‘The bigger the sign, the less people will read it’: Front desk employees recount their most hysterically funny ‘guests who can't read signs’ stories

Working customer service jobs is not for the weak. Customer-facing roles steal a sliver of your humanity each time you clock in, mostly because you have to deal with some rather illogical interactions. Yeah, I don't want to say the meaner word here…but you get it.

If you're in the customer service sector, you might get sick of repeating yourself every five minutes to each customer you meet. Luckily, instead of wearing out your voice before you clock out for the day, signage exists! Yep—"No smoking allowed" and "Restrooms are for customers only." What do you think the Holy Trinity for signs are? Beats me.

Even with maximum signage, some guests simply can't read for the life of them (or don't want to). Now that customer service employees have a little bit of hope instilled in them with the promise of non-repetitive speech, it hurts even more when they have to tell countless customers that the ice cream machine is broken. If you're already fed up, we have 10+ stories of pure rage bait to get you amped up this week. Scroll below.

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"What is your favorite "guests can't read signs" story?"

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I swear, sometimes it's almost as if folks think they can will something into existence. Why would anyone asl about an amenity that just doesn't exist? Did they not read or are they choosing to be ignorant? That's the annoying game so many front desk employees in particular have to play. Either way, having customer after customer be so uninformed has to take a toll on their opinion of humanity. I don't blame them!
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