Having A Non-Senior Moment
(I am at the box office of a movie theater selling tickets for this evening’s showings. A guy in his mid-20s walks in.)
Customer: *in broken English* “How much are senior tickets?”
Me: “They’re $7.99, sir.”
Customer: “Okay, then. I want a ticket to [movie].”
Me: *selects a general ticket for $11.99*
Customer: “How much is it?”
Me: “It’s $11.99.”
Customer: “You said it was $7.99!”
Me: “I said a senior ticket is $7.99; a general ticket is $11.99.”
Customer: *getting very angry* “I want a senior ticket. I always get a senior ticket.”
Me: “A senior ticket is for people who are 65 and over. You are not even close to 65 so I cannot sell you a senior ticket.”
Customer: “I don’t want it, then.” *storms out of the theatre*