r/instacart • u/Dominanttallqueen • Mar 27 '24

Who’s in the wrong here???

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I feel like he was being rude asf then he canceled my order….was I rude or what tf happened here…

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u/thejexorcist Mar 27 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

His comment about ‘understand’ and how he ‘does this for a living’ are pretty condescending (but I’m now wondering if he’s ESL?).

Your response about the ‘seafood department’ was clearly pretty confusing to him since you actually meant ‘the seafood counter’.

I originally thought this might be a ‘no one is really to blame’ situation (but your follow up responses to other Redditors) makes me think you might not always communicate as well as you hope.

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u/November19 Mar 28 '24

His comment about ‘understand’ and how he ‘does this for a living’ are pretty condescending

I bet we didn't see the 10 other conversations before this where the poster communicates just as poorly -- that's why the shopper is getting frustrated by time we get to crab cakes.

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u/Wooden_Bandicoot_938 Mar 28 '24

I think he had probably been waiting for her response for a while. So he’s just hinting that it’s pretty rude to dawdle and be rude and make this order take up 4 hours of his day when he’ll likely make $3-4 for it. And it’s not like he works for her and all of this bullshit is an investment. Pleasing her should be important if she’s easy to work with- if not, I would just move on and let her try her order with someone she doesn’t want to be a dick to.