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* SkewedPriorities: Quite a few customers, in the face of disaster or fierce weather, will demand service or wonder why nothing is working despite the immediate danger.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/jack-bauer-style-flowers/ This woman]] dodges falling glass for a bunch of flowers.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/demanding-to-a-fault/ This woman]] demands that a technician be sent to her house, which was in an earthquake zone. Even better is that she also left her house because of the earthquake. [[{{Hypocrite}} So she won't go to her house because it's unsafe, yet expects someone else to do the same]].
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/floods-cause-a-whole-raft-of-problems/ I don't care about floods! Where's my package?]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/deal-with-the-burning-issue-first/ This customer]] wants her cat food. Who cares if the building burns down first?
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-wind-in-the-windows/ This woman]] asks about her computer despite a tornado warning going off.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/water-you-stupid-part-10/ This woman]] wonders why no copiers are working, despite everything, herself included, being in ''ankle-deep water''.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-pot-calling-the-blizzard-white/ This customer]] complains about a package even though deliveries are delayed due to bad weather. When they were asked if they could go to a store, they said that they were snowed in. [[{{Hypocrite}} So they are mad that the delivery people aren't taking risks to the weather while playing it safe themselves]].
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/your-complaints-are-on-thin-ice/ This person]] complains about having to walk an extra block due to an iced-over sidewalk. Thankfully, she got the point when someone else told her that a boy was injured walking across that sidewalk.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/we-are-a-precipitation-mall-nation/ This customer]] can't believe that a store is still open despite a snowstorm. As for them, they came out there to make a return.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/naturally-stupid-part-2/ A thunderstorm interfered with my television service?]] I still want my television service!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/driving-miss-crazy-part-2/ This woman]] insists on going down a closed road despite an officer telling her of the danger. She charges ahead anyway, crashes, and [[{{Hypocrite}} yells at the officer for not telling her]].
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/your-forecast-for-today-dark/ There's a hurricane?]] Forget that, where's my television service?
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/how-dorothy-does-her-shopping/ This woman]] braves a tornado to get to a store.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/customer-to-the-rescue/ This man]] demands his photos, even if the roads are too dangerous due to ice storms!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/harping-on/ This man]] values his daughter's harp over his ''own life''. His wife doesn't.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/contractions-speak-louder-than-words-part-3/ This guy]] would rather argue over the price of a duffel bag than take his wife -- who is visibly in labor -- to hospital. [[{{Hypocrite}} And then has the nerve to accuse the employees of "trying to kill [his] wife over a duffel bag!"]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/needs-to-back-up-and-see-the-bigger-picture/ I don't have backups of my financial system]]? Screw that, how can I make these error messages go away so I don't have to hit Enter all the time?
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/this-is-why-were-in-a-recession-part-20/ £1.36 for some cauliflower?]] I can't afford that at all! I'll have some £5 lottery tickets instead!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/on-the-other-hand-she-seems-fine/ This woman]] will take advantage of discounted prices, broken finger be damned!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/suddenly-parenting-goes-out-the-window/ This woman]]'s concern for her one-month-old baby being locked inside her car during a very hot day ''immediately'' disappears when it turns out the only way anyone can get inside the kind of car she has is by smashing a window.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/keeping-borders-secure-and-identity-insecure/ This submitter]] actually has to point out to a problem customer the sheer stupidity of refusing to show her ID to a video game store's cashier, because she automatically assumes the cashier is an illegal immigrant who will steal it, but ''immediately'' giving it to the first complete stranger who offers to check it for them.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/big-brother-is-a-big-bother/ "No, he just wants military satellites to be able to track his model airplane's precise location... but he's afraid of e-commerce."]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/playstation-meets-playboy/ This customer]] asks to return a ''Playboy''-themed game that she bought for her 8-year-old -- not because it's pornographic, but because it requires lots of reading and he can't read very well.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/has-a-cats-chance-in-hell-of-adopting/ This customer]] admits that she's planning to adopt a pair of cats and then leave them to fend for themselves in a dead relative's large house. Or she's going to live with the cats at that house and let ''her son'' fend for himself and the cat they already have at their apartment; she keeps changing her story. She, of course, then has the nerve to accuse the worker of not caring about the animals, because he won't sell them to people who won't actually take care of them.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/cinnabonkers-for-cinnamon/ This woman]], in need of a flight reschedule, insists on waiting another 24 hours for a flight through Charlotte, because their airport has a Cinnabon.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/at-least-someone-is-receiving-maintenance/ This customer]] thinks that going to the salon daily is more important than treating her son's asthma, which has been acting up for five days.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/about-to-have-a-fire-sale/ This fast-food chain]] is more interested in staying open during the lunch rush than ''keeping the store from burning down''.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/getting-your-priorities-straight/ This customer]], upon seeing a taxicab involved in an accident, is only concerned with the fact that the taxicab might be the one he called.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-bad-reaction-to-the-question/ Here,]] a girl has dairy allergies, but her mom is more concerned that a barista embarrassed the girl in front of her friends by not adding whipped cream to her drink.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-purchase-was-a-pre-medicated-decision/72225/ This woman]] had been suffering from chronic pain and needed to pick up her medication from the pharmacy. What has she been doing all day? ''Getting a new iPhone''!
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-fired-and-the-fabulous/34179/ This teacher]], during an unannounced fire drill, was more concerned about saving her makeup and hair products than getting her young students to safety. God only knows what would have happened if it had been a real fire...
