I Don’t Work Here, Actually Worked Here

(I am working the jewellery counter at a popular department store. As I am opening the case to show an item to a customer, a second customer walks over and pushes the first customer out of her way.)

Customer #2: “Hey! You! Do you work here?”

(I look up in surprise to see if she is joking. She’s not.)

Customer #1: *sarcastically* “No, she just wears a name tag and has keys to all the expensive stuff for the fun of it.”

Customer #2: “Well, anyway, go find someone who does, then! I need service over here!”

Me: “Someone will be with you in a moment, ma’am, but this lady was here first.”

Customer #2: “Not good enough!”

(Customer #2 storms off in the direction of the watches. Meanwhile Customer #1 stares at her as she stomps away.))

Customer #1: “Did that really just happen?”

Me: “I’m afraid so, ma’am.”

Customer #1: “Wow. I didn’t think people like that were real.”