How To Austra-cize Common Sense
(A customer asks for the bill. I give it to her.)
Customer: “Hold on, where am I?”
Me: “You’re in [Restaurant].”
Customer: “No, what country?”
Me: “Seriously?”
Customer: *blank stare*
(At this moment I notice a large bag on the table next to her and a large travel backpack on the seat next to her.)
Me: “Australia. Are you backpacking the world?”
(The customer opens her bag and pulls out over a dozen envelopes with different countries written on them. France, Russia, China, Germany, Thailand, etc. She pulls Austria out of the pile.)
Me: “No, it’s Australia.”
(The customer puts it back and finds her Australia envelope. Out of the envelope comes Euros.)
Me: “Okay, get Austria.”
Customer: “You told me that’s wrong.”
Me: “You misplaced your money.”
(The customer reluctantly gets her Austria envelope again. Out of the envelope comes Australian dollars, which I happily accept. She puts everything back in the wrong envelope.)
Me: “I think you should put them in the correct envelope this time. Euros don’t need to be separated by country. You can name multiple countries on that one envelope.”
Customer: *yelling* “Don’t tell me what to do! I’m the one travelling, not you. Don’t forget, you’re the one who told me my first envelope was wrong!”
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Have you ever met a customer who thought the world revolved around them?
