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Being the manager of a charity store certainly introduces you to an 'interesting' spectrum of the customer parade...
We have had:
*The pondlife who decided to remove the raffle prize from the window.Being a 5 foot high teddy bear and chained to a stool,you'd have thought anyone removing it would have been obvious.We did receive him back after he was spotted being touted around the local pubs and some bright spark equated his sudden arrival in the neighborhood with the mysterious disappearance of an identical bear from the shop window.
*The guy dressed as a priest who disappeared into one of the changing rooms and was still there come 5 o'clock and had to be bodily removed from the store.You might not want to go home sunshine,but we do.And we're not leaving you tucked up in a corner to sleep the night away.
*The African couple who decided they didn't want the notes they had been given as change as the 'serial numbers were unlucky' and wanted to look through the drawer to find some with 'lucky' numbers.If you feel they will curse you,then you can easily find someone who will help you dispose of them.And if you get your hands near my till,you will end up like...
*The guy who tried the change-confusing routine-hands over a 10,gets change back,then halfway through asks to break a 20.No dice.You pay for your goods-then when your money is back in your warm little paw,if you want notes breaking,we shall consider it.
So he tries to make a grab for the notes in the till.Fortunately I being speedy of sight and fleet of hand managed to shut the till-with his hand in it.
Surprisingly,when the nice policemen showed up,he was unable to give them a convincing reason why he was stuck with his hand wedged in the cash drawer... but did introduce the staff to a bewildering variety of curse-words and gestures
*The cheerful minority who got very upset when we shut the shop early and demanded that they would 'only take a couple of minutes'.The reason we have closed early is because it's on fire.The presence of a large number of firemen and a big shiny red engine might have alerted you to that.If that failed,the black smoke and big hot orange flames coming out the window should do the trick. We are not letting anyone in AT ALL-regardless of how long it will take to pick up your object or how much you wanted it.No-one else is going to get it,but if you go in,we may be bringing out your charred remains.And that's just extra paperwork...
Being the manager of a charity store certainly introduces you to an 'interesting' spectrum of the customer parade...
We have had:
*The pondlife who decided to remove the raffle prize from the window.Being a 5 foot high teddy bear and chained to a stool,you'd have thought anyone removing it would have been obvious.We did receive him back after he was spotted being touted around the local pubs and some bright spark equated his sudden arrival in the neighborhood with the mysterious disappearance of an identical bear from the shop window.
*The guy dressed as a priest who disappeared into one of the changing rooms and was still there come 5 o'clock and had to be bodily removed from the store.You might not want to go home sunshine,but we do.And we're not leaving you tucked up in a corner to sleep the night away.
*The African couple who decided they didn't want the notes they had been given as change as the 'serial numbers were unlucky' and wanted to look through the drawer to find some with 'lucky' numbers.If you feel they will curse you,then you can easily find someone who will help you dispose of them.And if you get your hands near my till,you will end up like...
*The guy who tried the change-confusing routine-hands over a 10,gets change back,then halfway through asks to break a 20.No dice.You pay for your goods-then when your money is back in your warm little paw,if you want notes breaking,we shall consider it.
So he tries to make a grab for the notes in the till.Fortunately I being speedy of sight and fleet of hand managed to shut the till-with his hand in it.
Surprisingly,when the nice policemen showed up,he was unable to give them a convincing reason why he was stuck with his hand wedged in the cash drawer... but did introduce the staff to a bewildering variety of curse-words and gestures
*The cheerful minority who got very upset when we shut the shop early and demanded that they would 'only take a couple of minutes'.The reason we have closed early is because it's on fire.The presence of a large number of firemen and a big shiny red engine might have alerted you to that.If that failed,the black smoke and big hot orange flames coming out the window should do the trick. We are not letting anyone in AT ALL-regardless of how long it will take to pick up your object or how much you wanted it.No-one else is going to get it,but if you go in,we may be bringing out your charred remains.And that's just extra paperwork...
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