No Answer Is An Answer

Our gas station’s store closes at midnight and reopens at six. I have just closed and am completing my closing duties when the phone rings. It could be a manager, so I answer.

Caller: “Are you open?!”

Me: “We closed five minutes ago.”

Caller: “But I’m outside! I need something!”

Me: “If you need gas the machines are working. Anything else, we open at six.”

Caller: *Frustrated.* “Well… then… you shouldn’t be on the phone if you’re closed!”

Me: “I wholeheartedly agree, ma’am.”

I slam the phone down and continue my closing duties, ignoring her calling back three times (we had caller ID).