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My broken buttons are on fire, aka Education makes you SMRT
Today's tale comes to us from the bad_service community. In short, jayphi77 posts a tale of woe about a local drycleaner who charged them "too much" for cleaning 12 shirts, especially since they came back, and I quote, "smelling of smoke and broken buttons". He/she/it writes a letter to said drycleaner, including a freaking long signature which appears to include every school they've ever attended. The drycleaner responds unfavorably in a letter back to the OP, commenting on their education. The commenters call shenanigans.

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stella_polaris
2009-02-09 11:06 pm UTC (link)

I work at McDonald's, and today we got a customer complaint from someone who'd gone through our DT yesterday, bought a Happy Meal, and hadn't gotten the toy.

Now, I understand being miffed about that, you buy the Happy Meal for your kid who will probably throw a tantrum if there's no toy, and also, the fact of the matter is, you've paid for it, you should get what you pay for, otherwise it's comparable to us just stealing your money.

But this lady wrote a half a page essay on how hysterical her kid had become and how she had to calm him down even at bed time because he was crying about not getting his toy. Now, aside from, geeze, spoiled brat much?

She also felt the need to mention that she was a politician, and an assistant to some other politician who I didn't even recognise, but the message was loud and clear.

Who writes a complaint to McD's about a missing plastic toy and includes all their occupations?

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	julesnoctambule 2009-02-09 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	Someone who believes that they are entitled to get everything they want because of their occupation(s)? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	platedlizard 2009-02-10 12:15 am UTC (link)
	No kidding. And why write a letter when you can just go over the next day and tell them what happened and ask for a toy? I mean, really. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kosaginolegion 2009-02-10 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	I thought that too. Then I remembered. Real World Logic and all that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ladybirdsleeps 2009-02-10 12:53 am UTC (link)
	I'm surprised that a kid even remembered that he hadn't gotten the toy by bedtime. That's a long time for a young kid to stay focused on one thing. Unless the kid was twelve or something. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sorchar 2009-02-10 02:24 am UTC (link)
	By which age he's probably graduated from Happy Meals anyway. My kid stopped eating the kids' meals years ago when he realized that the cheap toy wasn't worth still being hungry. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ladybirdsleeps 2009-02-10 02:43 am UTC (link)
	Well, a normal kid probably would have. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lirazel 2009-02-10 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	I still order kids' meals, but mostly because that's the right amount of food for me, and for a good price. And I try to remember to tell them to keep the toy, as I don't want it (usually). (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sorchar 2009-02-11 06:09 am UTC (link)
	nod There've been many times I wished I could order off the kids or senior menu, so I didn't end up with a crapload of food I couldn't finish. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	moonjaguar 2009-02-10 03:18 am UTC (link)
	I can only see a kid that age being hung up on it only if Mommy kept bringing it up repeatedly, either directly to the kid or in his hearing. Gut reaction? I call exaggeranigans. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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