You Can Now Rent Christmas

(It’s a couple of days after Christmas, and a coworker and I are at the registers processing a lot of returns. A woman comes in with a massive stack of plates to return. She is very friendly and chatty as my coworker begins to process her return.)

Coworker: *inspecting one of the plates* “Was there a problem with them?”

Customer: “No, I just didn’t need them anymore.”

(Her statement was a bit odd, but my coworker finishes the return and refunds the customer’s money.)

Coworker: “That’s all I need from you! Sorry that the plates didn’t work out.”

Customer: “Oh, no, they looked fabulous at dinner. I just brought them back because I didn’t need them anymore!”

(Her receipt in hand, she goes about her business, leaving both of us speechless.)

Coworker: *after a pause* “When did we become a rental store?”

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