Only One Brain Cell Per Customer
On certain sale items, there is a limit on how many a customer can buy. For this particular item, it’s limited to one per customer.
Customer: “Excuse me, how much are these?”
Me: “Those are $6.99, but there is a limit of one per customer.”
Customer: “Oh.”
The customer puts two on the counter.
Me: “No, you can only get one.”
The customer just stares blankly. I repeat the above two lines about three times.
Me: *Giving up* “Okay, then, I’ll just ring these two up and your total is—”
Customer: “Oh, wait! $6.99? Can I get two more?”
Me: “No, these items are one per customer. You can only buy one. I’ll give you these two but you can’t buy any more. Because you’re only supposed to buy one. Because there’s a limit.”
The customer just stares blankly again.
Me: “You see this item? You can only buy one but I’m letting you buy two. You cannot buy more.”
Customer: “Oh… Well, okay, then.”
She paid and walked off with a confused look on her face, still not quite understanding.
Question of the Week
Tell us about a customer who got caught in a lie!
