It’s Curtains For This Request
(The store I work at sells ready-made curtains and also has an offsite custom-made section. It’s early Sunday afternoon, I’ve had a customer after a specific-sized ready-made curtain.)
Me: “I’m sorry. We don’t carry curtains in that length.”
Customer: “Do you make curtains?”
Me: “Yes, we have a custom-made section.”
Customer: “Okay, I’ll do that, then. I’ll be back to pick the curtain up this afternoon.”
Me: “Um, no. Custom-made takes at least two weeks.”
Customer: “Oh. So long?”
Me: “Yes, that’s at least how long it takes. You need to leave your name at the counter. They contact you to arrange a quote and then make the curtains.”
Customer: “I need them sooner than that.”
Me: “Sorry, that’s how long it takes.”
(He keeps hanging around, preventing me from working on the task I was doing.)
Me: “If you are really in a hurry, go to [Large Chain]; they have that size curtain already made.”