation]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/helping-the-needy Here]; also counts as a [[Geeky Turn On]].
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20110415010343/http://notalwaysright.com/how-about-some-dessert-instead "How About Some Dessert Instead".]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20110826042404/http://notalwaysright.com/dreams-really-do-fall-through You don't even have to know them.]
* [[Enhance Button]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/forensics-for-dummies Customers seem to expect] [http://notalwaysright.com/must-be-one-of-them-transdimensional-cameras photo labs to have one of these.]
* [[Epic Fail]]: Some people go above and beyond mere eccentric or obnoxious behaviour to true failure:
** [http://notalwaysright.com/a-match-made-in-size-7 The woman] who tells her boyfriend he'll be [[Exiled to the Couch|sleeping on the couch]], but they don't actually live together. That's just the start of a downward spiral; it leads to {{spoiler|the boyfriend and the cashier getting engaged.}}
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20110828080450/http://notalwaysright.com/an-expensive-temper-tantrum-part-2 Ignore advice] in the cellphone shop, try to get a large bill cancelled, get angry and end up with ''much larger'' bills.
* [[Eskimos Aren't Real]]:▼
** [http://notalwaysright.com/not-one-of-historys-mysteries Native Americans]. And [http://notalwaysright.com/talking-like-crazy-horse again]. Blame [[Politically-Correct History|Susan Jeffers' book]]?▼
** [http://notalwaysright.com/watashi-whaaa Japan]▼
* [[Even the Wombats Want Him|Even the Lemurs Want To Undress Her]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/demure-lemur The lady chose to be proud of it].
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/watch-out-for-the-pansysaurus Watch Out For The Pansysaurus!]
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* [[Fluffy Tamer]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/bad-owners-unleashed Deconstructed.]
* [[Free-Range Children]]: Exposed to the insidious dangers of anisotropic continuum. [http://notalwaysright.com/do-as-i-say-not-as-i-play 8 years old] walking without a guard from the cashier to arcade: [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]] Same kid, walking there all alone in the first place: okay.
* [[Freudian Slip]]: These [https://web.archive.org/web/20110827131257/http://notalwaysright.com/of-all-the-moments-for-freud-to-slip two] [http://notalwaysright.com/the-birds-and-the-bees-talk-illustrated customers].
** [http://notalwaysright.com/animal-planet-after-hours That's not a textbook.]
** [http://notalwaysright.com/yes-its-for-my-longmower "It's For My Longmower"].
** [http://notalwaysright.com/night-of-the-loving-dead "I think I'm a necrophiliac."]
** [
** [http://notalwaysright.com/similar-tool-different-outcome “Is it just me or did it sound like she was asking for?.."]
** [http://notalwaysright.com/phones-have-needs-too The Naughtyphone].
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* [[Hive Mind]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/i-am-he-as-you-are-he-as-you-are-me-and-we-are-all-together Not this time].
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]] / [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: A rare real-life example [http://notalwaysright.com/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-head here]. And it's hilarious to boot.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20110828080450/http://notalwaysright.com/an-expensive-temper-tantrum-part-2 another] example.
* [[Human Aliens]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/the-commute-must-be-out-of-this-world Meet Qinjax], age 270. Or 45 [[Two of Your Earth Minutes|in Earth years]], where he's named Andrew. Hard to tell with [http://notalwaysright.com/youre-human-ridiculous this creature].
* [[Humanity Is Insane]]
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* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: This [http://notalwaysright.com/revenge-is-a-dish-best-served-by-wives Guy] and this [http://notalwaysright.com/kookie-cookie-karma woman]... and [http://notalwaysright.com/grannies-gotta-love-em one] more.
** And [http://notalwaysright.com/from-zero-to-karma-in-1-second these] [http://notalwaysright.com/chlorine-wishes-and-door-knob-dreams drivers].
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20110828080450/http://notalwaysright.com/an-expensive-temper-tantrum-part-2 A really expensive tantrum].
