Death By Chocolate, Part 9
I am giving out free samples at a kiosk in a superstore. Today, I am handing out chocolate-covered pomegranate when a man in his thirties comes over.
Me: “Hi, would you like to try some dark-chocolate pomegranate?”
Customer: “Of course!” *takes a sample*
Me: “Thank you for trying some today!”
Customer: “I’m glad I got four candies instead of three. You could have killed me.”
Me: “Pardon?”
Customer: “Three pomegranate seeds. It symbolizes ‘Fruit of the Dead.’ I could have died.”
Me: “Uh, ‘Fruit of the Dead’?”
Customer: *Dead seriously* “Yes. In Greek mythology.”
He looks somberly at his pomegranate candy.
Customer: “I’m very superstitious.”
Me: “Okay.”
Customer: “Don’t give people three pomegranate seeds. Don’t.”
He walked away, staring at me for a while.
Related:
Death By Chocolate, Part 8
Death By Chocolate, Part 7
Death By Chocolate, Part 6
Death By Chocolate, Part 5
Death By Chocolate, Part 4
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