Yes several times I have enacted revenge on a rude customer. While in college I worked for a Pizzeria that sold whole pies and slices. They ran into financial problems and I bought all the equipment and reopened in another location. Since I was the face of the business while they went down hill it was an instant success and I was rolling in dough from the start.( pun intended)
I had about 20 employees all college kids looking to eat free pizza and make some money. I was a generous boss paying 12.00 an hour plus tips back in the eighties, paid their car insurance, and paid health insurance. These benefits were paid to about 8 - 10 full time folks. Any employee shared in profit each day as well. So to say my employees were very loyal.
The location of the business was a quaint little town in Southern Oregon which I stumbled into reading a magazine while living in New York. The Pizzeria was styled after a New York Brooklyn Pizzeria so to say my attitude was not the most polite at times. My employees favorite time was when I exacted revenge on rude customers. Here are a few.
1.) Since I was a New York Pizzeria in the early 80’s there was no such thing as a Canadian Bacon/Pineapple Pizza. Other stores sold them, but a New York Pizzeria would never at that time. If a customer asked for this I explained it was not on the menu. Some would argue with me and that was an immediate ban from the store. Many times it got loud throwing some one out and twice it got physical. It was a different time then and well lets just say the owner of the property really did call the shots.
2.) A cop who harassed me during college all the time because I dated his daughter came in one day. He was there with a few other buddies, but only heard how good the pizza was and did not know I owned it. When I went to serve the table I gave everyone else their slices first so they could get started and served him last. We made eye contact as I went to get his slice. When I got to the table I took his slice turned the plate upside down and gently smashed it between the plate and table. I told he was not welcome in my store and to leave. His friends liked the pizza so much they stayed. He huffed out.
3.) It was Halloween and started to snow. Kids everywhere and Pizza delivery order from hell being called in. I immediately changed the delivery time to 1 hour so no one rushed and we could manage the situation. Well one girl wanted her pizza faster and kept calling back asking when it would be there. We were telling customers it would be 1 hour due to circumstances most were OK with this. I had enough and told this one girl who kept calling back to stop calling and on the final call I gave her a piece of my mind. She had ordered 6 - 18″ pizzas and long story short I told her to shove it and we were going to eat her pizza. Turns out she pissed off her friends and they cam down and ordered 6 more pizzas picking them up themselves.
4.) Two Californians came in ordered a large Sicilian. I told them it was a lot of Pizza and too much for two. She insisted they would eat it and I said fine. After they each ate two slices ( 6 slices left) the lady calls me over and asks for the boss. I asked why and she lifted up the cheese and said it was raw and wanted her money back - and demanded to see the boss. Two slices was a lot of food so they definitely liked it. Anyway, I said fine went into the kitchen, turned my hat on backwards, and went back to the table. She again demanded to see boss at which time I said I was the boss. I was 23 years old so looked young and this threw her off. Her daughter was making “eyes” at me so I flirted with her as I argued with her mom. I was quite the charmer back then winning over the daughter. Well after some dialog back and forth I told the lady she could either stick it or I would get it ready to go for her. Finally she relented and said fine get it ready to go. Well I winked at her daughter opened the door to the pizza shop and tossed her pizza in the parking lot. Oh god her poor daughter did everything to not laugh as they left. I told the mother to never come back and told the daughter she was welcome anytime. Next summer a girl walks in ( the daughter) and says remember me? I promptly apologized to her and provided a free pizza for her. She had enrolled in the college there and well I could not take a chance of her mom becoming my mother in law and that was that.
Anyway that is a few of them during a day which the owner was the owner and that was that!
Edit: Just for you Barabra Evans I submit this picture hard at it back in the day
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