Me: “Can I get your domain name please?”
Customer: “something@yahoo.com”
Me: “That’s actually an email address. What I’m looking for is something similar to www.website.com.”
Customer: “www.something@yahoo.com.”
Me: *sigh* “Can I get your name?”
Bored Teen: “Yeah. I’m looking for this book, When I Drop Dead?”
Me: “I can’t seem to find it in the system. Do you know who the author is?”
Bored Teen: “I dunno. Flooker or Flocker or something.”
(A light goes on in my head.)
Me: “Do you mean AS I LAY DYING, by WILLIAM FAULKNER?”
Bored Teen: *explosive sigh* “Yeah. Whatever. That.”
Customer: “Hi. I need a threesis.”
Clerk: “A… pardon?
Customer: “You know– a threesis. It has other words that mean the same as the word you look up.”
Clerk: “Oh, do you mean a thesaurus?”
Customer: “Duh! That’s a dinosaur! I need a threesis!”
(I’m standing right in front of about ten racks of toys and a giant sign that says “Toy Shop.”)
Customer: “Do you carry toys?”
Me: *turns, looks up at the sign* “Nope.”
(Customer walked off to continue their search.)
Related:
Ask A Stupid Question…
User: “My computer’s not working properly. It stopped working when you were up here doing whatever you were doing, so you need to fix it.”
Tech Support Engineer: “I was upstairs writing down names. I wrote your name on a Post-It note. I’m not sure how that broke your computer.”
