In The Deep End Of Days

I work at a pool chemical company’s “hotline” for people who have issues with their pools and our chemicals. I have been talking to a caller for about fifteen minutes, explaining to her about daily chlorination, shocking, etc. She is very polite and normal-sounding.

Me: “Is there anything else I can help you with today?”

Caller: “Well, yes, actually. I was wondering what I should do to prepare my pool for the upcoming apocalypse.”

I asked her to repeat herself, and she made it clear that she was, indeed, referring to the end of the world. I didn’t know what to say to her, so I just gave her the instructions for what you do to your pool while you’re on vacation.

I should have told her to buy our new product, Apoc-a-shock.