Avah Tumbles
Teaching The Next Generation
Clothing Store | Chicago, IL, USA
(I’m folding clothes when a young girl of about six comes up to me. Her mom is in a nearby fitting room trying clothes on.)
Girl: “Why do you have to fold those shirts?”
Me: “Well, they have to look neat on the tables, so I need to fold them.”
Girl: “So whenever someone looks at a shirt, you have to refold it?”
Me: “If it gets unfolded, yes.”
(Just then another customer walks up to the table and proceeds to unfold the top shirt from the pile, look at it, and throw it back down on top of the pile.)
Girl: “That must get really annoying.”
Me: “You have no idea.”
I’m fairly horrified by these games. I don’t think I’d let my 13 year old daughter play these at all. (I hope my neices aren’t playing any of these games!)
Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Consumer
Coffee Shop | Long Island, NY, USA
(I was closing one night, and it was slow. A nervous-looking man came in and went to go order his drink.)
Me: “Hi, welcome to ****! What can I get for you this evening?” Customer: “Um…yes. Can I get a coffee?”
Me: “OK, anything else tonight?”
Customer: “Yes…” *takes out piece of paper* “An iced venti unsweetened black tea.”
Me: “OK, your total is $4.30.”
Customer: *frowns* “How much is the iced tea?”
Me: “It’s $2.28…do you want me to take it off?”
Customer: “No…you see, I’m on a blind date. My date told me that her regular drink at **** was this iced tea…and also that the price of the iced tea is her weight.”
