I Didn’t Work Here, Does Not Work Here

(I’m just shopping, when another customer comes by to ask me a question.)

Customer: “Hey, how much is this?”

Me: “I don’t know.”

Customer: “You don’t know?! You work here, don’t you?!”

Me: “No, I don’t work here.”

Customer: *muttering* “God-d*** it, no one f****** works here. Can’t find any god-d*** help anywhere.”

(The customer walks away, and I figure that is the end of that. Fast-forward a few months later: I need a job, and I just so happen to end up working for this very same store. On my first week I am feeling rather chipper and enthusiastic about helping customers.)

Me: “Hello, sir, is there anything I can help you with today?”

Customer: “I thought you didn’t work here! Were you being a lazy s*** back then?!”

(Yep. Same customer.)