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/take-my-health-but-not-my-money/156505/ This woman]] tripped and possibly injured herself, but all she cares about is that her purse (which is on the counter within eyeshot) isn't stolen. She meticulously searches her purse while still laying on the floor and obstructing the exit.
** The lady in [[https://notalwaysright.com/youre-all-just-sacks-of-meat-to-her/151161/ this story]] is dead-set on getting her Easter ham, regardless of the fact that the aisle they're in is obstructed by a badly-injured employee. Who cares about a medical emergency, [[ItsAllAboutMe she needs her ham!]] Three points make this story worse than usual - one, that the employee died shortly afterwards, two, that three other customers are seen ignoring the collapsed man before he was discovered by a manager, and three, that the lady went on to complain and the other employees all got into trouble with corporate for 'not being more accommodating to her needs'.
** With the hair salons all closed due to the [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]], [[https://notalwaysright.com/getting-to-the-root-of-the-entitlement-problem/221950/ this lady]] walks into a veterinarian's (since they're still open for basic grooming) and expects them to color her hair, since she ''cannot'' go out in public as it is (despite the fact that [[InsaneTrollLogic she's already in public]]). Worse, by her logic, she needed an animal to get through the door, so she stole a dog that was waiting outside a store across the street.
** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-tornado-of-entitlement/281982/ this story]], a tornado[[note]]heavily implied to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Western_Kentucky_tornado the 2021 Mayfield, Kentucky tornado]] judging by the location and description of the extent of the tornado's destruction[[/note]] sends employees and customers in a fast food restaurant scrambling for shelter. The building miraculously survives...and after everyone leaves shelter, a woman ''immediately'' asks the employees when she is getting her food (never mind that the power is now out and the street outside is a total disaster).
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/empathy-is-closing-down/309862/ This customer]] fails to see why an employee isn't excited by their store's 90% closing down sale (going on to wish out loud that ''every store'' was closing down just so everything would be on sale).
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/getting-your-priorities-straight-part-3/70117/ This motorcyclist]] doesn't seem to understand that him riding into a safari park on his bike is very unsafe. What ''does'' get him to relent is when another customer remarks that the monkeys and bears would "tear up" his bike.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-worst-kind-of-bubble-butt This caller]], after wiping her baby's bottom with some wipes (noted ''specifically'' not to be for personal use) and having the baby's butt start to bubble, is more worried about how the company's going to compensate her rather than the health of her baby.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/that-is-not-a-baller-move/325286/ This guy]] calls 911 over his power going out because he doesn't want to miss his ballgame.
** Similarly, [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-terror-of-sports-fans/148693/ this caller]] is miffed that [[UsefulNotes/RugbyUnion a match between Highlanders and Christchurch Crusaders]] was cancelled.
--->'''Submitter:''' "The NZ Rugby Union cancelled it, sir, because of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_mosque_shootings the terror attack in Christchurch yesterday]]."\\
'''Caller:''' "But they are professionals; they should have played!"
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/great-game-until-the-tornado-stole-home/69737/ "HOW DARE YOU RUN AN EMERGENCY ALERT DURING THE RED SOX GAME?!"]]
** A weird non-selfishness-caused example is [[https://notalwaysright.com/bridging-the-cultural-gap-one-angry-customer-at-a-time/69283/ this customer]], who's found out that his sports game is being broadcast in Spanish, but is more upset that no one is telling him ''why'' the game is in Spanish.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/she-wants-to-be-shaking-in-her-boots/327739/ This woman at a shoe store]] seems legitimately confused as to why the employees are trying to get her out of the store for her safety instead of letting her finish her shopping when the shocks of a significant earthquake reach the store.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/jack-bauer-style-flowers/ This woman]] dodges falling glass for a bunch of flowers.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/demanding-to-a-fault/ This woman]] demands that a technician be sent to her house, which was in an earthquake zone. Even better is that she also left her house because of the earthquake. [[{{Hypocrite}} So she won't go to her house because it's unsafe, yet expects someone else to do the same]].
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/floods-cause-a-whole-raft-of-problems/ I don't care about floods! Where's my package?]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/deal-with-the-burning-issue-first/ This customer]] wants her cat food. Who cares if the building burns down first?
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-wind-in-the-windows/ This woman]] asks about her computer despite a tornado warning going off.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/water-you-stupid-part-10/ This woman]] wonders why no copiers are working, despite everything, herself included, being in ''ankle-deep water''.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-pot-calling-the-blizzard-white/ This customer]] complains about a package even though deliveries are delayed due to bad weather. When they were asked if they could go to a store, they said that they were snowed in. [[{{Hypocrite}} So they are mad that the delivery people aren't taking risks to the weather while playing it safe themselves]].
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/your-complaints-are-on-thin-ice/ This person]] complains about having to walk an extra block due to an iced-over sidewalk. Thankfully, she got the point when someone else told her that a boy was injured walking across that sidewalk.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/we-are-a-precipitation-mall-nation/ This customer]] can't believe that a store is still open despite a snowstorm. As for them, they came out there to make a return.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/naturally-stupid-part-2/ A thunderstorm interfered with my television service?]] I still want my television service!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/driving-miss-crazy-part-2/ This woman]] insists on going down a closed road despite an officer telling her of the danger. She charges ahead anyway, crashes, and [[{{Hypocrite}} yells at the officer for not telling her]].
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/your-forecast-for-today-dark/ There's a hurricane?]] Forget that, where's my television service?
