The Pen Is Mightier Than The Customer

In order to participate in one of our events, you have to fill out a registration slip. We have enough slips for everyone, and we have enough pens for people to use, but someone ALWAYS asks where the pens are. It happens every. Single. Event. I personally don’t care what container the pens are in, so long as the pens are in the same place, which is directly in front or next to the registration slips… which is where they always are.

Coworker: “Did you see where I put the pens?”

Me: “No, I didn’t. What did you do?”

Coworker: “I put them in that black bin. See it?”

Me: “Oh! Cool.”

Coworker: “Means that, hopefully, people don’t ask about it.”

Me: “Uh… yeah, that’s never gonna happen.”

An hour later:

Customer: “Where’re your pens?”

I answered, laughing, as my coworker head-desked.