Any Given Sundae, Part 2
(I’m working drive-thru at a well known fast food place.)
Customer: “I’d like one large chocolate sundae, and one large sundae with chocolate or caramel on the bottom and chocolate or caramel on the top with extra chocolate or caramel. It doesn’t matter which one.”
Me: “So two large sundaes wi—”
Customer: “No, you’re not listening to me. One large chocolate sundae. One large sundae with chocolate or caramel on the bottom and chocolate or caramel on the top with extra chocolate or caramel. Either one.”
Me: “Okay. So in total you have tw—”
Customer: “NO, YOU AREN’T LISTENING. ONE LARGE CHOC—”
Manager: *signalling to me that the customer wants just one*
Me: “So you want one large sundae with chocolate on the bottom and caramel on the top with extra sauce?”
Customer: “YES. That wasn’t so hard, was it?”
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Any Given Sundae
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