{{quote|"Karma’s a b**ch, ain’t it?"}}
** [http://notalwaysright.com/giving-customers-the-slip Never underestimate karma.]
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** Inverted [http://notalwaysright.com/not-always-right-on-so-many-levels here]—a white guy ''not'' trying to be black is called a n***** by a [[Racist Grandma]] who's pretending to have a disability. [[It Got Worse|It gets worse.]]
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: A sizeable proportion of the customers.
* [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!]]: Parody of the former [[Trope Namer]] [http://notalwaysright.com/paging-leonidas-to-the-front-desk here] and [http://notalwaysright.com/no-one-ever-said-it-would-be-boring here]; these also fit the normal definition of the trope. The title of [https://web.archive.org/web/20110415012226/http://notalwaysright.com/thisisspyware this one], also a reference to ''[[300]]'', fits as well.
** And a more straightforward one: [http://notalwaysright.com/stir-yes-sir "Medium! Coffee! Two! Equal!"]
** [http://notalwaysright.com/for-the-love-of-god-get-gps-part-2 I'm! In! Canada!]
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* [[Reflexive Response]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/how-you-know-youve-been-working-too-long This one].
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/perhaps-a-little-bit-too-free A shining example.]
▲** [http://notalwaysright.com/not-one-of-historys-mysteries Native Americans]. And [http://notalwaysright.com/talking-like-crazy-horse again]. Blame [[Politically-Correct History|Susan Jeffers' book]]?
▲** [http://notalwaysright.com/watashi-whaaa Japan]
* [[Rich in Dollars, Poor In Sense]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/she-probably-needs-someone-to-put-her-clothes-on-too "What is this, some sort of self service store?"]
** Several of the stories on here are about extremely stubborn customers who will pay the price posted and '''''only''''' the price posted, no matter what sales or discounts are in effect despite not being advertised. It's like they're hardwired to believe that no matter what the store workers do, they're trying to rip them off.
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* [[Sarcasm Failure]]: Describing the obviously-impossible task the customer has just requested in graphic detail ''might'' make it obvious that it can't be done. But it seems to just as often meet with a reply of "Yes, yes, can you do that?"
* [[Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!]]: Invoked [http://notalwaysright.com/have-age-will-complain here].
** [[Skinship Grope|And]] [[Dirty Old Man|also]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110828073657/http://notalwaysright.com/aarp-membership-comes-with-a-few-hidden-perks here.]
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/not-quite-a-family-business Uh], [http://notalwaysright.com/thats-a-latte-coupons no], [http://notalwaysright.com/of-all-the-lies-to-tell you] [http://notalwaysright.com/lesson-1-how-to-scam-a-scammer really] [http://notalwaysright.com/now-hiring-paramarketers don't].
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: See it [http://notalwaysright.com/becoming-familiar-with-fiber here].
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* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/hopefully-she-got-the-house/768 Here.]
* [[Zombie Apocalypse]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/five-days-later/2904 It's upon us, according to this guy].
== Not Always Romantic ==
* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: Several, although "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131026131946/http://notalwaysromantic.com/pet-names-unleashed/18698 My dumb pig]" is probably the strangest.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131030060327/http://notalwaysromantic.com/no-fork-in-the-road-for-these-two/19695 We'll get to have spork babies!]"
* [[Epic Fail]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130923080442/http://notalwaysromantic.com/alls-well-that-girlfriends-well/18412 This man] tries to hook up with a stranger, only to find that she's a lesbian. And his pick-up lines are terrible. And he's trying to cheat on his girlfriend. Who is nearby. {{spoiler|And she later dumps him and dates the other girl.}}
* [[Exact Words]]: [[https://notalwaysright.com/well-the-first-step-is-admitting-it/259221/ A boyfriend admit he ate a whole gallon of ice-cream in one sitting]]. When the writer lightheartedly commented he had an ice-cream problem, he responded, "You have an ice cream problem. I am the ice cream problem!"