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/how-dorothy-does-her-shopping/ This woman]] braves a tornado to get to a store.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/customer-to-the-rescue/ This man]] demands his photos, even if the roads are too dangerous due to ice storms!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/harping-on/ This man]] values his daughter's harp over his ''own life''. His wife doesn't.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/contractions-speak-louder-than-words-part-3/ This guy]] would rather argue over the price of a duffel bag than take his wife -- who is visibly in labor -- to hospital. [[{{Hypocrite}} And then has the nerve to accuse the employees of "trying to kill [his] wife over a duffel bag!"]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/needs-to-back-up-and-see-the-bigger-picture/ I don't have backups of my financial system]]? Screw that, how can I make these error messages go away so I don't have to hit Enter all the time?
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/this-is-why-were-in-a-recession-part-20/ £1.36 for some cauliflower?]] I can't afford that at all! I'll have some £5 lottery tickets instead!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/on-the-other-hand-she-seems-fine/ This woman]] will take advantage of discounted prices, broken finger be damned!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/suddenly-parenting-goes-out-the-window/ This woman]]'s concern for her one-month-old baby being locked inside her car during a very hot day ''immediately'' disappears when it turns out the only way anyone can get inside the kind of car she has is by smashing a window.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/keeping-borders-secure-and-identity-insecure/ This submitter]] actually has to point out to a problem customer the sheer stupidity of refusing to show her ID to a video game store's cashier, because she automatically assumes the cashier is an illegal immigrant who will steal it, but ''immediately'' giving it to the first complete stranger who offers to check it for them.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/big-brother-is-a-big-bother/ "No, he just wants military satellites to be able to track his model airplane's precise location... but he's afraid of e-commerce."]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/playstation-meets-playboy/ This customer]] asks to return a ''Playboy''-themed game that she bought for her 8-year-old -- not because it's pornographic, but because it requires lots of reading and he can't read very well.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/has-a-cats-chance-in-hell-of-adopting/ This customer]] admits that she's planning to adopt a pair of cats and then leave them to fend for themselves in a dead relative's large house. Or she's going to live with the cats at that house and let ''her son'' fend for himself and the cat they already have at their apartment; she keeps changing her story. She, of course, then has the nerve to accuse the worker of not caring about the animals, because he won't sell them to people who won't actually take care of them.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/cinnabonkers-for-cinnamon/ This woman]], in need of a flight reschedule, insists on waiting another 24 hours for a flight through Charlotte, because their airport has a Cinnabon.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/at-least-someone-is-receiving-maintenance/ This customer]] thinks that going to the salon daily is more important than treating her son's asthma, which has been acting up for five days.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/about-to-have-a-fire-sale/ This fast-food chain]] is more interested in staying open during the lunch rush than ''keeping the store from burning down''.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/getting-your-priorities-straight/ This customer]], upon seeing a taxicab involved in an accident, is only concerned with the fact that the taxicab might be the one he called.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-bad-reaction-to-the-question/ Here,]] a girl has dairy allergies, but her mom is more concerned that a barista embarrassed the girl in front of her friends by not adding whipped cream to her drink.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-purchase-was-a-pre-medicated-decision/72225/ This woman]] had been suffering from chronic pain and needed to pick up her medication from the pharmacy. What has she been doing all day? ''Getting a new iPhone''!
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-fired-and-the-fabulous/34179/ This teacher]], during an unannounced fire drill, was more concerned about saving her makeup and hair products than getting her young students to safety. God only knows what would have happened if it had been a real fire...
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/take-my-health-but-not-my-money/156505/ This woman]] tripped and possibly injured herself, but all she cares about is that her purse (which is on the counter within eyeshot) isn't stolen. She meticulously searches her purse while still laying on the floor and obstructing the exit.
** The lady in [[https://notalwaysright.com/youre-all-just-sacks-of-meat-to-her/151161/ this story]] is dead-set on getting her Easter ham, regardless of the fact that the aisle they're in is obstructed by a badly-injured employee. Who cares about a medical emergency, [[ItsAllAboutMe she needs her ham!]] Three points make this story worse than usual - one, that the employee died shortly afterwards, two, that three other customers are seen ignoring the collapsed man before he was discovered by a manager, and three, that the lady went on to complain and the other employees all got into trouble with corporate for 'not being more accommodating to her needs'.
** With the hair salons all closed due to the [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]], [[https://notalwaysright.com/getting-to-the-root-of-the-entitlement-problem/221950/ this lady]] walks into a veterinarian's (since they're still open for basic grooming) and expects them to color her hair, since she ''cannot'' go out in public as it is (despite the fact that [[InsaneTrollLogic she's already in public]]). Worse, by her logic, she needed an animal to get through the door, so she stole a dog that was waiting outside a store across the street.
** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-tornado-of-entitlement/281982/ this story]], a tornado[[note]]heavily implied to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Western_Kentucky_tornado the 2021 Mayfield, Kentucky tornado]] judging by the location and description of the extent of the tornado's destruction[[/note]] sends employees and customers in a fast food restaurant scrambling for shelter. The building miraculously survives...and after everyone leaves shelter, a woman ''immediately'' asks the employees when she is getting her food (never mind that the power is now out and the street outside is a total disaster).
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/empathy-is-closing-down/309862/ This customer]] fails to see why an employee isn't excited by their store's 90% closing down sale (going on to wish out loud that ''every store'' was closing down just so everything would be on sale).
