u/nolifecrisis

I first met her like 7-8 months ago and she was like "Oh you're [Name]? I'm Sally (not her real name). I'm on your weekly emails."

Well, there's like 350 people on my weekly email so that narrows it down. I laughed it off at the time, mentioning there were a lot of people on my distro list and she has me at an advantage.

Then came the company holiday party. I said something like "Oh hey, Sally!" Blank stare. Later in the elevator, its "Oh hi, Sally" with a quick stare and then a turnaround. Then in the cafeteria at lunch it was an "After you, Sally..." with a complete ignore.

All right, this young woman just doesn't like me, that's fine. I'm really not trying to impress her in any way.

But then last week in the cafeteria is what really creeped me out. I was there to get a sandwich, pay, and walk out and I just felt some eyes on me. I glanced over from across the cafeteria dining area and she's sitting with about three other women her age, she's the only one not taking. She's just blankly staring at me as I walk out of the place.

I'm guessing that it's not an office crush thing, unless she's into guys shorter than her, who are also twice her age and weigh twice as much as her. My only conclusion is that someone in my family wronged someone in hers and that she will have her revenge or something.

THEN:

• Cashier: $6.47, please.
• Customer: Here's 10.
• Cashier: Out of 10.... 3.53 is your change. Thanks!

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NOW:

• Cashier: Do you have a phone number with us?
• Customer: Yes, hold on... * enters phone number *
• Cashier: Would like to join our premium savings club for $5 a month and we'll give you a coupon for $10?
• Customer: Can I use it on what I'm buying right now?
• Cashier: Yes!
• Customer: Okay, even though the line of people behind me is now 10 people deep, please take your time in signing me up.
• Cashier: Okay, let me cancel everything you purchased so I can ring you up for this.
• Customer: Great, let me pull out my credit card that I could have had out this entire time.
• Cashier: Okay, now let me ring up everything again. That'll be $13.73
• Customer: What about my discount?
• Cashier: It'll be applied after you pay.
• Customer: Okay, let me pull my credit card out again, the one I knew I needed to use again, but put back in my wallet.

I'm friends with a franchise owner across this country and is pissed off beyond belief at corporate for how they're handling this. But he's also getting review-bombed on Google and Yelp.

Yes, you can argue that him that paying franchise fees supports this POS company, but keep in mind that most franchisees never had an issue with corporate until now.

Also keep in mind that you normally can't just walk away from a franchise and create your own store, there are clauses on top of clauses in these agreements. The best you can do, aside from suing the franchise yourself, is letting your franchise rep know.

On top of that, most franchise owners have to go into a big debt with the loans they need to take out to start up a store, and those loans can last years.

I know I sound like an apologist, and to the individual franchise owners who have nothing to do with any of this, I am. They're people who are just trying to pay for food/rent/insurance like anyone else.