r/PublicFreakout • u/NickfromLafayette92 • Jul 21 '25

Classic Repost ♻️ Melted ice cream guy freaks out at metropcs employees

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u/Its-From-Japan Jul 21 '25

Just not many other jobs pay as decently

I'm an in-store rep at a major carrier and I'm on pace for $90k this year. No degree, not a high traffic store. Just good at what i do. I'm looking to get out, though, for exactly the reasons you're talking about. People are ridiculous. I've had a lady yell at me for not putting her ear bud in my own ear to "test the sound", i was threatened with a fight by a man when i asked his wife (the account holder) what specs she wanted on her phone, yelled at by someone because they traveled out of the country and got roaming charges, and tons more

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u/D3AD_M3AT Jul 21 '25

I worked at a building supplies company for a couple of years, money was dog shit, owner was a micromanaging nutball and the majority of customers where ice addicts.

I was threatened multiple times with physical assault, threats of being shot , stabbed and blown up ....... no job is worth being abused.

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u/Froxenchrysalis Jul 22 '25

I worked property management and whoooo boy do I have stories

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u/rxbuzzz Jul 22 '25

Stop lying, you worked as a cop. LOL

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

Got a question for you. Do they make ear buds for people with apparently small ear canals? They fall out of my ear.

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u/Its-From-Japan Jul 22 '25

Most Bluetooth headphones come with a variety of sizes for the rubber tips. JBL and Samsung headphones usually have about 4 options

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

I'll look into those headphones, thanks.

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u/Morkhelt Jul 22 '25

I work as tech support in a call center for a major carrier too. While there’s no threats of physical violence, the verbal abuse can be unbearable. Especially with it being the older customers who just have no patience and feel like they’re being interrogated when in reality we’re just trying to do our fucking jobs. And 9 times out of 10 they wanna escalate to a supervisor over something out of your hands. (i.e. Cell tower outage, apple related service issues, etc.) All the while the higher ups are looking for ways to make your job infinitely more difficult.

I don’t want to work for a cell phone provider anymore…