Anyone who ever worked retail will love the angry IKEA guy

[Clash City Rocker]

Everyone who worked behind a counter, or in tech support, has wished they could say this. It’s actually a comedian named Scott Seiss.

[tanyev]

1. Ha!

[yonder]

2. That was fun.

[Hortensis]

3. Lol, NOT exactly. Sure, he's feeling braver here hiding behind a camera

than he should be given that future HR departments will be able to look this up.

But I've been shopping and seen him before. He's the passive-aggressive jerk who's too cowardly to act out his hostility face to face and instead "fixes" others by such clever hits as writing up the wrong size extra shelf for a bookcase or sneakily deleting a hinge for a cabinet.

Hope this inspires others to tell their employers' customers off.

[cinematicdiversions]

5. Um he is a comedian.... this is a comedy bit. NT

[paleotn]

32. And the best comedy is rooted in real world situations.

I worked at Sears during my undergrad years. Auto center. DieHard / Roadhandler land. We had a guy come in looking for tires,
Average suburban professional type....told us his wife drove the car....used it to drive their kids to school and back, plus various practices after school...so on and so on. Big lead up to......"what's the cheapest tires you've got for it?" The salesman and I looked at each other in complete disbelief. What...tha...hell?! If they were having financial problems, that would be understandable, but why the long back story before the cheap skate routine? So, you don't really care if what should be the most important people in your life are riding around on tissue paper that we're actually embarrassed to sell, skid off the road into a ditch, roll a couple times and hit a tree? Nice. Ugh. Sometimes I really hate humans.

[spooky3]

37. That's a good one. It reminds me of an old Michelin ad

where the guy started to tell us that tires not as good as Michelin’s were fine for his wife’s car, since all she does is drive the kids to school, etc. — then realizes his KIDS are precious and goes for the Michelins.

So, his WIFE doesn’t deserve good, safe tires?

[paleotn]

64. I guess not. Strange people.

At the same time my dad was telling me to always get the best tires you can afford. Always. Don't ever skimp on what's between you and the road. I made that mistake a couple times before I realized the old man was right.

[NullTuples]

40. To be fair though, how many times did Sears auto center get caught ripping people off?

It seemed to make the news on a somewhat regular cycle in the 90's -ish.

Though I do completely agree with the idea of thinking of tires as part of the safety equipment when making spending decisions, if at all economically possible.

[paleotn]

65. Once is too many...

but it's unfortunately too common in the industry.

[NullTuples]

66. True, but it was Sears specifically, over and over to the point of them being limited

...by a court to only doing tires, batteries and I think maybe brakes? mufflers?

[Mosby]

75. They were using a commission based system

That went completely off the rails.

[Hortensis]

46. Well, he was obviously attempting some kind of performance.

Humor's very subjective and individual, of course. Hopefully, the market for his is sufficient to keep him from having to sleep in his car and churn out new skits using Burger King's wifi.

[Javaman]

56. Never worked retail, huh?

[Hortensis]

58. Nope. Once worked in sales at a far more competitive level,

though merely assisting professionals on very big accounts. Oh, but I ran a very busy snack bar in Woolworth's when I was 17, if that counts.

It's not the job, though, it's the person. Someone too feckless and undisciplined to give proper service to customers in a dollar store isn't going to have the right stuff for good jobs. Though he might try harder and fake it much longer.

[Javaman]

90. I stopped at nope.

Until you walk a mile in a retail workers shoes, you honestly have less than a clue on the subject.

I have, on the other hand, have worked retail and everything that was said in the video, although done in a comedic way, is dead on.

There is a great old quote, it goes like this: better to be thought the fool, than open your mouth and have it confirmed.

[Hortensis]

91. Nonsense. But btw I worked the counter at the snack bar all

day long selling RETAIL food to customers to walk away with, along with making it and keeping the records.

Isn't it absolutely amazing the ways people find to imagine themselves special? And especially put upon? Let's just hope no one's inspired to start a thread about the special tribulations of being a retail customer that no one else can comprehend.

[sheilahi]

77. were you the one in school that took names Hortensis?

Who's going to tell her?

[left-of-center2012]

4. What a jerk

No one I'd hire or buy from.

Guess it's suppose to be funny but seeing rudeness as amusing doesn't work for me.

