A Little Big Communication Problem
Supermarket | London, England, UK
Customer: “I’d like some big little batteries, please.”
(I gesture behind me.)
Customer: “Big-little ones.”
Me: “I’m sorry, I don’t follow.”
Customer: “You know, you’ve got little-little ones, then little-big ones, then big-little ones, then big-big ones. You know?”
Me: “I’m sorry, you’re being very vague.”
Customer: “I just want some rechargeable big-little batteries.”
Me: “These are the only rechargeable batteries we do.”
Customer: “Yes! Those! Big-little ones, see?”



