(I set up temporary redirections for customer’s mail after a house move whilst they get around to telling people that they’ve moved.)
Me: “How long would you like us to redirect your mail for?”
Customer: “Until everybody knows I’ve moved.”
Me: “Well, how long do you think it will take you to tell everyone?”
Customer: “Me tell everyone? Don’t you do that for me?”
Me: “Sorry, but that’s up to you. We don’t know who writes to you.”
Customer: “Well you should! You deliver the letters to me!”
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(Note: I am of Asian descent.)
Me: “Good morning!” *starts scanning groceries*
Customer: “Ni hao!”
Me: “Oh, I’m not Chinese.”
Customer: “Konnichiwa!”
Me: “I’m not–”
Customer: “Shalom!”
Me: “Sir, that’s not even–”
Customer: “Namaste!”
*silence*
Customer: “I know so many languages! So many!”
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Customer: “I’m picking up a prescription for [name].”
Me: “Okay. Just a second.”
(I check the drawer for the prescription and can’t find it.)
Me: “When did you order it?”
Customer: “Well, I saw the doctor on Monday.”
Me: “So you came in on Monday?”
Customer: “No, I went to the doctor’s on Monday.”
Me: “Okay, so when did you drop your prescription off?”
Customer: “What do you mean? I went to the doctor.”
Me: “And did he give you a piece of paper that said what drugs you needed?”
Customer: “Yeah.”
Me: “That’s a prescription. You need to bring it here so that we know what you need.”
Customer: “But I saw the doctor on Monday! Why didn’t he do it?”
Me: “That’s not his job. That’s what pharmacists are for.”
Customer: “So what, he’s a doctor but he’s not a pharmacist? Look, I saw him on Monday so he probably just did it then. You’re just not looking hard enough. Look for the things done on Monday!”
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Customer: “Hi. Maybe you can help me. I saw a movie last night on TV. It was about those things that Oprah does? Do you know what it was?”
Me: “What happened in the movie?”
Customer: “Well, they read books, but only by this one person who writes books.”
Me: “Like a book club?”
Customer: “Yes! A book club! But the movie came from a book. What was the title?”
Me: “Was it The Jane Austin Book Club?”
Customer: “Yes! Would you have any books by Jane Austen?”
Me: “Absolutely!”
(I take her to our Jane Austen books. She is very excited and starts flipping through them.)
Customer: “Hey, wait! There’s no photo of her! I want to see what she looks like!”
Me: “I’m afraid there aren’t any photos of her.”
Customer: “Why not?”
Me: “She lived two hundred years ago.”
Customer: “Oh! So do all of her books take place in her time?”
Me: “Yes.”
Customer: “So…she didn’t write The Jane Austen Book Club?”
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Customer: “So how long will it take to receive my new debit card?”
Me: “Five to seven days.”
Customer: “How will I make sure no one uses my card?”
Me: “Although there is no 100% fool proof way, you can start by writing ‘SEE ID’ on the back of the card so merchants can cross reference it with your ID for each transaction.”
Customer: “Oh! I can’t do that, I do a lot of transactions online and they won’t be able to see my ID.”
*long, awkward pause*
Customer: “Never mind, just pretend I didn’t just say that.”
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