(Several of us are in the lunch room when we hear a coworker yelling in the hallway outside.)
Coworker #1: “You guys are all gross!”
(Coworker #1 comes into the lunch room.)
Coworker #2: “Hey, [Coworker #1], what’s up?”
Coworker #1: “Those guys are gross! You know what they’re doing? They’re trying to guess what each other had for breakfast!”
Coworker #2: “So what?”
Coworker #1: “No, they’re burping, and smelling each other’s burps!”
Husband: *talking about our 18 month old daughter* “She helps me take off my boots, socks, and then puts the socks in the hamper!”
Me: “…she makes a better wife than I do.”
Husband: “Well, I wasn’t going to say anything…”
(Some of our storage space consists of large cupboards in the walls above our displays. I am standing at the top of a ladder checking a cupboard for stock, when I vaguely overhear an older woman talking to someone behind me.)
Customer: “…see if he notices.”
(The customer proceeds to shake the bottom of the ladder I’m standing on, then speaks to the man she is with.)
Customer: “I wonder if he’ll get scared?”
Me: “Um, hi. Did you want me to move the ladder out of the way?”
Customer: “No, I was just wondering if you’d notice.”
Me: “I did notice. And you’d certainly have noticed if I’d landed on your head…”
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Weekly Roundup: Grow Up, Already, Part 2! In this week’s roundup, we share five stories about grown-up customers who need to grow up! Click here for Part 1.
- Parenting The Parents (2,549 thumbs up)
- A Good Ol’ Fashioned A** Whoopin’, Part 2 (3,030 thumbs up)
- Sweet Midlife Crisis (1,550 thumbs up)
- Always Handle Grown Ups With Kid Gloves, Part 2 (1,249 thumbs up)
- Talentless Pool (2,894 thumbs up)
PS #1: check out our Extras section, with pictures, videos, and news!
PS #2: Read more roundups here!