It’s Spelled I-d-i-o-t
(A customer has asked me to spell the name of the city, Indianapolis.)
Me: “I-n-d..”
Customer: “I-m-b…”
Me: “No, I’m sorry, that was I-n-d…”
Customer: “I-n-b…”
Me: “That’s d, like dog.”
Customer: “Oh. Okay.”
Me: “Okay… you got that?”
Customer: “I got it.”
Me: “…i-a-n…”
Customer: “…i-a-m…”
Me: “That was an n, like Nancy.”
Customer: “I have I-m-b-i-n-d-o-k-i-a-m-n.”
Me: “Let’s start at the beginning.”
Customer: “Oh. Okay.”
Me: “I-n-d…”
Customer: “I-n-d?”
Me: “Yes. …i-a-n…”
Customer: “All right, now I have I-n-d-i-a-m-i-m-b-i-n-d-o-k-i-a-m-n – is that how you spell Minneapolis?”
Me: “No. It is not.”
Customer: “Must be all them funny Indian letters. Okay, I’ll send this to you. Goodbye.”
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