Using Flipper To Flip Out
(My family are on a cruise ship. My sister and I have just gotten in a fight about how she thinks I don’t care about her. I follow her into a gift shop, and she purposely wanders away from me. A man approaches my sister.)
Man: “Hello there.”
Sister: “Umm… Hi?”
Man: “Where are you from?”
Sister: *clearly uncomfortable* “New York?”
Man: “Where from New York?”
Sister: *clearly not interested* “Brooklyn.”
(I wander over into the man’s line of sight, pretending to look through the stuffed animals. I pick up a large stuffed dolphin.)
Man: “Oh, well how about after the cruise finishes, you and I go somewhere nice?”
Sister: “Um… no.”
Man: “Why not? I’m a nice guy, and a pretty girl like—”
(As he says this, I glare at the man and make a big show of angrily crushing the dolphin. Thankfully for him, he catches on quickly.)
Man: “Oh… uh… never mind.”
(The man flees from the store. My sister turns around, and realizes what has happened. We made up shortly afterwards!)
Question of the Week
Have you ever met a customer who thought the world revolved around them?
