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''A [[Title Drop|Not Always Right]] customer is one that is 1. Trying to get something for nothing; 2. Abusing the employee for one reason or another (trying to get their own way, or for the fun of it); 3. Doesn’t realize they’re wrong.''}}


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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.]]
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A [[Title Drop|Not Always Right]] customer is one that is 1. Trying to get something for nothing; 2. Abusing the employee for one reason or another (trying to get their own way, or for the fun of it); 3. Doesn’t realize they’re wrong. }}

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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: [http://notalwaysromantic.com/ Not Always Romantic] and [http://notalwaysrelated.com/ Not Always Related.] In 2012, they added [http://notalwaysworking.com Not Always Working] to the collective.
In 2011, the webmasters also launched two sister sites: [http://notalwaysromantic.com/ Not Always Romantic] and [http://notalwaysrelated.com/ Not Always Related.] In 2012, they added [http://notalwaysworking.com Not Always Working] to the collective.

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* [[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.
* [[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.”]
* [[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.”]
** [http://notalwaysright.com/cant-take-the-heat-no-daughter-of-mine Not caring when your daughters hands are being burned] could be a borderline example.
** [http://notalwaysright.com/cant-take-the-heat-no-daughter-of-mine Not caring when your daughter's hands are being burned] could be a borderline example.
** The occasional example where some people believe that as soon as their children turn 18 (and legally become adults), they're no longer their children and are on their own, and should expect no help whatsoever from their parents.
** The occasional example where some people believe that as soon as their children turn 18 (and legally become adults), they're no longer their children and are on their own, and should expect no help whatsoever from their parents.
** While not exactly abusive (though it could be considered borderline), any parent who uses their child in a scam attempt.
** While not exactly abusive (though it could be considered borderline), any parent who uses their child in a scam attempt.

Revision as of 20:28, 12 August 2014

But they still think they have the right to whine.

What Is A Not Always Right Customer?
 A Not Always Right customer is one that is 1. Trying to get something for nothing; 2. Abusing the employee for one reason or another (trying to get their own way, or for the fun of it); 3. Doesn’t realize they’re wrong.

(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. 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: Not Always Romantic and Not Always Related. In 2012, they added Not Always Working to the collective.

Tropes used in (The Customer is) Not Always Right include:

And could you box up an order of mac’n’cheese please? Oh, and some really good smelling stuff? I figure they’ll have the munchies and I want to torture them.

"Karma’s a b**ch, ain’t it?"

Customer: What manner o' thing is your peanut butter cookie?
Shop Clerk: 'Tis a cookie, sir, with peanut butter in it.

Not Always Romantic contains examples of:

Not Always Related contains examples of:

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ While some US states do allow alcohol purchases at age 18, and others have in the past, Nevada--where this incident takes place--is not and has never been one of them.
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