I hope that's not your breakfast.

[fireheart]

Quoth PepperElf

Heh. My BF has a few "break the ice" exercises for meetings. One of them involves listing 3 items to bring through the checkout lane in order to get a reaction/comment from the cashier.

One caveat though - cannot be condoms. don't remember if there were other restrictions though.

Whipped cream, painkillers and chocolate sauce.

Hmm....too easy.

Cucumber, lubricant and a banana.

Sweatbands (or something else equally elastic), whipped cream and a zucchini.

I'll let you guess the purpose of the sweatbands...

[Whirly_bird]

I'm curious-what was wrong about that question? I ask that probably everyday when coworkers come in wit Mt Dew and skittles (or whatever's in the snack machine).

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

It's probably perfectly fine to say that as a joke with co-workers you know at least a little bit.

To say it to a total stranger going through your checkout line? Not so much.

[Whirly_bird]

I used to say it to random strangers at the BX; no one showed any asspain there.

[EricKei]

Quoth PepperElf

One of them involves listing 3 items ...

Meat cleaver.

Paper towels.

Really large, heavy-duty, opaque garbage bags.

...What?

[AmbrosiaWriter]

Quoth Whirly_bird

I'm curious-what was wrong about that question? I ask that probably everyday when coworkers come in wit Mt Dew and skittles (or whatever's in the snack machine).

Because it can come across as being really judgmental when you say it with an air of disdain. It's just rude.

[Deevil]

Quoth PepperElf

One of them involves listing 3 items to bring through the checkout lane in order to get a reaction/comment from the cashier.

I often get comments from the cashier at the grocery store. My dogs are fed prey-model raw, so it isn't unusual for my items to be something along the lines of a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, a bottle of coffee creamer, a pigs head, and a couple of packages of kidney.