Fat Chance Of A Haunting
(I work for a small family run jewelry store. We are fairly flexible with returns as long as no work was done on the item (i.e., sizing to finger, switching stones, etc). )
Customer: “I would like to return this ring I purchased.”
Me: “Let me look up your history. Your name?”
Customer: *gives name* “I can’t keep this ring.”
Me: “Okay. Unfortunately it was sized, so is non returnable. Is there anything wrong with the fit?”
Customer: “No, nothing wrong with the fit. I think it’s haunted.”
Me: “Excuse me?”
Customer: “I think it’s carrying a curse or is haunted. When I bought it, it was a larger size and my finger is much smaller. The person who owned it before must have died of heart disease and I might catch it.”
Me: “I can assure you, you won’t get heart disease from this ring.”
(She kept going on about how she couldn’t have that ring because it might cause her to gain weight like the previous owner. I reassured her over and over that rings can’t make you gain weight. To no avail we ended up taking the ring back and selling her a new ring with no fat history.)
