The Photons Would Like To Have A Word…
I’m a manager at an electronics store, and one of my female employees comes up to me.
Employee: “Hey, [My Name]. Can you help me with this customer? I’m not sure if it’s because he thinks only a man can help him, but I think he’s being deliberately confusing.”
Me: “Okay, let me talk to him.”
She walks me over and I introduce myself.
Customer: “Yeah, I tried to explain to your employee, but I don’t think she knows what I’m asking. I need one of those outdoor cameras…”
Me: “Okay, did you mean—”
Customer: “…and I want the ones that can see through walls.”
Me: “Sees… through… walls? What are you using the camera for, sir?”
Customer: “I need to put it outside my house, and I need it to check my neighbourhood.”
Me: “So, you want to install security cameras on the outside of your home?”
Customer: “Yes, but I need it to see through walls.”
Me: “Do you mean night vision?”
Customer: “The f***?! That’s what your employee said! No! I need it to see through walls!”
Me: “That’s… impossible, sir.”
Customer: “Bulls***! I’ve seen them used on TV. You can get these special cameras that can see on the other side of walls.”
Me: “Sir, you’re asking me if our small store… sells cameras that can see through solid matter clear enough that you can see what is happening on the other side, a technology that the military doesn’t even possess and, as far as I am aware, isn’t possible under our current understanding of the laws of physics?”
Customer: “Ugh, not like that! Do you even know what I’m asking you?!”
Me: “Do you?”
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