* [[Exiled to the Couch]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130417055500/http://notalwaysromantic.com/bosomless-buddies/18799 These two dopes], who are probably lucky they weren't thrown out of their apartment.
* [[The Grunting Orgasm]]: "[http://notalwaysromantic.com/the-birds-and-the-bears/18751 Daddy sounds like a bear when he's sleeping!]"
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* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140417191256/http://notalwaysromantic.com/fathers-just-have-to-be-told-straight/19463 This girl] was rather surprised by it.
* [[Mistaken for Prank Call]]: This [https://web.archive.org/web/20130927034933/http://notalwaysromantic.com/guilty-of-perpetrating-a-prank/18773 not-so-savvy officer].
* [[Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace]]: A ''horse'' of all guests does this [https://notalwaysright.com/you-say-i-do-i-say-neigh/242129/ when their rider gets married]. Horse was a "Mama's Boy" according to the writer, and the bride rode him to the ceremony. He was not happy when she went out of his sight; the priest then reached this part of the ceremony. Cue a very loud whinny that echoed through the air. Everyone burst out laughing, including the priest, and the groom joked, "I ''told'' you he didn't like me!" Once the guests and wedding parties calmed down, the priest then amended that if anyone besides the horse had any lawful arguments, they should speak up now. No one did, and the wedding went on as planned. Horse also learned to accept his new stepdad, "grudgingly" as the writer put it.
* [[That Came Out Wrong]]/[[Compliment Backfire]]: A number of comments made to one's partner that didn't sound half as positive or romantic the speaker imagined, such as [https://web.archive.org/web/20140710052535/http://notalwaysromantic.com/love-is-blind/20098 this one]: "But, I don’t want to have my glasses on when I look at you."
* [[Tsundere]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130928091556/http://notalwaysromantic.com/persistence-pays-and-pisses-off/19049 This girl] should be the new mascot for the trope.
* [[Wacky Marriage Proposal]]:
*
** A very sweet one in [https://notalwaysright.com/cos-proposal/40992/ Cos-Proposal]]. OP is a ''Labyrinth'' Jareth fan, and squees on seeing a cosplayer of him at Otakon while attending with her boyfriend. Said boyfriend took the time to get down on one knee, quote the proposal from the movie, and revela he had brought a ring. She said yes and gave him a tight hug. The Jareth cosplayer admitted, "Well-played."
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: An entire tag for it. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030154124/http://notalwaysromantic.com/busted-pipes/2368 Several] [https://web.archive.org/web/20131125102722/http://notalwaysromantic.com/from-runaway-bride-to-ex-wife/1070 examples], often cross-posted from (The Customer is) Not Always Right, of it being revealed by customer screwups.
== Not Always Related ==
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Occasionally. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130903052402/http://notalwaysrelated.com/a-mothers-love-is-priceless-for-everything-else-theres-credit-cards/19268 This mother] is going to be the reason her daughter makes some therapist very wealthy someday.
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: And siblings, and grandparents, and cousins, and...
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* [[Squee]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130807123231/http://notalwaysrelated.com/underworld-overheard/19525 This] ''[[Underworld (film)|Underworld]]'' fangirl.
* [[Take a Third Option]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130214070601/http://notalwaysrelated.com/to-have-and-to-hold-a-cup-of-coffee/19641 What this father wants to do].
* [[Tempting Fate]]: In "[https://notalwaysright.com/fancy-butchers-chicken-by-the-case-the-meaning-of-expensive-taste/235655/ Fancy Butcher’s Chicken By The Case, The Meaning Of Expensive Taste]," the family cat is allowed in the kitchen during Christmas because he has never leaped on the table to steal bites of the holiday chicken. He gets his own plate afterward. One year, the family got expensive butcher's chicken. The OP had said their cat had become arthritic and didn't like leaping. They assumed that since he was old and a creature of habit, that it would be safe leaving the chicken for a few minutes. Nope; for the first time ever, the cat had leaped onto the table and was chomping away. He had to be pulled away and put up a fight. "And ever since that chicken, our cat has turned his nose up to the supermarket chicken."
