Giving You No Middle-Ground

Customer: “Hi, I’d like that ham, please.”

(The customer makes a vague gesture toward several trays of ham.)

Me: *pointing to the ham closest to her hand wave* “This one?”

Customer: “No.”

Me: *pointing to another ham* “Was it this one?”

Customer: “No.”

Me: “Can you tell me what ham it says on the tag, ma’am?”

Customer: *very rudely* “It’s the one in the middle!”

(I look at the six trays of ham. There is no middle. This exchange goes repeats until I eventually point to the ham she wants.)

Customer: “You should probably be more attentive, miss. I need some cheese now.”

Me: “Of course. What kind would you like?”

(The customer waves her hand toward the case containing over twenty kinds of cheeses.)

Customer: “Give me two packages of that.”