The Internet Of (Every) Things
A customer is at my checkout, but before she hands over an item to be scanned:
Customer: “Can you price check this and see how much they sell it for at Walmart?”
Me: “No, ma’am, I can’t do that.”
Customer: “Why not?!”
Me: “It’s not the cashier’s responsibility to price check against other stores. You need to do that.”
Customer: “Well, just check this one item then, real quick! No one will care.”
Me: “Even if I were allowed to, I’m not able. I don’t have access to the Internet here.”
Customer: “Sure you do! You have a computer there!”
Me: “This is just my cash register.”
Customer: “It’s a screen with buttons and stuff! It’s a computer!”
Me: “It doesn’t have Internet access.”
Customer: “If it has screens and buttons, then it has Internet!”
Me: “Cool. When I’m on break later, I’ll be sure to check my Instagram on the microwave while I’m heating my pasta.”
Customer: “Ugh! You’re just being lazy.”
She stormed out, buying nothing.
Joke was on me. A decade later, my husband bought a microwave that could connect to our Wi-Fi, so maybe this customer was on to something?