* [[Up, Up, and Away]]: What [https://web.archive.org/web/20140723172724/http://notalwaysrelated.com/moms-always-intercede-for-their-super-seed/19366 this father] thinks his baby should be able to do.
== Not Always Learning ==
* [[Badass Teacher]]: [https://notalwaysright.com/this-is-one-substitute-whos-really-on-the-ball/248921/ While the writer said she didn't think she was tough or that coordinated], she earned this reputation by catching a ball from the group of disruptive kids, while walking outside and with only a second's warning before it would have smacked her in the face. They were impressed, and she proceeded to reveal she was left-handed and caught the ball with her ''right'' hand. As a result, she was the only teacher who could get them to listen.
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: “[https://notalwaysright.com/joke-fell-b-flat/100977/ Seriously, Professor?]”
* [[Valley Girl]]: [https://notalwaysright.com/where-there-is-life-there-is-stupidity/100967/ It's alive?]
== Not Always Hopeless==
<big>Note: this is now under the "Inspirational" tag</big>
* [[Ambiguous Syntax]]: [https://notalwaysright.com/consent-is-so-important/203804/ "Consent Is So Important"]: Two parents told a little girl she had to ask permission from a dog owner to pet his husky. Only they said she had to ask for permission. She asked solemnly the dog, "Can I pet you?" The parents groaned and explained it better, while said owner had to lean against a lamp post due to laughing so hard.
* [[Crazy Enough to Work]]: "[https://notalwaysright.com/whistle-while-you-work-it-out/250631/ Whistle While You Work It Out]" had a customer service rep attempt to work with a customer's five-year-old grandson, who was more tech savvy than he was, to help his grandfather set up online mortgage bill pay. Though said child could not read, he could spell, and he was able to follow instructions literally to the letter.
* [[Heroic Bystander]]: Quite a few stories have this.
** [https://notalwaysright.com/the-patient-isnt-the-only-one-with-patience/19666/ The Patient Isn’t The Only One With Patience]. When a hospital patient asked for help, because her sister was leaving a verbal suicide note on the phone, the nursing team mobilized to notify 911 and gave advice to help stall and get relevant information until emergency services arrived in the other city where her sister lived. They got her help in time.
** [https://notalwaysright.com/youd-be-demented-not-to-help/19665/ You'd Be Demented Not to Help]: A cashier became concerned when an old lady said she was running away from home, from her "mother". She took action, using her workbreak to give the woman a bottle of water, and coaxed her daughter's phone number out of her. After a few phone calls she made sure the woman, suffering a bout of dementia, arrived safely to her assisted living facility in a cab.
** In one, a creepy guy was stalking the OP while she was waiting for her train. She asked if she could sit with another guy her age, and they could pretend to be friends. He played along until the creepy guy went away and her train arrived.
* [[Interrupted Suicide]]: At least one story has a guy that convinced another person to not jump off a bridge, and another who stayed with a depressed person while on door-to-door rounds.
** [https://notalwaysright.com/the-patient-isnt-the-only-one-with-patience/19666/ The Patient Isn’t The Only One With Patience]. This patient's nurses mobilized when her sister called and was planning to commit suicide.
* [[Karmic Jackpot]]: A photographer stayed after hours to do a photoshoot of a terminally ill girl, even though her mother didn't have an appointment, because his waiting list was so long he was worried she wouldn't live long enough. He refused payment, because it was the right thing to do. She and her mother came back months later, revealing she had recovered, and the mother tried paying him again. Again, he refused, and she insisted on taking him out to dinner to thank him. They got married, and the photo of his stepdaughter on a unicorn is still in their living room, though now she groans at it with embarrassment every time he good-naturedly points it out to her friends.