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/getting-your-priorities-straight-part-3/70117/ This motorcyclist]] doesn't seem to understand that him riding into a safari park on his bike is very unsafe. What ''does'' get him to relent is when another customer remarks that the monkeys and bears would "tear up" his bike.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-worst-kind-of-bubble-butt This caller]], after wiping her baby's bottom with some wipes (noted ''specifically'' not to be for personal use) and having the baby's butt start to bubble, is more worried about how the company's going to compensate her rather than the health of her baby.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/that-is-not-a-baller-move/325286/ This guy]] calls 911 over his power going out because he doesn't want to miss his ballgame.
** Similarly, [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-terror-of-sports-fans/148693/ this caller]] is miffed that [[UsefulNotes/RugbyUnion a match between Highlanders and Christchurch Crusaders]] was cancelled.
--->'''Submitter:''' "The NZ Rugby Union cancelled it, sir, because of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_mosque_shootings the terror attack in Christchurch yesterday]]."\\
'''Caller:''' "But they are professionals; they should have played!"
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/great-game-until-the-tornado-stole-home/69737/ "HOW DARE YOU RUN AN EMERGENCY ALERT DURING THE RED SOX GAME?!"]]
** A weird non-selfishness-caused example is [[https://notalwaysright.com/bridging-the-cultural-gap-one-angry-customer-at-a-time/69283/ this customer]], who's found out that his sports game is being broadcast in Spanish, but is more upset that no one is telling him ''why'' the game is in Spanish.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/she-wants-to-be-shaking-in-her-boots/327739/ This woman at a shoe store]] seems legitimately confused as to why the employees are trying to get her out of the store for her safety instead of letting her finish her shopping when the shocks of a significant earthquake reach the store.
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* SkewedPriorities: Quite a few customers, in the face of disaster or fierce weather, will demand service or wonder why nothing is working despite the immediate danger. \n** [[http://notalwaysright.com/jack-bauer-style-flowers/ This woman]] dodges falling glass for a bunch of flowers. \n** [[http://notalwaysright.com/demanding-to-a-fault/ This woman]] demands that a technician be sent Enough in fact, to her house, which was in an earthquake zone. Even better is that she also left her house because of the earthquake. [[{{Hypocrite}} So she won't go to her house because it's unsafe, yet expects someone else to do the same]].
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/floods-cause-a-whole-raft-of-problems/ I don't care about floods! Where's my package?]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/deal-with-the-burning-issue-first/ This customer]] wants her cat food. Who cares if the building burns down first?
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-wind-in-the-windows/ This woman]] asks about her computer despite a tornado warning going off.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/water-you-stupid-part-10/ This woman]] wonders why no copiers are working, despite everything, herself included, being in ''ankle-deep water''.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-pot-calling-the-blizzard-white/ This customer]] complains about a package even though deliveries are delayed due to bad weather. When they were asked if they could go to a store, they said that they were snowed in. [[{{Hypocrite}} So they are mad that the delivery people aren't taking risks to the weather while playing it safe themselves]].
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/your-complaints-are-on-thin-ice/ This person]] complains about having to walk an extra block due to an iced-over sidewalk. Thankfully, she got the point when someone else told her that a boy was injured walking across that sidewalk.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/we-are-a-precipitation-mall-nation/ This customer]] can't believe that a store is still open despite a snowstorm. As for them, they came out there to make a return.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/naturally-stupid-part-2/ A thunderstorm interfered with my television service?]] I still want my television service!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/driving-miss-crazy-part-2/ This woman]] insists on going down a closed road despite an officer telling her of the danger. She charges ahead anyway, crashes, and [[{{Hypocrite}} yells at the officer for not telling her]].
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/your-forecast-for-today-dark/ There's a hurricane?]] Forget that, where's my television service?
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/how-dorothy-does-her-shopping/ This woman]] braves a tornado to get to a store.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/customer-to-the-rescue/ This man]] demands his photos, even if the roads are too dangerous due to ice storms!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/harping-on/ This man]] values his daughter's harp over his ''own life''. His wife doesn't.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/contractions-speak-louder-than-words-part-3/ This guy]] would rather argue over the price of a duffel bag than take his wife -- who is visibly in labor -- to hospital. [[{{Hypocrite}} And then has the nerve to accuse the employees of "trying to kill [his] wife over a duffel bag!"]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/needs-to-back-up-and-see-the-bigger-picture/ I don't have backups of my financial system]]? Screw that, how can I make these error messages go away so I don't have to hit Enter all the time?
