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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.''}}
'''[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-
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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** [http://notalwaysright.com/18-and-blunder You'd think he'd have caught on sooner.]
* [[All Women Are Lustful]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/sadly-this-amounts-to-a-sex-life Who actually cares about the sexual content of a zombie film?]
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Probably [http://notalwaysright.com/snobbery-just-wont-cut-it this woman.] Being beautiful does not allow you to ignore punctuality.
** [http://notalwaysright.com/why-we-cant-have-nice-things This lady here too] who feels that being beautiful gives you the right to steal coffee.
** In fact, almost any example where a customer calls an employee (or another customer) ugly can count.
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** This is a [http://notalwaysright.com/digging-your-tree-out-of-a-hole MASSIVE] understatement...
** [http://notalwaysright.com/a-bit-grey-with-anatomy "Yeah, but even if he lost one leg, he’s still got two feet, right?"]
** [http://notalwaysright.com/bloody-stupid Chickens don't bleed!] But [http://notalwaysright.com/free-derange can read]
** [http://notalwaysright.com/udderly-ridiculous “No thanks, I’m trying to become a vegetarian and eggs come from cows.”]
** This would solve the [http://notalwaysright.com/53690-2 Chicken or Egg or WTF] problem, however.
** [http://notalwaysright.com/when-flippers-attack "That’s a dolphin, dear. It eats people.”] And maybe swims upriver to mate. [http://notalwaysright.com/they-swim-upriver-to-mate Like other whales].
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* [[Bully Hunter]]: Many stories involve a third party (sometimes a fellow workmate, sometimes themselves a customer) who, upon encountering an unreasonable character trying to bully a server into getting what they want (or even [[For the Evulz|just to be a]] [[Jerkass]]), [[Awesome Moments|feel the need to intervene]].
* [[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] [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>
* [[But That I Would Believe]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/not-always-right-the-comic-big-lies-are-better-than-small-ones Sometimes] the only way to get rid of someone.
* [[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.
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* [[Crazy Cat Lady]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/hiss-terical This one.] Either that, or a [[Cat Girl]] who never grew up.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/there-is-no-spoon-2 If you don't have a spoon, what will you do if you find some ice cream?]
* [[Creepy Child]] /CreepyDoll: [http://notalwaysright.com/exorcisms-not-included-part-2/12513 “Well then, I guess you will have to ask her, or I will have to ask, or…] [[Creepy Monotone|…the doll’s soul will have to ask.”
* [[Credit Card Plot]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/americas-debt-crisis-explained A credit card is not a loan surprisingly enough.]
* [[Critical Research Failure]]: Most of the customers know little.
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** Very disturbingly inverted with [http://notalwaysright.com/pray-the-gay-to-stay this] woman. “I want to make my son gay. I would love to have a gay child. I’m very open minded!” She intends to make her son gay by exposing him to pornography.
* [[Hipster]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/righteous-indie-nation Righteous Indie-nation]
* [[Hitler Ate Sugar]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/the-lesser-of-teen-evils Parodied.] Skittles are EVIL?
* [[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.
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* [[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]]
* [[Humans Are
* [[Hurricane of Excuses]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/menage-a-fraud This.]
* [[Hypocrite]]: Black Christmas trees are evil and unnatural! [http://notalwaysright.com/pink-is-the-new-black I'll have a pink one].
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* [[Perspective Flip]]: Of a sort; [http://notalwaysright.com/precarious-insurance-part-3 this] one is a customer submitting their own ditz moment.
* [[Pizza Boy Special Delivery]]: Occasionally attempted. Even [http://notalwaysright.com/they-have-incompatible-operating-systems with amateur strip tease]. And [http://notalwaysright.com/second-life-same-bigotry what seems to be a case] (if not for failed expectaitions)... in ''[[Second Life]]''.
* [[Poe's Law]] / [[Stealth Parody]] / : On the meta-level - exactly how many of the stories are genuine and how many are actually pure bullshit made up by trolls or somebody with an axe to grind? And in the former case, it can be very difficult to tell whether some of these people are genuinely that crazy or just real-life [[
* [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/fowl-mouthed-accusations "Peacock"] is a dirty word and you should be ashamed! I prefer you use the term "pearooster".
** Also, [http://notalwaysright.com/fighting-ignorance-with-ignorance we don’t say "Indian"]. And [http://notalwaysright.com/darkest-africa a map of Africa] is disturbing.
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** [http://notalwaysright.com/wesley-called-he-wants-his-tan-back Look, I just want to be as dark as that guy so I can learn how to rap.]
** [http://notalwaysright.com/little-red-riding-in-the-hood Pretty fly for a little white girl.]
** Inverted [http://notalwaysright.com/not-always-right-on-so-many-levels here]
* [[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 [http://notalwaysright.com/thisisspyware this one], also a reference to ''[[300]]'', fits as well.
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* [[Zombie Apocalypse]]: [http://notalwaysright.com/five-days-later/2904 It's upon us, according to this guy].
* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: Several, although "[http://notalwaysromantic.com/pet-names-unleashed/18698 My dumb pig]" is probably the strangest.
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* [[Tsundere]]: [http://notalwaysromantic.com/persistence-pays-and-pisses-off/19049 This girl] should be the new mascot for the trope.
* [[Wacky Marriage Proposal]]: [http://notalwaysromantic.com/how-to-wipe-out-a-relationship/18704 This], among others.
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: An entire tag for it. [http://notalwaysromantic.com/busted-pipes/2368 Several] [http://notalwaysromantic.com/from-runaway-bride-to-ex-wife/1070 examples], often cross-posted from
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Occasionally. [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.
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