Jannelle, who goes by Nelly, has been a manager at a Temple, Texas restaurant named Sol De Jalisco for a little over a year.
However, an unfortunate situation she had with an angry customer recently went viral on TikTok with over nine million views:
In the surveillance video shown above, you can see a woman come in with a cup of soup, banter back and forth with Nelly, and then launch the cup of soup in her face.
"A woman called to complain about her plastic lid melting into her hot soup. She refused and ignored all offers for refunds and replacements. I asked her to please not yell or curse at me and I could help her with anything she needed, which made her angrier. She said, 'You haven’t seen attitude yet and I will talk to you any way I fucking want.' I told her, 'No ma'am, you will not' and I hung up," Nelly explained.
Other service industry workers quickly filled the comments to share similar experiences they've had with angry customers.
Employees of fast-food chains deal with irate customers both inside the restaurant and in the drive-thru.
And when these instances do happen, often times the employee gets in trouble — not the customer who was in the wrong.
The lack of care and concern employers have for their employees is actually driving people to quit the service industry altogether.
Fortunately, in Nelly's case, the woman who threw the soup was banned from the restaurant and Nelly was treated with the empathy she deserved. "My boss was so supportive, called and texted to make sure I was OK daily, and offered me any time off I needed. The woman was arrested, I think about a week later. This won’t go to court for maybe a year or two, but I’m just glad she’s facing the consequences of her actions."
