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So if there was a prize for "worst cashier EVER" that would be me. There is no way this situation could have gotten any worse.
I'm talking to my coworker about fictional murder mysteries. Like Agatha Christie type things. And I said that his personality would make for an interesting character. Maybe the murderer of a short story I could write. He says "Oh, what kind of people would I be killing?" And I kinda laughed and said, "Oh you know, someone obnoxious. In fiction the person who's murdered always deserves it."
Well a young woman had walked up to his register while I was talking. She promptly says:
"My aunt was murdered."
Now this baffled me. In my head I was like Why is she saying this? That has nothing to do with Agatha Christie murder mysteries... and I got really confused by her statement.
So of course, in wondering why she said that at all and trying to find a reason for it I say the EXACT WRONG THING. "Well.......did she kinda probably deserve it?"
I like to think of it like this: You say to your friend, "I'm so mad at my dog I could kill him." Someone eavesdrops and doesn't know you wouldn't really kill your dog and says, "How dare you, my dog DIED yesterday." The logical way to go in that conversation is the question, "Did you kill it?" That or, "Why are you talking to me? I don't even know you..."
Of course the whole thing goes downhill from there because she huffily says "NO!" And I say, "Well...what happened?" Because I'm still wondering why she even said it in the first place (and I have no soul). She proceeds to tell me that someone just came up to her and killed her while she was hanging out with her friends. I then discern that she didn't even HEAR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION (i.e. the "in fiction" in the sentence) and decided that she was going to make herself into a victim just because she can. I, of course, tell her that we were not talking about random acts of violence or real life situations, we were talking about murder mysteries.
Her response: "Uh huh. You should watch what you say!"
I suppose the lesson in this is either don't talk about your next fiction project at work or make sure you know what the conversation is about before you start telling people with no souls all about your poor murdered aunt.
And to be clear here: I said the wrong thing at the wrong time but there were two options in my head at the time and the other one was "Don't sound so happy about it." She confused me so badly with what she was saying because to me it sounded like it was coming from left field. Sure we were talking about murder but FICTIONAL MYSTERIES. Agh. She left me so flustered.
I'm talking to my coworker about fictional murder mysteries. Like Agatha Christie type things. And I said that his personality would make for an interesting character. Maybe the murderer of a short story I could write. He says "Oh, what kind of people would I be killing?" And I kinda laughed and said, "Oh you know, someone obnoxious. In fiction the person who's murdered always deserves it."
Well a young woman had walked up to his register while I was talking. She promptly says:
"My aunt was murdered."
Now this baffled me. In my head I was like Why is she saying this? That has nothing to do with Agatha Christie murder mysteries... and I got really confused by her statement.
So of course, in wondering why she said that at all and trying to find a reason for it I say the EXACT WRONG THING. "Well.......did she kinda probably deserve it?"
I like to think of it like this: You say to your friend, "I'm so mad at my dog I could kill him." Someone eavesdrops and doesn't know you wouldn't really kill your dog and says, "How dare you, my dog DIED yesterday." The logical way to go in that conversation is the question, "Did you kill it?" That or, "Why are you talking to me? I don't even know you..."
Of course the whole thing goes downhill from there because she huffily says "NO!" And I say, "Well...what happened?" Because I'm still wondering why she even said it in the first place (and I have no soul). She proceeds to tell me that someone just came up to her and killed her while she was hanging out with her friends. I then discern that she didn't even HEAR THE WHOLE CONVERSATION (i.e. the "in fiction" in the sentence) and decided that she was going to make herself into a victim just because she can. I, of course, tell her that we were not talking about random acts of violence or real life situations, we were talking about murder mysteries.
Her response: "Uh huh. You should watch what you say!"
I suppose the lesson in this is either don't talk about your next fiction project at work or make sure you know what the conversation is about before you start telling people with no souls all about your poor murdered aunt.
And to be clear here: I said the wrong thing at the wrong time but there were two options in my head at the time and the other one was "Don't sound so happy about it." She confused me so badly with what she was saying because to me it sounded like it was coming from left field. Sure we were talking about murder but FICTIONAL MYSTERIES. Agh. She left me so flustered.
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, I am accustomed to that kind of humor...
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