I’m Afraid You Can’t Spell, Dave
At The Checkout, Funny Stories, Grocery Store, Technology, USA, Wordplay | Right
| February 20, 2009
(I am monitoring the customers at the self-checkout machines when a customer holding cilantro angrily waves me over.)
Me: “Sir, what seems to be the problem?”
Customer: “These machines are so useless! They don’t even have cilantro under the look-up list!”
Me: “Sir, it’s because you’re looking under ‘S’ instead of ‘C’ — cilantro is spelled with a ‘C.'”
Customer: “Oh, so you’re a know-it-all, huh? We’ll see what you know when these machines take over YOUR job one day!”
Me: “…”
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