Tell Them ‘NO’

(As the assistant manager of a game store, I joke that we need to make sure our employees know their alphabet, as we could never find what we were looking for (usually misplaced on the shelves). One holiday season, I am helping a seasonal employee, who incidentally is a high school senior, work the shelves:)

Seasonal Employee: “Hey, [My Name], does ‘R’ come before or after ‘V?'”

Me: “Uh… before. You know, there’s even a song about it.”

Seasonal Employee: “Yeah, but after I reach ‘M’ I just fake it.”

Me: “…?”