Do As I Do, Not As I Say

(A customer walks into our sandwich shop with her very young son.)

Customer’s Son: “I want a sandwich!”

Customer: “When we want something, we ask politely, remember?”

Customer’s Son: “But I want chips!”

Customer: “No, dear, you ask, ‘May I please have some chips?'”

Me: “What will you be ordering today, ma’am?”

Customer: “I want a kid’s meal!”

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