* [[Sincerity Mode]]: In "[https://notalwaysright.com/a-heady-proposition-2/68749/ A Heady Proposition]", a customer is panicking over the fact that his photo for a dating site was improperly cropped. Since the customer had his digital camera, the clerk told him to stand near a backdrop and took a photo of him. The customer's mood changed and offered to make him best man at his wedding. The clerk said that wasn't necessary, a card would do. Nine months later, the customer's wife came and dropped off a wedding card to the clerk as thanks.
* [[Supreme Chef]]:
** [https://notalwaysright.com/there-is-a-pot-of-feel-gold-at-the-end-of-this-rainbow/199055/ At a pizza place, a mother whose daughter was in the hospital said that her kid wanted rainbow pizza as a birthday meal]. She said she understood if they couldn't do it, but the chefs became excited at the challenge. The end result -- with peppers, purple cauliflower, and so forth-- apparently came out so well that they added it to the menu.
** [https://notalwaysright.com/grandmas-cake-cures-all/19700/ Grandma's Cake Cures All] has the OP adding their grandmother's apple cake to a bakery menu. One customer buys it and says happily that it tastes exactly like the cake that ''his'' grandmother used to make; she passed away a few years ago, but eating the cake brought back happy memories of her. He became a regular, buying a piece every week after the OP received permission to pass on the recipe to him]].
== Not Always Working ==
* [[Cruel to Be Kind]]: In [https://notalwaysright.com/scared-straight/252634/ "Scared Straight"], the OP does this after a neighbor's son, whom he recommends for a position, gets him pulled into a discipline meeting. Management mistook him for being the son's father, and said he was untrainable. OP corrected them and recommended they fire the neighbor's son because he got him this job as a favor and in response the kid had been bratty. Management agreed to give him a second chance. The son shaped up, became nicer and a hard worker, and started saving for his own car.
* [[Scare'Em Straight]]: The title "[https://notalwaysright.com/scared-straight/252634/ Scared Straight]" has this where the OP delivered this to his neighbor's son. He recommended the son for the job position, so he would have motivation to earn more in life. Said son would show up late to work, complain regularly, and not do his job. To add insult to injury, OP was driving him to and from work as a favor. When management pulled them in for a meeting after three months, the OP clarified that the employee was not ''his'' son and they recommended that the managers fire him. Management was so shocked they agreed to give the son a second chance. The son was so shocked he'd have to pay consequences that he agreed to shape up, and honored that promise.
* [[Summon Bigger Fish]]: [https://notalwaysright.com/someones-in-very-hot-water/253085/ "Someone's in Very Hot Water"] A manager on a power trip made a teenage employee attendant work outside moving carts during a heatwave. While the employee was following these orders, they were written up for taking a break after two hours of moving carts. A gentleman noticed two hours later, ordered them to go back inside with water, and became livid when finding out the manager fired them. Turns out he was the regional director, and happened to catch the manager in the act of yelling at the teenage employee for coming back and trying to not die of heatstroke. “YOU GOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TELL ME, [MANAGER]?!” he bellowed at her, before screaming at her further, and ordering the teen to take a break ''now'' for thirty minutes and work in the frozen food section for the rest of their shift. The manager was suspended and later fired post-suspension since it was revealed she was working teen employees beyond Florida's mandatory limits.
== Not Always Legal ==
* [[They Just Don't Get It]]: In "[https://notalwaysright.com/sometimes-you-just-have-to-bear-with-them/114624/ Sometimes You Just Have To Bear With Them]", the OP dialed 911 for Animal Control after a bear broke into her basement, because per the state regulations you can only get Animal Control from emergency services. The operator kept asking questions about the "intruder" and asking for a description of a human, as OP tried to emphasize that it was a bear. When the police came, the operator hadn't conveyed that it was an Animal Control problem; OP showed them and one freaked out saying, "Oh, you meant a ''bear'' bear?" OP responded with frustration, "What kind of bear did you think I meant? [[The Bear|A big, hairy, gay guy?!]]"
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