I work in a hardware store in the Haight Ashbury in San Francisco (a rather odd bubble in an odder pile of suds). We sell mini-lights year round, even changing what we call them to the nearest holiday.
So a guy comes in and asks for Xmas lights. We point him there and he says "I just want to see how much they're discounted."
(They cost like $3.99 anyway)
I laugh and say, "Sorry, we sell them year round, they're the same price as always."
*whine* "but they're Christmas lights- they should be marked down!"
I answer, still smiling, "No sir, these are New Year's Eve lights.
(there is nothing on the box identifying them as being related to any specific holiday)
"So they'll be on sale next week."
(okay, subtlety is lost on this one)
"No sir, then they'll turn into Martin Luther King Day lights."
*whiny voice that makes me just want to slap the taste of his mouth* "B-but that's not FAIR!"
And my co-worker, who has never heard this riff before adds, "And then they'll be Valentine's Day lights, right?"
I think that was when the lights finally went on in Tinybrainville, he scowled and turned his wrath on my much shorter co-worker,
"You shouldn't encourage him, you know!" and stormed out.
Hah! Like I need encouragement...
I'm Irish, being a smart-ass is part of my genetic legacy.
So a guy comes in and asks for Xmas lights. We point him there and he says "I just want to see how much they're discounted."
(They cost like $3.99 anyway)
I laugh and say, "Sorry, we sell them year round, they're the same price as always."
*whine* "but they're Christmas lights- they should be marked down!"
I answer, still smiling, "No sir, these are New Year's Eve lights.
(there is nothing on the box identifying them as being related to any specific holiday)
"So they'll be on sale next week."
(okay, subtlety is lost on this one)
"No sir, then they'll turn into Martin Luther King Day lights."
*whiny voice that makes me just want to slap the taste of his mouth* "B-but that's not FAIR!"
And my co-worker, who has never heard this riff before adds, "And then they'll be Valentine's Day lights, right?"
I think that was when the lights finally went on in Tinybrainville, he scowled and turned his wrath on my much shorter co-worker,
"You shouldn't encourage him, you know!" and stormed out.
Hah! Like I need encouragement...
I'm Irish, being a smart-ass is part of my genetic legacy.
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