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/this-is-why-were-in-a-recession-part-20/ £1.36 for some cauliflower?]] I can't afford that at all! I'll have some £5 lottery tickets instead!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/on-the-other-hand-she-seems-fine/ This woman]] will take advantage of discounted prices, broken finger be damned!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/suddenly-parenting-goes-out-the-window/ This woman]]'s concern for her one-month-old baby being locked inside her car during a very hot day ''immediately'' disappears when it turns out the only way anyone can get inside the kind of car she has is by smashing a window.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/keeping-borders-secure-and-identity-insecure/ This submitter]] actually has to point out to a problem customer the sheer stupidity of refusing to show her ID to a video game store's cashier, because she automatically assumes the cashier is an illegal immigrant who will steal it, but ''immediately'' giving it to the first complete stranger who offers to check it for them.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/big-brother-is-a-big-bother/ "No, he just wants military satellites to be able to track his model airplane's precise location... but he's afraid of e-commerce."]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/playstation-meets-playboy/ This customer]] asks to return a ''Playboy''-themed game that she bought for her 8-year-old -- not because it's pornographic, but because it requires lots of reading and he can't read very well.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/has-a-cats-chance-in-hell-of-adopting/ This customer]] admits that she's planning to adopt a pair of cats and then leave them to fend for themselves in a dead relative's large house. Or she's going to live with the cats at that house and let ''her son'' fend for himself and the cat they already have atwarrant [[SkewedPriorities/NotAlwaysRight their apartment; she keeps changing her story. She, of course, then has the nerve to accuse the worker of not caring about the animals, because he won't sell them to people who won't actually take care of them.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/cinnabonkers-for-cinnamon/ This woman]], in need of a flight reschedule, insists on waiting another 24 hours for a flight through Charlotte, because their airport has a Cinnabon.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/at-least-someone-is-receiving-maintenance/ This customer]] thinks that going to the salon daily is more important than treating her son's asthma, which has been acting up for five days.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/about-to-have-a-fire-sale/ This fast-food chain]] is more interested in staying open during the lunch rush than ''keeping the store from burning down''.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/getting-your-priorities-straight/ This customer]], upon seeing a taxicab involved in an accident, is only concerned with the fact that the taxicab might be the one he called.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-bad-reaction-to-the-question/ Here,]] a girl has dairy allergies, but her mom is more concerned that a barista embarrassed the girl in front of her friends by not adding whipped cream to her drink.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-purchase-was-a-pre-medicated-decision/72225/ This woman]] had been suffering from chronic pain and needed to pick up her medication from the pharmacy. What has she been doing all day? ''Getting a new iPhone''!
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-fired-and-the-fabulous/34179/ This teacher]], during an unannounced fire drill, was more concerned about saving her makeup and hair products than getting her young students to safety. God only knows what would have happened if it had been a real fire...
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/take-my-health-but-not-my-money/156505/ This woman]] tripped and possibly injured herself, but all she cares about is that her purse (which is on the counter within eyeshot) isn't stolen. She meticulously searches her purse while still laying on the floor and obstructing the exit.
** The lady in [[https://notalwaysright.com/youre-all-just-sacks-of-meat-to-her/151161/ this story]] is dead-set on getting her Easter ham, regardless of the fact that the aisle they're in is obstructed by a badly-injured employee. Who cares about a medical emergency, [[ItsAllAboutMe she needs her ham!]] Three points make this story worse than usual - one, that the employee died shortly afterwards, two, that three other customers are seen ignoring the collapsed man before he was discovered by a manager, and three, that the lady went on to complain and the other employees all got into trouble with corporate for 'not being more accommodating to her needs'.
** With the hair salons all closed due to the [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]], [[https://notalwaysright.com/getting-to-the-root-of-the-entitlement-problem/221950/ this lady]] walks into a veterinarian's (since they're still open for basic grooming) and expects them to color her hair, since she ''cannot'' go out in public as it is (despite the fact that [[InsaneTrollLogic she's already in public]]). Worse, by her logic, she needed an animal to get through the door, so she stole a dog that was waiting outside a store across the street.
** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-tornado-of-entitlement/281982/ this story]], a tornado[[note]]heavily implied to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Western_Kentucky_tornado the 2021 Mayfield, Kentucky tornado]] judging by the location and description of the extent of the tornado's destruction[[/note]] sends employees and customers in a fast food restaurant scrambling for shelter. The building miraculously survives...and after everyone leaves shelter, a woman ''immediately'' asks the employees when she is getting her food (never mind that the power is now out and the street outside is a total disaster).
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/empathy-is-closing-down/309862/ This customer]] fails to see why an employee isn't excited by their store's 90% closing down sale (going on to wish out loud that ''every store'' was closing down just so everything would be on sale).
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/getting-your-priorities-straight-part-3/70117/ This motorcyclist]] doesn't seem to understand that him riding into a safari park on his bike is very unsafe. What ''does'' get him to relent is when another customer remarks that the monkeys and bears would "tear up" his bike.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-worst-kind-of-bubble-butt This caller]], after wiping her baby's bottom with some wipes (noted ''specifically'' not to be for personal use) and having the baby's butt start to bubble, is more worried about how the company's going to compensate her rather than the health of her baby.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/that-is-not-a-baller-move/325286/ This guy]] calls 911 over his power going out because he doesn't want to miss his ballgame.
** Similarly, [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-terror-of-sports-fans/148693/ this caller]] is miffed that [[UsefulNotes/RugbyUnion a match between Highlanders and Christchurch Crusaders]] was cancelled.
--->'''Submitter:''' "The NZ Rugby Union cancelled it, sir, because of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_mosque_shootings the terror attack in Christchurch yesterday]]."\\
'''Caller:''' "But they are professionals; they should have played!"
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/great-game-until-the-tornado-stole-home/69737/ "HOW DARE YOU RUN AN EMERGENCY ALERT DURING THE RED SOX GAME?!"]]
** A weird non-selfishness-caused example is [[https://notalwaysright.com/bridging-the-cultural-gap-one-angry-customer-at-a-time/69283/ this customer]], who's found out that his sports game is being broadcast in Spanish, but is more upset that no one is telling him ''why'' the game is in Spanish.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/she-wants-to-be-shaking-in-her-boots/327739/ This woman at a shoe store]] seems legitimately confused as to why the employees are trying to get her out of the store for her safety instead of letting her finish her shopping when the shocks of a significant earthquake reach the store.own page]].
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/floods-cause-a-whole-raft-of-problems/ I don't care about floods! Where's my package?]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/deal-with-the-burning-issue-first/ This customer]] wants her cat food. Who cares if the building burns down first?
