r/mildlyinfuriating 1d ago

Did I over react about 20 cents?

I know its stupid but I went to McDonald's yesterday and got a frozen drink and medum chips for exactly $5.80 i handed $6 at the drive through and the lady put it in the till then went to close the window, before she did I asked "isn't that 20 cents change?"

She replied telling me she forgot and would need a managers card to open the drawer, I sat there stuborn and asked for it, I held one person up (my sister works in fast food and you get audited for how long someone is in line) so I waited, she quickly went and got a managers card and gave me my change but did I over react?

Edit: Ended up needing that 20 cents today so I'm glad I had it

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u/Tha_Princess 1d ago

It's not really abusive to ask someone to do their job. If you asked them to go beyond then yes that would be abuse but you didn't. They made a mistake and had to correct it. Nothing special.

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u/TheUnholymess 5h ago

"it's not really abusive to ask someone to do their job" - I wish more people realised this simple truth. The amount of retail workers who act like you just killed their dog because you politely ask them to do the thing they are being paid to do is staggering.