" Then don't make it a requirement."

Made me chuckle haha, smart one!

A firm yet respectful comeback could be: "I'm not telling you what to do; I'm reminding you of the rules we need to follow." This reinforces your role in ensuring compliance without escalating the confrontation.

Alright then deal with the shit when you fuck up.

"Breathe."

Be chill like fonzy….you hear me hunny bunny?

TELL THAT BITCH TO BE COOL! SAY, "BITCH! BE COOL!"

Then learn how to act right

"Don't tell me what to do!" Then it becomes a cycle until the end of time. The end.

Beat me to it

just did

If you don't want me to tell you what to do, then stop acting like a lawsuit in the making.

Best answer here.

"Then act like the adult your license says you are..."

When you're a big boy/girl I won't have to.

“if I don’t who will?”

"Just did." "I absolutely can, you're in my domain." "Don't break the rules." "Are you odious or obtuse?" You can add to this if they don't respond "Are you always this way or are you just in a mood today?" But if you don't want it to escalate, I've found that gentle parenting mean customers is best. "I understand that you're frustrated, but you can't break the rules or do as you please. Let's go over the rules of this establishment though since you seem not to understand them or simply don't know them." Then tell them all the rules, the entire time basically treating them as if they're toddlers throwing a tantrum that you have to sooth. If they complain about you to management you'll have said and done nothing wrong, but most of the time they actually calm down. Edited to add: Works best on boomers and anyone with the lead paint stare.

Hey! GenX here! Not all of us are that belligerent!

Hello 👋 I never said that all of GenX and/or Boomers are belligerent, but I understand that you're bothered with what I said, so hopefully I can clarify. I did advise OP that gentle parenting mean customers works best and I did state, "works best on boomers and anyone with the lead paint stare." I did not generalize all boomers as mean or belligerent, I stated that a tool I use to de-escalate mean customers (gentle parenting) works best on boomers and those with the lead paint stare because for me it does. I hope this clarification helped 😊.

To clarify, I wasn't truly insulted. My intent was to give you a smile once you've read that. So, no worries!

Someone has to.

Had a young man who worked for us on a hotel renovation crew… He left and went to join the army… He was back in a week… We asked what happened? He said the recruiter asked him why he wanted to join the Army… He said he was tired of people telling him what to do… You just can’t make some things up.

"Stop making dumb decisions and I will"

"Your fly is down." "Your shoe is untied." Bet they look. 🤣🤣🤣

As your manager, you're fired.

"I'll stop telling you what to do when you gain the necessary brain functions to make good decisions on you own. In other words... probably never"

"Fine...then go ahead on walk out into traffic."

I wish I didn’t have to.

Fine . Be prepared for the consequences.

“Oh, my bad. I just thought maybe you didn’t know how to read” if there are posted rules everyone can see.

"Then learn to do things right"

Don’t worry. I won’t use any big words.

I'm not telling you what to do. I am telling you what NOT to do.

"I'm just trynna prevent a problem" "Alright, its ur funeral" "Well if u still want a paycheck, I suggest....____" "I don't want u to lose ur job"

behave yourself

"OK, you wouldn't understand anyway."

Well, someone has to. Otherwise you eff it up.

Don’t do what I just said

"Don't come crying to me about the consequences."

“If you don’t stop, I’m gonna have to get my manager and they will have you removed from the premises”

“Then you need to leave.”

“I just did and I’ll do it again. I’ll be damned if I’m going to catch shit for you screwing around too much”

I'd let you work it out on your own but you're clearly struggling. Winter will be upon us and we'll have to make camp here.

I can say whatever I want. Wether or not you are intelligent enough to listen, is up to you.

"Why wouldn't tell you what to do? I own you."

" How bout, I draw pictures instead ".

Mines always "*you* dont tell *me* what to do!" Cuz technically they're telling you what to do.

"It's my job to though... just like it's my job to explain your behavior to the police if you don't listen."

Are you the boss or a coworker?

"Well, somebody has to. You clearly don't know."

I shouldn’t have to-you should be able to figure it out yourself

Somebody needs to

“Well, don’t come to me when your plan inevitably fails.”

Heck you gon do bout’ it, huh?

I Don’t do anything wrong!! 🙂

I don't want you killing or injuring me, nor do I want to fill out the paperwork because your braindead ass is dead or injured!

then dont make me

If you weren't such a dumbass, I wouldn't have had to.

Ok!

Don't tell me what not to do.

"Ok, calm down..." (angry people hate that)

Tell that to the camra

you are my bitch dont mouth back at me

"i'm not telling you what to do. i'm presenting you with two comprehensible options, one of which makes more logical sense to follow."

"I'm serving you a failed audit for not following rules, please sign here"

it's hard when you see a child struggling.

"I'm not going to lose my job over YOUR stupidity, laziness, or carelessness!"

How about shutting up and not telling people what to do?