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-wind-in-the-windows/ This woman]] asks about her computer despite a tornado warning going off.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/water-you-stupid-part-10/ This woman]] wonders why no copiers are working, despite everything, herself included, being in ''ankle-deep water''.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-pot-calling-the-blizzard-white/ This customer]] complains about a package even though deliveries are delayed due to bad weather. When they were asked if they could go to a store, they said that they were snowed in. [[{{Hypocrite}} So they are mad that the delivery people aren't taking risks to the weather while playing it safe themselves]].
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/your-complaints-are-on-thin-ice/ This person]] complains about having to walk an extra block due to an iced-over sidewalk. Thankfully, she got the point when someone else told her that a boy was injured walking across that sidewalk.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/we-are-a-precipitation-mall-nation/ This customer]] can't believe that a store is still open despite a snowstorm. As for them, they came out there to make a return.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/naturally-stupid-part-2/ A thunderstorm interfered with my television service?]] I still want my television service!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/driving-miss-crazy-part-2/ This woman]] insists on going down a closed road despite an officer telling her of the danger. She charges ahead anyway, crashes, and [[{{Hypocrite}} yells at the officer for not telling her]].
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/your-forecast-for-today-dark/ There's a hurricane?]] Forget that, where's my television service?
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/how-dorothy-does-her-shopping/ This woman]] braves a tornado to get to a store.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/customer-to-the-rescue/ This man]] demands his photos, even if the roads are too dangerous due to ice storms!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/harping-on/ This man]] values his daughter's harp over his ''own life''. His wife doesn't.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/contractions-speak-louder-than-words-part-3/ This guy]] would rather argue over the price of a duffel bag than take his wife -- who is visibly in labor -- to hospital. [[{{Hypocrite}} And then has the nerve to accuse the employees of "trying to kill [his] wife over a duffel bag!"]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/needs-to-back-up-and-see-the-bigger-picture/ I don't have backups of my financial system]]? Screw that, how can I make these error messages go away so I don't have to hit Enter all the time?
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/this-is-why-were-in-a-recession-part-20/ £1.36 for some cauliflower?]] I can't afford that at all! I'll have some £5 lottery tickets instead!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/on-the-other-hand-she-seems-fine/ This woman]] will take advantage of discounted prices, broken finger be damned!
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/suddenly-parenting-goes-out-the-window/ This woman]]'s concern for her one-month-old baby being locked inside her car during a very hot day ''immediately'' disappears when it turns out the only way anyone can get inside the kind of car she has is by smashing a window.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/keeping-borders-secure-and-identity-insecure/ This submitter]] actually has to point out to a problem customer the sheer stupidity of refusing to show her ID to a video game store's cashier, because she automatically assumes the cashier is an illegal immigrant who will steal it, but ''immediately'' giving it to the first complete stranger who offers to check it for them.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/big-brother-is-a-big-bother/ "No, he just wants military satellites to be able to track his model airplane's precise location... but he's afraid of e-commerce."]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/playstation-meets-playboy/ This customer]] asks to return a ''Playboy''-themed game that she bought for her 8-year-old -- not because it's pornographic, but because it requires lots of reading and he can't read very well.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/has-a-cats-chance-in-hell-of-adopting/ This customer]] admits that she's planning to adopt a pair of cats and then leave them to fend for themselves in a dead relative's large house. Or she's going to live with the cats at that house and let ''her son'' fend for himself and the cat they already have at
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/cinnabonkers-for-cinnamon/ This woman]], in need of a flight reschedule, insists on waiting another 24 hours for a flight through Charlotte, because their airport has a Cinnabon.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/at-least-someone-is-receiving-maintenance/ This customer]] thinks that going to the salon daily is more important than treating her son's asthma, which has been acting up for five days.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/about-to-have-a-fire-sale/ This fast-food chain]] is more interested in staying open during the lunch rush than ''keeping the store from burning down''.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/getting-your-priorities-straight/ This customer]], upon seeing a taxicab involved in an accident, is only concerned with the fact that the taxicab might be the one he called.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-bad-reaction-to-the-question/ Here,]] a girl has dairy allergies, but her mom is more concerned that a barista embarrassed the girl in front of her friends by not adding whipped cream to her drink.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-purchase-was-a-pre-medicated-decision/72225/ This woman]] had been suffering from chronic pain and needed to pick up her medication from the pharmacy. What has she been doing all day? ''Getting a new iPhone''!
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-fired-and-the-fabulous/34179/ This teacher]], during an unannounced fire drill, was more concerned about saving her makeup and hair products than getting her young students to safety. God only knows what would have happened if it had been a real fire...
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/take-my-health-but-not-my-money/156505/ This woman]] tripped and possibly injured herself, but all she cares about is that her purse (which is on the counter within eyeshot) isn't stolen. She meticulously searches her purse while still laying on the floor and obstructing the exit.
** The lady in [[https://notalwaysright.com/youre-all-just-sacks-of-meat-to-her/151161/ this story]] is dead-set on getting her Easter ham, regardless of the fact that the aisle they're in is obstructed by a badly-injured employee. Who cares about a medical emergency, [[ItsAllAboutMe she needs her ham!]] Three points make this story worse than usual - one, that the employee died shortly afterwards, two, that three other customers are seen ignoring the collapsed man before he was discovered by a manager, and three, that the lady went on to complain and the other employees all got into trouble with corporate for 'not being more accommodating to her needs'.
