Walking Taller Than You Ever Will

I’m a 5’4″ man. A customer walks over to me.

Customer: “I need help getting something down from a top shelf. Can you get someone?”

Me: “I can get that for you.”

Customer: *Snorts.* “Sorry, but you? I meant, go find someone who reached full height.”

Me: “I was going to get a step-up platform.”

Customer: “It must be nice for you to stand on that and see what the world looks like from a normal person.”

I don’t engage and simply ask the customer where the item is that they need. I get the little platform and step up to fetch it. As I hand it over, the customer tries egging me on one more time:

Customer: “Don’t fall on your way down.”

Me: “I could fall through the floor, and I still wouldn’t be down on your level.”

Their angry face was satisfying to see, but not as much as the face they made when they demanded a manager, and I reintroduced myself.