Unfiltered Story #162448
(I am selling a customer a podcast microphone, and I suggest it needs a pop shield.)
Customer: “What’s that for?”
Me: “It blocks out plosive sounds.”
Customer: “There won’t be any explosions, it’s an interview.”
Me: “No, ‘PIH’s and ‘BIH’s. PLOSIVE, is the word.”
Customer: “I think you mean ‘expletive.’”
(At this point I’d begun to wonder if I’d made up the word, plus it was a minute to closing, so I let it hang as we both looked bemused. Of course, now this guy’s off to do his interview, thinking I just tried to sell him some gizmo that stops him recording swear words and explosions. Also, I can’t pronounce ‘expletive’. DUHR…)
Question of the Week
Have you ever served a bad customer who got what they deserved?