** With the hair salons all closed due to the [[UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]], [[https://notalwaysright.com/getting-to-the-root-of-the-entitlement-problem/221950/ this lady]] walks into a veterinarian's (since they're still open for basic grooming) and expects them to color her hair, since she ''cannot'' go out in public as it is (despite the fact that [[InsaneTrollLogic she's already in public]]). Worse, by her logic, she needed an animal to get through the door, so she stole a dog that was waiting outside a store across the street.
** In [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-tornado-of-entitlement/281982/ this story]], a tornado[[note]]heavily implied to be [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Western_Kentucky_tornado the 2021 Mayfield, Kentucky tornado]] judging by the location and description of the extent of the tornado's destruction[[/note]] sends employees and customers in a fast food restaurant scrambling for shelter. The building miraculously survives...and after everyone leaves shelter, a woman ''immediately'' asks the employees when she is getting her food (never mind that the power is now out and the street outside is a total disaster).
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/empathy-is-closing-down/309862/ This customer]] fails to see why an employee isn't excited by their store's 90% closing down sale (going on to wish out loud that ''every store'' was closing down just so everything would be on sale).
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/getting-your-priorities-straight-part-3/70117/ This motorcyclist]] doesn't seem to understand that him riding into a safari park on his bike is very unsafe. What ''does'' get him to relent is when another customer remarks that the monkeys and bears would "tear up" his bike.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/the-worst-kind-of-bubble-butt This caller]], after wiping her baby's bottom with some wipes (noted ''specifically'' not to be for personal use) and having the baby's butt start to bubble, is more worried about how the company's going to compensate her rather than the health of her baby.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/that-is-not-a-baller-move/325286/ This guy]] calls 911 over his power going out because he doesn't want to miss his ballgame.
** Similarly, [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-terror-of-sports-fans/148693/ this caller]] is miffed that [[UsefulNotes/RugbyUnion a match between Highlanders and Christchurch Crusaders]] was cancelled.
--->'''Submitter:''' "The NZ Rugby Union cancelled it, sir, because of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_mosque_shootings the terror attack in Christchurch yesterday]]."\\
'''Caller:''' "But they are professionals; they should have played!"
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/great-game-until-the-tornado-stole-home/69737/ "HOW DARE YOU RUN AN EMERGENCY ALERT DURING THE RED SOX GAME?!"]]
** A weird non-selfishness-caused example is [[https://notalwaysright.com/bridging-the-cultural-gap-one-angry-customer-at-a-time/69283/ this customer]], who's found out that his sports game is being broadcast in Spanish, but is more upset that no one is telling him ''why'' the game is in Spanish.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/she-wants-to-be-shaking-in-her-boots/327739/ This woman at a shoe store]] seems legitimately confused as to why the employees are trying to get her out of the store for her safety instead of letting her finish her shopping when the shocks of a significant earthquake reach the store.
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** {{Discussed}} in [[https://notalwaysright.com/tamp-on-brains-off/327686/ this story]], which also features an understanding cashier – one who encountered a ''much'' more clueless boyfriend in the past who thought that babies come out of the mother's belly button.
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** {{Discussed}} in [[https://notalwaysright.com/tamp-on-brains-off/327686/ this story]], which also features an understanding cashier – one who encountered a ''much'' more clueless boyfriend in the past who thought that babies come out of the mother's belly button.
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* MustHaveNicotine: [[http://notalwaysright.com/of-breath-smoke-and-breast-strokes/ This mother]] tries to book a smoking room at a hotel only to find that the smoking rooms are booked, much to the dismay of her children, who were hoping to stay at the submitter's hotel since it has an indoor pool.
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** [[http://notalwaysright.com/of-breath-smoke-and-breast-strokes/ This mother]] tries to book a smoking room at a hotel only to find that the smoking rooms are booked, much to the dismay of her children, who were hoping to stay at the submitter's hotel since it has an indoor pool.
-->'''Customer's --->'''Customer's Kids:''' "But they have an indoor pool here! We want to go in the pool!"\\
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/of-breath-smoke-and-breast-strokes/ This mother]] tries to book a smoking room at a hotel only to find that the smoking rooms are booked, much to the dismay of her children, who were hoping to stay at the submitter's hotel since it has an indoor pool.
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** [[https://notalwaysright.com/potatoes-have-eyes-and-apparently-ears/329082/ "Every Saturday night, a young guy would come in, flying on chemicals, seat himself on the floor in the chips aisle, and proceed to have hours-long philosophical conversations with the chips."]]
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** [[https://notalwaysright.com/what-do-these-dinner-guests-do-check-the-receipts/329517/ This restaurant patron]] refuses to avail herself of a sale, insisting she pay full price.
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''Wow, rich people really do have different problems.''
--->'''Customer:''' "I need to be able to tell my friends at dinner how much I spent on this. Why are you trying to take that away from me?"\\
''Wow, rich people really do have different problems.''
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* NeverSayDie: [[http://notalwaysright.com/bad-parents-bug-us/ "KILL?! How dare you say that in front of my children?! You are damaging them for life!"]] This was the parent's reaction to the employee saying that her kids were going to wind up killing the exhibit's butterflies.
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** The customer mentioned in [[https://notalwaysright.com/how-do-i-complain-splain-this-to-you/329250/ this story]] attempted to get an employee fired because they thought their salad portion was too small. This was at a self-serve buffet, meaning that [[InsaneTrollLogic the customer served themselves too little salad and somehow put the blame on an innocent employee]].
* NeverSayDie: [[http://notalwaysright.com/bad-parents-bug-us/ "KILL?! How dareyou you, say that in front of my children?! You are damaging them for life!"]] This was the parent's reaction to the employee saying that her kids were going to wind up killing the exhibit's butterflies.
