Filed by The Dude on Sunday, September 27, 2026 — a satirical filed report from the newsdesk. [Parody]
MAN FIRED FROM ICE CREAM SHOP AFTER CHARGING A PERSONALITY TAX TO RUDE CUSTOMERS
MAN FIRED FROM ICE CREAM SHOP AFTER CHARGING A PERSONALITY TAX TO RUDE CUSTOMERS The extra charge was $3. Under the explanation, the employee had written, “You know why.” Miles Carver, 24, worked at an ice cream shop in Madison, Wisconsin, and had reached his limit with customers who snapped their fingers, talked over him and acted as though a sample spoon made them shareholders. So he created a personality tax. It started with a man who demanded seven samples, complained about the size of each and then called Miles slow. Miles added $3 to the order and told him the total. The customer paid without noticing. Miles took that as a successful pilot program. Over the next several shifts, the charge appeared whenever Miles decided someone had become unpleasant. Arguing about the fee could earn another dollar, which he described as administrative labor. The system collapsed when two friends ordered the same thing and received different totals. Miles explained that one had said please. The other asked for the owner. Some staff quietly understood the appeal. The owner understood the problem: Miles was setting prices according to his mood and giving customers a new reason to shout at everybody else. He was fired after the extra charges were discovered and refunded. Miles maintained that he had improved customer behavior. His manager pointed out that several people were now behaving worse because they had been charged for behaving badly. As he handed over his apron, Miles asked whether the shop would at least consider a discount for polite customers. The owner said that conversation could have happened before he invented a tax. Was he wrong to charge it—or just wrong to do it without putting a giant sign over the counter first? Images and full story copyrighted TBC Viral Media 2026. #funny #comedy #FORENTERTAINMENTONLY
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