Learn Your Acronyms ASAP
Customer: “Excuse me, miss, do you have those movies on circles?”
Me: “Do you mean DVDs?”
Customer: “Yes, that’s it, VDVs. Do you have those?”
Me: “Yes, right over here.”
(I leave the customer to browse and she comes back with a stack of DVDs to borrow).
Customer: “They’re good aren’t they, VDVs?”
Me: “Yes, they are. Very clear.”
Customer: “Yes, I love them. I can’t believe I waited so long to get a nice VD player.”
(I finish the loans and hand the customer her DVDs. As she’s leaving she sees a friend walking in).
Customer: “Oh! Cynthia! You need to come over for coffee. I finally got a VD!”
This story is part of our Old People & Technology roundup.
