Wanna Bet She’s One Of Those “People”?

I work at a plant nursery, and we sell tomatoes and all sorts of vegetables. We label every plant so that the people know what they’re buying, but customers take the tags out to read them and never put them back. They either fall off or get blown by the wind.

The tomato section is a mess — missing plants in the packs, missing tags, etc. An old man is digging through the tomatoes and turns to me.

Man: “How am I supposed to know what I’m buying when it doesn’t say what it is?”

Me: “We label everything, but people take the tags out and never put them back.”

A lady who’s also digging through the tomatoes speaks up.

Lady: “When you say ‘people’, you mean customers?”

Me: “Yes.”

Lady: “You shouldn’t blame customers for your mistakes. You should speak nicer of customers; they give you a job. Customers bring the money in, and without them, you wouldn’t have a paycheck. You should really reconsider saying what you said.”

Okay. I guess it’s my fault that customers destroy all the tomatoes and the peppers even though we label everything.