They Want Dirt Cheap Dirt
I’ve just sold a medium-sized tree at the garden centre where I work. I’m ringing the woman up, and she tells me:
Customer: “And I will also be needing some dirt to fill the hole this thing’s going into.”
Me: “Certainly, madam. We have a large bag of topsoil for £2.99.”
Customer: “I don’t want topsoil, I want dirt!”
Me: “Topsoil is essentially dirt, madam.”
Customer: “Well, I don’t want branded expensive dirt. I want the cheap stuff! Dirt dirt!”
She thought ‘topsoil’ was a brand.






