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    ... is not a question!
    i know this has probably be ranted on before, but if one more person comes up to me and just says "eggs" "cough drops" "shiny things" instead of an actual question about these items i'm going to start playing games with them.

    the worst is passport photos (since that's my department). half the time, they'll walk up to the counter, i'll ask them "hi, how can i help you today" and get about a 5 second moo-cow stare before they bellow passport at me. or "passport, fast as possible", cuz, ya know, i am a technopath.
    though seeing them get all flustered when i ask them to repeat themselves is worth it. or heaven forbid answer then in more than 5 words (with the standard speal i admit) they get all confused again.
    its like i get to watch my town grow dumber around me.
    Siead

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    I get those types of 'questions' as well. Fortunately, I know what they are talking about and rather they'd get out of my face about it. So when someone walks up to me and says, "Soap!" I just tell them the aisle number and shelf. I also take passport photos and hate when they just say, "Passport."

    When the one-word game happens, I'm often tempted to sound just as random as they do.

    So if they come up and say, "Soap!"
    I'd point to our candy and say, "Candy!"

    Tempting, very tempting.
    Last edited by TonyF; 03-01-2010, 12:18 PM. Reason: I can't spell
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    • #3
      "Werewolf"

      "There wolf. There Castle".


      "All I've ever learned from love was how to shoot somebody who out-drew ya"

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      • #4
        My SIL managed to get back at someone who did that. And she did it well enough (and/or the person was dense enough) that the customer didn't realise what just happened (and therefore couldn't complain).

        "Almonds? What about them? Are you asking where we keep them?"

        I believe she went on like that for a bit longer. She has a very good "I'm talking to a 6-year-old" voice that she uses for this. All the other workers could tell she was really ticked, the customer may even have commended her work to the manager...

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        • #5
          It's fun in a bookstore though. Once cranky old bastard came up one day and bellowed, "The World is Flat!" at me (the title of a popular book at the time).

          I just stared and said, "That's not what I heard!"

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          • #6
            The proper answer to "Passport?" is either:
            A) The Post Office
            B) The County Clerk's office
            C) The nearest Federal Office that deals with that sort of thing.

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            • #7
              i work at a convenience store/ gas station. I have learned puzzled looks and some people get pissed when I CORRECTLY answer their one word question before they even ask it. which really isn't hard when you walk in look around the store and start staring at the back room door marked employees ONLY.

              I don't mind when a regular comes in and goes 2 packs or says Cigarettes because for the people with a routine I actually have them ready by the time they get up there without needing to be prompted. However, I hate the people that EXPECT me to remember and get pissed If I don't know what they smoke or can't answer a question because I work 2-3 days a week because of cutbacks.
              I'm sorry reading is not a new concept it has been widely taught in our nation for at least the past 100 years. Please, learn to do it CORRECTLY before you become contagious.

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              • #8
                Word Games

                When people would come to me I would answer with another one word. For instance, if someone yelled "Soap" at me I would come back with "wash". If they said "soap" again, I would reply with "shower". This would usually snap them out of their nastiness and they would speak in a full sentence. I would then state that they wanted to play word games and I was trying to suit them.

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