Unable To Conjure Up A Return
I’m working the buy counter in the pawn shop when a guy comes in with a TV, putting it on the counter in front of me.
Me: “Hi, what are you looking at doing today?”
Customer: “I bought this TV from you the other day and I want to bring it back.”
Me: “Okay, what’s wrong with it?”
Customer: “It’s haunted!”
Me: “…”
Customer: “Every time I turn it on, there are ghosts on the screen!”
Me: “I can see why that’s upsetting. Let me grab the manager; I need his permission to do a refund.”
Customer: “Oh, no, I don’t want the money back. I just want to bring the TV back. It’s haunted!”
Me: “Okay… you can leave it here if you want. You sure you don’t want a refund?”
Customer: “No, I just don’t want the TV in my house anymore. The ghosts might get out.”
And true to his word, he just walked off, leaving me with the apparently haunted TV. I don’t get paid enough for ghosts, and I can’t put the TV on the floor if it hasn’t been returned or bought in through the till, so I put it in the back room for the manager to deal with, just in case.
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