[Kaleva]

6. He's a comedian.

[Sherman A1]

42. And not a very good one

I worked in a Union Retail Grocery for over 4 decades and Yes, customers can be extremely rude, disrespectful, obnoxious and nowadays outright dangerous but they do pay for the operation of the store and my wages and benefits.

As we used to say at work "10,000 comedians out of work...................." This guy needs to find another line of work because he simply is not good at comedy.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

48. So he's a comediain't for you?

Maybe you're a word-play type?

[Sherman A1]

55. No

He would have to improve by several magnitudes to reach the level of useless.

[ck4829]

74. Nearly 250k views, that's more views than ABC News has gotten for videos from a similar time

https://www.youtube.com/c/ABCNews/videos

And out of the threads here in GD in the last 30 days, this is the 35th most replied-to thread.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1002&sort=replies

Sounds like he is doing one of the things a good comedian does, sow our socially constructed landscape for dialogue and making fun of the foibles of our culture.

What is your criteria for someone being useful?

[Sherman A1]

81. Yes, because when everyone does it

it makes it right.

[USALiberal]

78. lol, Lighten up Francis

[Sherman A1]

80. Surprisingly enough

I don't have to justify myself to you.

[live love laugh]

61. 😂😂😂😂

[Hortensis]

49. In your world far, far away... Well, I never actually worked retail but I was

a waitress as a kid, and by far most people were anything from delightful to indifferent. Maybe it had more to do with us. I never thought customers changing their order or asking me to bring another plate, or whatever'd set this guy's hair on fire, was intolerable. And NO one ever told me I lost a customer or demanded to speak with my manager.

For those prone...bless their mean little hearts and hope their parents will take them in?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

51. Most people don't behave like Chris Farley...

... if given coffee made from crystals either, but the extreme reaction is part of the humor.

[Hortensis]

52. :) Probably mostly a guy thing.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

54. Lol, you might be correct.

[left-of-center2012]

53. Nope

I don't find insults funny.

[cinematicdiversions]

7. Well since it was the customers who are rude...

I found it very funny. Mainly because it exposes some of the inanity that retail workers have to deal with entitled self absorbed lunatics.

[leighbythesea2]

43. Agree

My husband showed it to me. People say this stuff. Its hard in retail and service. Especially given our minimum wage.

[GreenEyedLefty]

57. I thought it was funny in the "man, someone gets it" kind of way

I spent years in retail hell in my early 20s. I developed a thick skin, wicked snark and a lot of empathy for other retail peeps.

[paleotn]

20. I really don't think he gives a rat's patooty what you think.

Apparently, you've never worked retail, or any other service industry. People suck. They do. They're horrible. Not all, but far, far more than you can imagine.

[spooky3]

27. This is the kind of thing that makes me wonder how Dem politicians

Have the heart and energy to work so hard on everyone’s behalf. Thank you, Dems!

[paleotn]

34. Indeed. They and we care about people....

because most are just people. Normal. Sometimes a real joy to talk with. But a surprising number are incredible jerks and those tend to stand out in memory.

[spooky3]

35. Have found that to be true of coworkers, too. Nt

[Tommymac]

24. Dealing with rudeness in customers doesn't work for me.

This is hilarious!

[LittleGirl]

8. This is epic.

Clever, hysterical and so spot on! Love it.

[FakeNoose]

9. "I'd like to speak to your manager" - "I'd like to speak to your mother"

It's like he has really lived this job! Hilarious and right on the money.

[Iggo]

18. I shed a tear on that one.

[SWBTATTReg]

10. This is great, and he hits on a lot of valid points that retail workers run into everyday. It's not

like these retail workers are making a $million bucks a day either. They are decent human beings trying to do decent job where they work, and they don't deserve being treated like crap. No one does.

[ret5hd]

11. That is absolutely GREAT!

[C Moon]

12. "...and some brownies that Darcie brought in." :D

[BobTheSubgenius]

13. My son had a customer who was being a completely unreasonable d_.

He would NOT accept that my son wasn't being obstinate and refusing to do what he wanted, but that the software would not let him do that. Special overrides required.

Likewise, he refused to be transferred to the appropriate department that my son had offered as an option, because that's the way it's done. No! "He had an arrangement." Fine, but your arrangement is with them and not me because I LITERALLY CANNOT DO WHAT YOU WANT.

