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Not to be confused with the [[Fire-Breathing Diner]], who could have quite good reason to complain after he gets a drink of water. The '''Unsatisfiable Customer''' is usually not [[Nice to the Waiter]].
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* A classic cartoon posted in countless places of business depicts an employee at the Complaints Desk confronting a sour-faced older female customer:▼
{{quote|''"All right, Ma'am, suppose I refund your money, send you another one without charge, close the store, and have the manager shot -- would that be satisfactory?"''}}▼
* The cast of ''[[Retail]]'' deals with these on a regular basis.▼
== Fan Works ==
* ''[[Ultimate SpiderWoman
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* In ''[[Fast Times at Ridgemont High]]'', Brad works at two fast food restaurants. At the first one, he is fired after being forced into an argument by an [[Jerkass|overly demanding customer]].
* In the movie ''[[Waiting]]'', the staff does some nasty things to the food of a woman who endlessly complains about small flaws.
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* The remake of ''[[Fun with Dick and Jane]]'' has Jane (who, in this incarnation, works in a travel agency) repeatedly dealing with customers like this, one before she quits her job on the phone on a plane literally ''shrieking'' about how he has a kosher meal in front of him. even telling the flight attendant talking to him on the other end to grow up in response to ''her'' telling him to grow up. Apparently, he expected her to take care of it. Is that part of the job?
* At the beginning of ''[[Victor Victoria]]'', Victoria attempts the fraudulent variation while dining with Carroll, slipping a cockroach into her salad. The restaurant owner tells her that [[Genre Savvy|two other customers have attempted the same ruse]] and it's not going to work, but then the cockroach climbs up the leg of another diner, and during the resulting melee they're able to escape.
== Literature ==
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* The French comedy show ''[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_(s%C3%A9rie_t%C3%A9l%C3%A9vis%C3%A9e) Palace]'' has a recurring sketch starring a pernickity customer at a Grand Hotel always calling for the director ([[Memetic Mutation|"Appelez-moi le directeur !"]]) for the littlest things, which has since [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Appelez-moi+le+directeur%22 spawned lots of imitation]—notably, a series of advertisement for an assurance company, originally using the same comedians. The director would always get the last word, often with a completely absurd explanation to whatever dysfonction in the Palace the client noted. For example, when confronted with a cockroach inside the hotel room, he argues that it's the reincarnated form of his poor, dead mother. The sketch invariably ends with the client [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|facing the camera and saying,]] "Je l'aurais un jour... je l'aurais !" ("I'll get him one day... I'll get him!")
== Newspaper Comic ==
▲* A classic cartoon posted in countless places of business depicts an employee at the Complaints Desk confronting a sour-faced older female customer:
▲{{quote|''"All right, Ma'am, suppose I refund your money, send you another one without charge, close the store, and have the manager shot -- would that be satisfactory?"''}}
▲* The cast of ''[[Retail]]'' deals with these on a regular basis.
== Puppet Shows ==
* ''[[Sesame Street]]'' has a recurring series of [[Muppet]] sketches featuring Grover as a waiter in a restaurant, attempting to serve a fussy customer (portrayed by the ubiquitous "Fat Blue" Muppet, and unofficially known as Mr. Johnson, or [[The Daily Show|Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele]]). The early skits played the trope straight, but as time went on the conflict began to center more around Grover's confusion or incompetence as opposed to the customer's unreasonableness.
== Video Games ==
* The ''[[Mass Effect]]'' series has the memetic [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1N1ELEVUMs "Refund Guy"] who wouldn't be as much of a hassle if he actually kept his receipts.
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Something*Positive]]'': While working at a [[Burger Fool]], Mike comes across one of these, who is moronic and racist to boot. So he sticks his dick in the guy's soda.
== Web Original ==
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* [[(The Customer is) Not Always Right]] is all about this trope. The actual site is at [http://notalwaysright.com/ notalwaysright.com/]
* [[Hyperbole and a Half]]: [http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/03/milk-crisis-of-2005.html NO!!!!! LESS MILK THAN THAT!!!]
== Western Animation ==
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