A former Dollar Tree worker recalled an incident where a customer attempted to return a $1 sand bucket they purchased two years prior.
The video featured Emily (@croupmushroom), who reminisced about her time as a Dollar Tree employee. As of Monday morning, her video had over 22,400 views.
“I don’t know if I’m the only one stupid enough to get nostalgic over jobs that were, like, actually sh*t,” she said. From there, she recalled her encounter with the customer in question.
@croupmushroom if tht happened to me today i would walk out idk #dollartree #customerservice #fyp #fypシ #foryoupage #foryou ♬ original sound – emily
“I’m currently remembering a time when I could not give a woman a $1 refund for a sand bucket she had bought two years prior,” Emily said.
Emily said that when she told the woman she couldn’t return the bucket, the customer “yelled” at her. Emily said the customer then sat down in the middle of Dollar Tree’s checkout aisle with her three kids until law enforcement was forced to escort her out.
“I am good. I am doing alright,” Emily concluded the video.
In the caption, Emily doubled-down on the sentiment that she didn’t really miss working at Dollar Tree.
“If tht happened to me today i would walk out idk,” she wrote.
Still, her video prompted a number of employees to recall workplace scenarios that they said made their jobs—and personal lives—more “interesting.”
“I honestly miss the way that jobs made my life interesting,” one viewer wrote.
“No but same. Sometimes I’m like, ‘Wow, working at a register and counting money, so fun. But then I ~remember~,” a second echoed.
“Oof. Sometimes I think I miss Starbucks, and then I think, ‘Wait,’” a third person wrote.
The Daily Dot has reached out to Emily via TikTok comment and direct message.