Delectable Versus Detestable

I work as a cashier at a bookstore while in college. A customer comes up to me to check out. He’s on his cell phone as I am scanning his purchases.

Customer: “Hang on. I’m being checked out by a delectable young woman.”

Me: “Wow, I love being compared to a food item!”

Customer: “It’s rude to listen to people’s conversations.”

Unfortunately, I did not have a witty response to that. That was probably for the best, since I needed the job.