Another Mindless Retail Worker Drone!

I work in a grocery store, but not today! Today is my day off, and I’m shopping for some sale items in a department store. I hear a loud “ahem” cough behind me, so I think someone is trying to get past me. I turn around to let someone through, when I recognize a regular customer from my grocery store.

Customer: “You finally notice me.” *Holds up some clothing item.* “I need this but in a medium.”

Me: “Ma’am, I don’t work at this store. I work at [Grocery Store], remember.”

She pauses a moment, as if trying to place me. It clicks, but she remains undeterred.

Customer: “Yes, but all these stores work the same way, don’t they? You must know your way around those back areas. Aren’t all you people friends, anyway?”

Me: “‘You’ people?”

Customer: “You retail types.”

Me: “Retail… types?”

Customer: “Ugh! Are you just going to repeat everything I say back at me, or are you going to help me?!”

Me: “I needed to repeat the words to see if they made sense coming from my mouth, but nope. All total crap, I’m afraid. Find me in my own store in my own uniform, I’ll be happy to help. Today, in this store, not happening.”

Customer: “That wasn’t a very professional way to behave. Why can’t you just run to the back and help me? These places are all the same.”

Me: “Ma’am, these are retail stores, not ants’ nests.”