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Man, what a night last night! It was cold and wet and my evening shift was a lot quieter than usual. Having said that, the few people who did turn up were idiots. So here are various stories from the night, in no particular order:
Adding to my pokedex
I've written before about my encounters with the Itsallthere, a pokemon that does the attacks where it drops large amounts of coins. Last night I had the more evolved version, Iswearitsright. Iswearitsright waits for you to verify that the payment is in fact correct, but it gives you a lot more money than the Itsallthere. And you can't refuse to accept $30 of 20 cent coins because Iswearitsright has already put the petrol in its pokemobile and has no other form of payment.
You mean the account has to have money in it?
SC got $4 of fuel (which at today's prices is 2.7 liters, or around three quarters of a gallon). Wanted to pay $3 cash and $1 on eftpos.
The eftpos declined.
"Here's another ten cents. Try it for 90 cents."
Declined.
"Another 50 cents. Try it for 40 cents."
Declined.
"I think I have some more change in the car."
On the phone
"Hello, [store], Ed speaking."
"What's the weather like at the airport?" (no greeting or anything)
"Cold and wet and you should stay home."
"OK thanks."
I managed to not laugh until after I'd hung up the phone.
They don't even have Hot 'n' Spicy
SC: "Do you have firelighters here?"
Me: "They're somewhere in the grocery section."
SC: "You mean the shop next door?" (next door is a chicken shop similar to KFC. All the signs point to them being fast food, not grocery)
Me: "No, the grocery section of this store, over there." (points to the wall with "GROCERY" written in 3-foot tall letters)
SC: "OK thanks." (goes into the chicken shop, returns, wanders around the entire store, eventually trips over his own untied shoelace and sees what he's looking for, which he then buys).
Chicken shop worker: (after SC's gone) "I just had an idiot come in and ask if we sell fire lighters."
Obviously they take after you
This woman with 2 kids came in. Had no idea what she wanted or how much money she had. Neither did the kids. They kept wanting to get things they couldn't afford with their pocket money, and (I assume) their mother kept saying "you can't afford that, you idiot".
Somehow I ended up with $200 of change in my drawer. That's half my float. I swapped most of it for notes with the guy on the next shift, who likes having lots of coins.
Adding to my pokedex
I've written before about my encounters with the Itsallthere, a pokemon that does the attacks where it drops large amounts of coins. Last night I had the more evolved version, Iswearitsright. Iswearitsright waits for you to verify that the payment is in fact correct, but it gives you a lot more money than the Itsallthere. And you can't refuse to accept $30 of 20 cent coins because Iswearitsright has already put the petrol in its pokemobile and has no other form of payment.
You mean the account has to have money in it?
SC got $4 of fuel (which at today's prices is 2.7 liters, or around three quarters of a gallon). Wanted to pay $3 cash and $1 on eftpos.
The eftpos declined.
"Here's another ten cents. Try it for 90 cents."
Declined.
"Another 50 cents. Try it for 40 cents."
Declined.
"I think I have some more change in the car."
On the phone
"Hello, [store], Ed speaking."
"What's the weather like at the airport?" (no greeting or anything)
"Cold and wet and you should stay home."
"OK thanks."
I managed to not laugh until after I'd hung up the phone.
They don't even have Hot 'n' Spicy
SC: "Do you have firelighters here?"
Me: "They're somewhere in the grocery section."
SC: "You mean the shop next door?" (next door is a chicken shop similar to KFC. All the signs point to them being fast food, not grocery)
Me: "No, the grocery section of this store, over there." (points to the wall with "GROCERY" written in 3-foot tall letters)
SC: "OK thanks." (goes into the chicken shop, returns, wanders around the entire store, eventually trips over his own untied shoelace and sees what he's looking for, which he then buys).
Chicken shop worker: (after SC's gone) "I just had an idiot come in and ask if we sell fire lighters."
Obviously they take after you
This woman with 2 kids came in. Had no idea what she wanted or how much money she had. Neither did the kids. They kept wanting to get things they couldn't afford with their pocket money, and (I assume) their mother kept saying "you can't afford that, you idiot".
Somehow I ended up with $200 of change in my drawer. That's half my float. I swapped most of it for notes with the guy on the next shift, who likes having lots of coins.
I read it just fine.
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