After what seemed like hours, the idiot asked if there was anyone else he could speak to. He said "Yes, the XX Dept." (Don't remember what it was). Now the guy is REALLY exasperated and demands to know why he wasn't transferred there to begin with, somehow forgetting that that was an option he had refused to entertain.

My son "I offered to do that for you at the beginning of this call, but you chose to use the last 20 minutes as an opportunity to argue with me."


A completely unrelated incident, other than my son's involvement, was a call from a guy I worked for, who decided 1:40 AM was completely acceptable!!! He had no boundaries whatsoever, and was beyond anxious for me to get up and phone his gf's parents because she wasn't behaving to his standards, either.

Son refuses to do this, but finally puts down the phone, comes to my bedroom door and whispers through the closed door to see if I was up.

"Nope, he's dead asleep and I couldn't wake him."

"But I NEED you to do this. It's an EMERGENCY!!!"

My son's shining moment came at this point. "Try to imagine the vast gulf of irrelevance between your situation and my life."

I LOVE my son!

PS...I heard of this from my son, naturally. BPD Boy (borderline personality disorder) never mentioned it at all. Wonder why.

[FakeNoose]

62. Oh my, I'll bet your son would enjoy this comedian

You should forward it to him. He'll relive a few of those nightmares (in a fun way).

[BobTheSubgenius]

88. Comedy-wise, it's right in his wheelhouse, for sure.

One of his very favourites is Patton Oswalt.

[Clash City Rocker]

86. When I was doing tech support, my buddy and I had a system

When someone would call me who was a total jerk, I would say I was transferring him to someone who could help him with the problem. He did the same thing with me. The caller, thinking he was being transferred to a manager, would then be totally nice. Worked every time.

[BobTheSubgenius]

89. Wow, what a great idea!

Fortunately, that job is far behind him.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

14. So damn hilarious!!

My cheeks are still wet from the tears of laughter!

The ominous music as he moved closer to the camera with his replies was the perfect extra touch!

[irisblue]

15. He is wrong about the meatballs.

[SunSeeker]

29. LOL. Yeah, they're pretty fucking delicious. IKEA's only saving grace.

[blueinredohio]

16. That was funny.

[moonscape]

17. Guilty! I always want

the thing they’re out of to be in that in-the-back magical Santa’s workshop!

[luckone]

19. ++ When does it end Diane ?? 🤣 " All of it too funny

[Marthe48]

21. I laughed

I know I've said things just like that in a store somewhere over the years.

I sent the link to a few people.

[tishaLA]

22. "I'm dressed like this because I'm going to....

the midnight premiere of IKEA, The Movie

ROFL

[paleotn]

23. Damn, that's so funny and oh so true! Wow!

Anyone who's ever done any kind customer service can relate. I did back in college days and I've despaired for my species ever since. How the hell we left the savannah and went on to fly to the moon I'll never know.

[hlthe2b]

25. Please keep him away from sharp objects, please!

Oh, my!

[SunSeeker]

26. "You think you hate this place more than me? I WORK here."

[Warpy]

28. "You wanna talk to the manager? I wanna talk to your MOTHER"

Oh, that one would have come in so handy.

He missed the one for wrecking ball kids, "If you want to act like a wild animal, do it outside."

[ProfessorGAC]

30. Great Find!

That was fun.

[Pacifist Patriot]

31. I haven't worked in retail in thirty years. I still have nightmares.

This is hilarious!

[lunatica]

33. This took me right back to my waitress days in my 20s!

Customers should have to work in the business for a few months so they know what assholes they can be.

[2naSalit]

36. That was good!

[mikeysnot]

38. Vertically filmed.

Pass.

[budkin]

44. That's TikTok and Instagram

There's no other way.

[liberalmuse]

39. Anyone who's every worked retail or customer service can appreciate this.

Love it!

[Fritz Walter]

41. Busted!

I've used the line about unscannable items being free, as recently as this week. Thought I was being humorous -- but I see his point. So, from now on, I'll show good manners; they cost me nothing.

[wnylib]

45. He forgot to mention the people

at the register who are too busy on their phone to reach for their credit card, checkbook, or wallet and oblvious to the fact that they are holding up a growing line of customers behind them.

[ck4829]

50. My favorite was the people who came to my register and open their wallet and it's empty

[betsuni]

47. This is hilarious! Thank you for posting it.

[live love laugh]

59. I follow him on TikTok he is HILARIOUS 😂😂😂😂

[Sophiegirl]

63. If you have never worked in Retail....

.....you can’t possibly get how funny this is!

