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'''Basic Trope''': A character is mistaken for some kind of hired help.
* '''Straight''': Betty sees Alan at a store and thinks he's an employee, even though he's actually a customer. She tries to ask him to help her find something she's looking for.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Betty insists that Alan is an employee, even after he repeatedly tells her that he's just a customer. She keeps asking him questions such as whether she can return an item, and where she can find certain things.
** Betty keeps confusing customers for employees, even if they're very clearly shopping.
* '''Downplayed''': Betty asks Alan "Do you work here?", but quickly realizes her mistake.
* '''Justified''':
** Alan was wearing an outfit that looked similar to the employees' uniforms.
** Alan appeared to be stocking the shelves or something similar.
* '''Inverted''': Alan is an employee, but Betty thinks he's a customer.
* '''Subverted''': At first, it appears that Betty has mistaken Alan for a customer, but it turns out that he really ''is'' an employee.
* '''Double Subverted''': But he doesn't work at the store that he and Betty are currently in.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Betty doesn't mistake anyone for an employee.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': "I should probably stop wearing blue and yellow outfits at TropeCo/TropeCo - people keep thinking I work there!"
* '''Conversed''': ???
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Um... I don't work at [[MistakenForServant the main page]]!
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%% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion:
%% * '''Implied''': ???
%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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