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** [[https://notalwaysright.com/hot-tub-crime-machine-2/329193/ This couple]] were doing it in [[TwoPersonPoolParty the hot tub]] at a hotel's swimming pool (it was their anniversary and they were drunk). Despite repeated pleas from the staff, they keep going back and continuing as soon as backs are turned, and end up being arrested.
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** [[https://notalwaysright.com/hot-tub-crime-machine-2/329193/ This couple]] were doing it in [[TwoPersonPoolParty the hot tub]] at a hotel's swimming pool (it was their anniversary and they were drunk). Despite repeated pleas from the staff, they keep going back and continuing as soon as backs are turned, and end up being arrested.
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--->'''Customer:''' "I am the ''groom's mother!'' I have the ''authority!''"
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** [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-information-super-high-street/320370/ This old lady]] is gobsmacked to learn you can buy things online.
--->'''Old Lady:''' "Huh. I thought the Internet was all just naked people and Facebook."
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/hell-rewind-that-thought-at-christmas/308941/ This old lady]]'s grandson tricks her into trying to buy a "DVD rewinder."
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/oh-the-customers-are-so-frightful-but-the-4k-fire-is-so-delightful/301559/ This old couple]] try to warm their hands over a 4K TV's display of a fireplace, then ask the submitter if there's any risk of the fire jumping out of the screen.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/her-next-call-should-be-to-the-optometrist/313104/ This older woman]] can't tell the difference between her TV and ''her microwave''.
--->'''Old Lady:''' "Huh. I thought the Internet was all just naked people and Facebook."
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/hell-rewind-that-thought-at-christmas/308941/ This old lady]]'s grandson tricks her into trying to buy a "DVD rewinder."
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/oh-the-customers-are-so-frightful-but-the-4k-fire-is-so-delightful/301559/ This old couple]] try to warm their hands over a 4K TV's display of a fireplace, then ask the submitter if there's any risk of the fire jumping out of the screen.
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/her-next-call-should-be-to-the-optometrist/313104/ This older woman]] can't tell the difference between her TV and ''her microwave''.
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** This [[https://notalwaysright.com/a-battery-of-realizations/321460/ this elderly customer]] is a double example. To begin with, when she calls about a virus scan, she [[LiteralMinded takes the term too literally, thinking it's like an MRI scan]] and asks how far back she should stand from the computer while it scans. Then, she inquires about a "hole" in the bottom of her computer, and it turns out that she forgot to buy a battery for her computer, not realizing that laptops could be used unplugged.
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*** Similarly, [[https://notalwaysright.com/hold-my-beer-and-my-soymilk/327172/ this story]]:
---->'''Manager:''' "...when I said there were no stupid questions, that wasn't a challenge for you to prove me wrong..."
---->'''Manager:''' "...when I said there were no stupid questions, that wasn't a challenge for you to prove me wrong..."
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[https://notalwaysright.com/my-head-megahertz-part-3/327177/ This customer]] thinks she'll need a hard drive with ''a million terabytes storage'' for her grandson's photos, not quite understanding what terabytes are.
-->'''Submitter:''' "Uh... how many photos, roughly?"\\
'''Customer:''' "Ooh, lots! At least fifty!"
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'''Customer:''' "Ooh, lots! At least fifty!"
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** [[https://notalwaysright.com/this-cannot-end-well-part-6/327178/ This gentleman]] seems to have very poor judgement.
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** The staff at a certain hardware store have come to dread the arrival of [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-texas-comeback-massacre/327243/ this customer]]. He's suffered multiple self-inflicted wounds from using power tools to the point where the staff now routinely ask him what he plans to do with the tools he's buying before allowing any sale. Understandably, they refuse to sell him a chainsaw when he explains that he plans to use it as part of a [[Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]] costume for Halloween.
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* SuperDrowningSkills: If [[https://notalwaysright.com/if-at-first-you-dont-survive/69146/ this caller]] is to be believed, he drowned ''while taking swimming lessons''.
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** A weird non-selfishness-caused example is [[https://notalwaysright.com/bridging-the-cultural-gap-one-angry-customer-at-a-time/69283/ this customer]], who's found out that his sports game is being broadcast in Spanish, but is more upset that no one is telling him ''why'' the game is in Spanish.
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** [[https://notalwaysright.com/great-game-until-the-tornado-stole-home/69737/ "HOW DARE YOU RUN AN EMERGENCY ALERT DURING THE RED SOX GAME?!"]]
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** [[https://notalwaysright.com/theyll-always-be-caught-with-their-pants-down/327234/ A customer with an English accent walks into an American department store,]] asks for the location of pants, and refuses to elaborate on which meaning of the word she's using. It turns out to be neither. She's looking for socks.
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** [[https://notalwaysright.com/origin-free-pizza/107290/ "I don't want a pizza made by a Queenslander."]]
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** Similarly, [[https://notalwaysright.com/the-terror-of-sports-fans/148693/ this caller]] is miffed that [[UsefulNotes/RugbyUnion a match between Highlanders and Christchurch Crusaders]] was cancelled.
--->'''Submitter:''' "The NZ Rugby Union cancelled it, sir, because of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_mosque_shootings the terror attack in Christchurch yesterday]]."\\
'''Caller:''' "But they are professionals; they should have played!"
--->'''Submitter:''' "The NZ Rugby Union cancelled it, sir, because of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_mosque_shootings the terror attack in Christchurch yesterday]]."\\
'''Caller:''' "But they are professionals; they should have played!"
