(I’m working as operator for a computer repair shop.)

Customer: “I’d like to check on the status of my repair, please.”

(I look her up in our system and her computer has been ready for 48 days.)

Me: “Ma’am, your computer has been ready for 48 days.”

Customer: “I know! I forgot all about it. Today, my daughter asked about the computer. I was all, ‘What computer?’”

Me: “Well, if you could pick it up before the 21st, that would be great. Otherwise, we have to recycle it.”

Customer: “Don’t do that! I need my computer!”

Me: “Don’t worry, ma’am. Today’s the 8th. You have some time.”

Customer: “But what if I forget?”

Me: “Please don’t!”