Flip-Flopping Between Different Disturbing Imagery
(I work at a store in the children’s department. I have an older customer come up to my register.)
Customer: “Hi, do you sell thongs for children?”
Me: *blinks* “Do you mean, like…”
Customer: “Children’s thongs.”
Me: “Do you mean… shoes?”
Customer: “Oh! Yes. Flip-flops.”
Me: “Yes, they’re right over there.”
(I knew that “thong” was another word for “flip-flop,” and assumed that’s what she wanted, but it was so unexpected that it caught me off-guard. We both had a good laugh about it once she realized what it sounded like.)
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