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In 2018, a woman accidentally…

July 17, 2021Weirdo

In 2018, a woman accidentally paid a Swiss cafe $7709 for coffee because she entered her PIN number as the dollar amount. When she called to get the money back, nobody answered because the cafe had filed for bankruptcy.

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Eliminating tipping has no impact…

February 25, 2021Weirdo

Eliminating tipping has no impact on service or food quality. But, customers reported lower satisfaction when tipping was eliminated – even when it resulted in the meal costing less – because they felt their power over the server was gone.

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When Toyota debuted its Lexus…

November 22, 2020Weirdo

When Toyota debuted its Lexus LS400 model, two drivers reported a minor issue. Toyota recalled every one of the 8000 cars sold. They sent a dealer to pick up the car and leave a loaner car free of charge. The car was returned repaired, washed, detailed, with a full tank of gas and a gift.

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Research shows that mirrors in public…

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020Weirdo

Research shows that mirrors in public places like retails stores will improve customer behavior by increasing self awareness. You won’t act like a jerk if you had to watch yourself doing so.

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Wong Kei is one of the UK’s largest Chinese…

September 15, 2020Weirdo

Wong Kei is one of the UK’s largest Chinese restaurants and once described as “the rudest restaurant in London”: staff would shout at customers, insult them if they asked for knives and forks, and chase them down the street if they felt they had not tipped enough.

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The practice of playing music…

August 18, 2019Weirdo

The practice of playing music for callers on hold began with a faulty phone line connection. A loose wire touching the steel frame of an office building caused it to act as a giant radio receiver, allowing callers to hear music from local radio stations while they waited on hold.

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There is a small café…

March 7, 2019Weirdo

There is a small café in France that sells coffee to rude customers for €7 while polite customers get coffee for €1.40.

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Piggly Wiggly was the first…

November 21, 2018Weirdo

Piggly Wiggly was the first true self-service grocery store. Before their founding in September 6, 1916, grocery stores did not allow their customers to gather their own goods. Instead, a customer would give a list of items to a clerk, who would then go through the store, gathering them.

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During combat, a US Marine…

August 3, 2018Weirdo

During combat, a US Marine’s rifle jammed, so he called customer service to help him fix it.

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The world’s oldest known complaint letter was written…

February 12, 2017Weirdo

The world’s oldest known complaint letter was written to a Sumerian copper merchant named Ea-Nasir almost 4000 years ago on a clay tablet: “You put ingots which were not good before my messenger and said: ‘If you want to take them, take them; if you do not want to take them, go away!'”

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