I am retired and work a couple of days a week at Williams Sonoma. I once had a customer try to return a knife after several years of owning it.......because it wasn’t sharp anymore. Another came in with a cookie sheet that was gross and sticky and complained that it was supposed to be non-stick. She didn’t realize that it was was supposed to be washed after each using.

[eppur_se_muova]

67. I don't normally quote stand-up comedians as any great source of wisdom, but ...

something Jerry Seinfeld was quoted as saying stuck with me: "Someone who is nice to you but rude to the waiter is not a nice person." That sunk in very slowly, but I ended up re-evaluating a couple of "friendships" because of it, including one with a woman on whom I had once been most unreasonably infatuated.

[betsuni]

68. Also, unwanted flirting with waitstaff.

My brother does that and it's so embarrassing, the worst at a wedding held in the school cafeteria where the couple worked -- high school girls were serving and he was leering like an old lion. Disgusting. Rudeness and treating people like they're for sale, too. The worst.

[Bluepinky]

69. That made me laugh!

My daughter worked for a few years at a store that sold a large variety of items at discounted prices, and boy, the stories she told us about some of the customers: people coming in 5 minutes before closing time and not leaving, opening jars of lotion to “try it” and then putting them back, giving the cashier a hard time about expired coupons, yelling at the cashier about the long checkout line, etc. And if the store is out of what the customer wants, look out. The employees always had to watch for theft; some of the discount stores attract the most unscrupulous people, who feel that discount should mean free. People would hide items in the bottom of a trash container they were purchasing, switch price tags on items, put a more expensive face cream in the box of an inexpensive cream, etc. She’s happy to be out of that place. I’ll show her this comedy segment, she’ll love it!

[rownesheck]

70. Seriously,

there is NEVER a reason for any customer to complain about anything to any store employee or store manager. If a customer feels they are not receiving "good service", they need to take it out on the corporate side. No one at store level is "being mean" to you. If you're upset, it's because you may not like a policy that store level employees have no control over.

The best part of this guy's video is the one where he says "I'd like to speak to your mother. Because she raised someone to act like a baby in public!" So true. People need to grow up and stop whining to already abused retail store employees.

[markie]

71. ...

[Woodwizard]

72. I sell my work at art shows.

Most customers are great but there are always a few idiots.

On memorable one was a husband and wife, the wife was very interested in my carved birdhouses they are old man faces with the mouth as the opening. The husband is loudly badmouthing my work, she picks on out a 75.00 one I take it down, the husband shoves 70.00 at me this is what I will give you. I just looked at him without a word just hung it back up and walked away.

His wife came with the correct amount a little later, now the idiot has got to look at it and remember the interaction instead of just being a respectful person.

For some its like a game they always want to cut the price to feel they got something over on the seller. In two weeks we will be doing our first show since the whole covid lock down. last year was tough without the shows.

[Humanist_Activist]

73. Had a lady call our store 3 times asking for an item we didn't have...

she claimed it was on our website, and that it was posted 15 hours ago(when we were closed). We sometimes highlight items we MIGHT carry on our website for our location, but our managers post it themselves and they sure as hell don't work when the store is closed. We don't even do retail online, there's no way to track items that way for us, let's just say we are a store where even the employees are surprised at what we get in our trucks sometimes. She more or less called all of us liars.

[Trueblue Texan]

76. What do you think is back there, Santa's workshop? hahahahahaha! nt

[Cobalt Violet]

79. K & R

[keithbvadu2]

82. The voices of experience

[The Animator]

83. I used to work in theme parks and this is fucking hilarious

I’ve heard way worse than this in a literally any given attraction break room.

[malaise]

84. Too good

[Upthevibe]

85. I find this hysterical!

I worked retail in my younger days (for a very short time). That experience is what prompted me to go to a vocational school to get some secretarial skills (mainly typing) so I could work in an office. I was a single mom and was unable to go to college to get a degree at the time - I just needed some skills. Working in an office was like Heaven compared to retail!

It was years later that I was finally able to go to college to get my bachelor's degree when I was 41 years old.

[nolabear]

87. I feel SO much better now. 🤣🤣🤣

Who hasn’t bitten their tongues til they nearly bled in a retail job?