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Me: “Was there any particular style of glasses you were looking for today?”
Customer: “I’m looking for some horn-rimmed, half-moon spectacles.”
(As an avid Harry Potter fan, I recognize this as the word-for-word description of a certain character’s glasses.)
Me: “I’m sorry, Professor Dumbledore, but I believe we sold our last pair this morning.”
Customer: *surprised* “Oh, wow! I really wasn’t expecting anyone to catch that!”
Me: “Thank you for calling [Company]. My name is [My Name]. Please tell me your policy number?”
Headset: “BEEP-BEEP-BOOP-BEEP-BOOP” *as the policyholder punches in the policy number*
Me: “Please use your voice to tell me your policy number.”
(The store has a policy where if customers bring in empty printer cartridges they would receive a free ream of white paper. However, the store would only take a few brands.)
Customer: “I have these printer cartridges and I’d like to receive my free paper.”
Coworker: “I’m sorry, ma’am, but we don’t accept this brand.”
Customer: “You can’t be serious, what else am I going to do with them?”
Coworker: “Well the sign over there states which brands we take, but we can recycle them for you.”
(The customer turns to me.)
Customer: “Is this a race thing? Is it because I’m white?”
Me: “Excuse me?”
Customer: “I’m serious. I demand to know if this is because I’m white!”
(I overhear a tourist couple at breakfast one table over.)
Customer: “Every day! This coffee is never hot enough.”
Customer’s Husband: “You’re just gonna have to get used to that. In these countries that use the Celsius scale, they boil their water at only 100 degrees.”
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Male Customer: “Do you guys accept tips?”
Female Coworker: “Yeah, but we try to discourage it. We’d like to think our service is free.”
Male Customer: “Well, um… Here’s a tip.”
(The customer pulls out his phone number on a piece of paper. The female coworker’s boyfriend was right behind the customer.)
