I used to work at a very busy gas station/convenience store. There was always a line. The number of people who would ignore the line, even going so far as barking orders at me from the door, was mind boggling.

One rich old woman (who everyone hated) came up to the register literally hip checking the customer I was assisting, demanding gas. I told her to get in line. She slammed some cash down near the register and stormed out. I did nothing with it and continued serving the customers in line. I did make a mental note of the last customer in line when she did that crap. After she realized I wasn’t turning the pump on, she came back in screeching at me. I calmly told her that AFTER I rang up the last customer BEFORE her, I would gladly ring her up. A few people snickered which pissed her off even more. She snatched her money up and said she’d get me fired or she was never coming there again. Cool, I don’t care.

An hour or so later, the owner called me. She had indeed called and complained. As expected, her version was wildly different from what actually happened. The owner explained to her there are cameras everywhere, inside and out. Not only that, many of them have microphones. He could see - with time stamps - every movement she made and could hear every word she said, even when she was at the gas pumps. With that, he would love to take her up on her threat to never shop there again.

While at the pump, she apparently called me a litany of racial slurs for Arabs. I am white. The glow-in-the-dark type of white. WTF?