Even If He’d Used His Words, He Still Would’ve Been An Idiot

I was selling cell phones in the mid-2000s. An older gentleman — the old farmer-looking type — came up to the counter scowling and THREW the phone on the counter.

Customer: “Doesn’t work!”

Me: “Well, all right, let’s see what’s going on. Can you tell me what it’s not doing that it should be?”

Customer: “DOESN’T. WORK.”

Me: “All right, then…”

I flipped the phone open and proceeded to hit the power button.

Customer: *Bellowing* “HOW’D YOU DO THAT?!”

Me: “Pressed the power button, right here?”

I turned the phone to show the power button/end conversation button the old flip phones had. He grabbed the phone from me, looked it over, scowled some more at me, and essentially stormed off with the same attitude and energy he’d charged up with.