Was Not Bready For That
Our sandwich shop is extremely busy tonight and we have run out of bread.
Customer: “I would like two footlong steak sandwiches, please.”
Me: “Sorry, ma’am, we are completely out of bread tonight.”
Customer: “Oh… Then I would like one footlong steak sandwich.”
Me: “No… We’re out of bread.”
I fumble, trying to think of a way to state it more simply.
Me: “We… We’re out of bread!”
The customer stands there with her mouth gaping open for a while.
Customer: “So, you can’t make any sandwiches?”
Me: “Not without bread, no. I can still serve salads and pizzas, though.”
Customer: “Oh.”
The customer, maintaining a dumbfounded look on her face, sauntered out the door.