Mr Very Important pays us a visit

[Ahbugger]

Mr Very Important arrived twenty minutes before closing on a Saturday.

I was busy sorting out a young couple’s order for a shiny new car when Mr Very Important flagged me down. He had clearly seen I was with someone else so I figured it would be a quick question but of course it wasn’t: he’d apparently decided that they simply weren’t as important as he was. Since this is England he was violating one of the fundamental social rules: A queue always exists in principal even if you can't see it and queue jumping is a crime comparable only to high treason and leaving your phone on loud at the theatre.

Mr Very Important: Hi. I’ve had <brand> cars for my last three vehicles but I’m getting very bored of them so I don’t want another one, I just wanted to take a look at an UberPoserWagon.

Me: Sure, there’s one right there. It’s unlocked so help yourself.

MVIP: Well actually I wanted the ApparentlyEfficientUberPoserWagon. I’m a top man in the <renewable fad> industry so I think my clients would appreciate seeing me turn up in it - well something like it. I’m bored of your cars. Do you have one here?

Me: We do but it’s on charge. If you’d like to come back I don’t mind taking you out for a test drive on a quiet day.

MVIP: Well I live about fifteen miles away so coming in is a bit of a pain in the arse. I want to see one now.

Me: They're exactly the same as this one here but with a different gearnob.

MVIP: Oh. It might sound a bit odd but I hope you don’t mind turning it on for me. I want to see the screens.

Me: Then when would you like to come back?

MVIP: I can’t. Can’t you just turn it on for me?

Me: Nope. The battery’s flat and I’m with another customer but I can get someone else to show you the one outsi…

MVIP: Well you’re not very good are you. *storming off* Jesus Christ!

So thank you for playing Mr Very Important. Next time you definitely don’t want to buy one of our cars please just go directly to our competitors.

[MoonCat]

15 miles? Oh please! What's that take to drive - 15-20 minutes? He probably drives further to get his preferred brand of booze.

If your cars are so boring, why'd he come in there in the first place? And why right before closing? Ugh.

[notalwaysright]

15 miles? Oh please! What's that take to drive - 15-20 minutes? He probably drives further to get his preferred brand of booze.

15 miles is how far away my house growing up was from the closest mall. Took about 30 minutes, but I had to drive to the interstate on back roads, cross a congested bridge, then fight through the traffic around the mall. On the other hand, if I wanted to shop the outlets in the next town over, it's nearly 30 miles, and would still only take me about 30 minutes, since I'm so much closer to the highway where I live now. (It helps that the speed limit goes from 55 up to 70)

15 miles is not much to complain about unless they want to be a big baby about it. "Oh, I have to drive in my boring car to look at another car that I might not buy, but if I do I will get tired of immediately" Give me a break.

[paxillated]

Ah, ya whiners!

I used to live 20 miles from the pavement. Then it was another 20 miles to the grocery store.

Then they built one in my little town!

Still 20 miles from the pavement, but in the other direction... and the pavement was the brand new parking lot. I still had to carry a cooler to put frozen food in, but, my it was nice.

It feels luxurious, living where we do now. Pavement at the end of our driveway... no more finding our car by looking for the two-tone one, green and dirt.

Maybe one of these days we'll live within the pizza delivery area...

[wordgirl]

Oh, I used to love the Mr. and Ms. Importants and Very-Importants of this world.

"Yes, I can see quite well that you're helping someone else but I've decided you can help me instead -- This won't take long. All I need is to see Merchandise A in variations 1,3,4,7,8,9 and maybe 15. So I can order the one I want on Amazon."

[Ahbugger]

Sounds epic :/

The question is would you feel better if these people actually ended up buying from you? I've got a few of them all the way through to a sale and it's nothing but trouble start to finish. At least this way they bugger off quickly.