A challenge for my fellow CSers...

[edible_hat]

SC: "Where are the newspapers?"
Me: "If there are any left they're near the yellow wall."
SC: "What do you mean by the yellow wall?"
Me: "The wall that's been painted yellow."
SC: "Smartarse."


The challenge is: Correctly answer that question in a way that doesn't make you sound like a smartarse.

[crazylegs]

SC: What do you mean by the yellow wall?
CSR: The wall to your left/rear/right/front*

*delete as appropriate

With a spot of cosmic power said idiot would then realise why its called the yellow wall.

[Gravekeeper]

"The wall thats at an Elevated terrorist threat level"

[edible_hat]

"The wall thats at an Elevated terrorist threat level"

That means the wall behind the registers is at a severe threat level.

[cinema guy]

The vertical part of the building that has been coated in a now dried medium consisting of solids suspended in liquid, that is of a colour between orange and green in the visible spectrum.

[iviles]

I would walk them over to it, but the whole time I would be praying that they are only allowed to use a spoon cuz they arnt smart enough for a fork and knife yet.

[lordlundar]

"The wall thats at an Elevated terrorist threat level"

Well, there went you succeeding in the challenge.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

There's no way I could answer that question without sounding like a smart-ass.

I think my response would have been "You're kidding, right?"

[Slytovhand]

"It's over that way, but you can't go there unless not doing so would cause an accident. If you stop, you will have to wait til you see a green wall, then you can proceed".

Ok - I fail the challenge - I don't think there's a way I could do it without being sarcastic... but hey - what a git!

(is "Which bit don't you get - "the", "yellow" or "wall" sarcastic?:P)

[marty]

Agreeing with IPF, there's no way. I'd have two options in my mind for that situation: be a smartass, or tell them, "Hold on one second while I get someone else to help you," which would have probably been even worse.

[freaktard]

Better to be a smartass than a dumbass.

[donruss]

Can't be done.

[Peppergirl]

My facial expression would have said it all. I would have glanced at him, slowly craned my head to the yellow wall, stared meaningfully at it, and slowly craned my head back without saying a word.

Yeah, it's a good thing I deal with SC's on the phone and not in person. I'd be unemployed.

[Jei]

My mind's first reaction would be, "...uhm...the YELLOW. WALL."

But outloud, I would probably just point to the wall. "That one over there."

[Mango]

"The wall thats at an Elevated terrorist threat level"

HAHA~!SNORT