Salvation Vs. Business Savvy
Me: “Hi, how can I help you?”
Customer: “I’m looking for a metal business card case.”
Me: “Well, we really only carry leather here – would you like me to show them to you?”
Customer: “No, it needs to be metal. Where can I get one?”
Me: “Well, I know of a place in the mall, but they market them as cigarette cases. If you just ask the man at the counter for one, he can–”
Customer: *interrupting* “I ain’t buying no cigarette case, I ain’t no smoker.”
Me: “Ma’am, I can assure you they’re not used or anything, it’s just that the original concept came from cigarette cases, and people adapted them into wallets.”
Customer: “Well, I ain’t buyin no cigarette case, so you best tell me where I can get a business card case.”
Me: “Ma’am, that’s the only place I know of. They’re the exact same product: a metal case with two prongs on the inside for–”
Customer: “I ain’t no heathen woman, and I ain’t gonna carry around no wicked cigarette box while I’m at church! Do you expect me to?!”
Me: “No ma’am, I just don’t think you’ll find one at that store if you’re asking for a business card case.”
Customer: “No, you WON’T!” *storms out*
Me: “…what?”