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The original was posted on /r/talesfromretail by /u/NotYourNanny on 2024-08-10 23:23:56+00:00.
This was many years ago, when I was still in the trenches. Like any retail store, we regularly got "I know the owner" claims.
But we're a small company, and everybody knows everybody, and the owner had a very open door policy for employees.
I had one guy who wanted a steep discount on a barbecue (to the point we'd be losing money - margins are pretty low on BBQs), because "Jeff said to." "OK, that sounds like something Jeff would do. Let me call him and verify it." While dialing the phone.
I think he actually did know the owner, from the way he ran out the door. Because the most likely response to that lie would have been to be banned from all our stores permanently.