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Thank goodness it was a slow day, that's all I can say.
Brain Burp #1 had bought some tea a few days ago that "had lemon in it" and wanted to have his friend check it out. I stared at our tea wall. Even with our badly depleted stock situation, there are still a fair few teas that have lemon in them. Black? White? Green? Oolong? Rooibos? Maté? Herbal?
He couldn't remember.
Oh, wait, it had an "exotic" name!
Yeah, that helps ... not.
I took down a couple of tins. Maybe this one? Or how about this one? ... Customer was uncertain. Yeah, maybe it was A. Or no, maybe B.
Or maybe neither.
Me:
Finally he decided to go home, find out the name, and then he and his friend would return another day.
Of course, if he's got the tea at home, why not show it off to his friend there ...
Brain Burp #2 was less of a brain burp than someone who was having a grand social time chatting about her tea collection. I was getting vibes from her that she was very unlikely to actually buy anything. She was very vague about what she was looking for, but would ask to see a tin, and then either exclaim, "Oh, I've got that one!" or just comment on the scent -- but not ask to have any measured out for purchase.
Finally, after 10 or 15 minutes (at least) of this dithering, she asked me to total up the cost of 150 grams of two different teas (and 150 grams is a LOT, trust me), plus a measuring spoon ... plus a $250 computerized tea-making gizmo that does everything except serenade you at dinner. The total of all her hypothetical purchases came to over $400 and she took the itemized slip and left, saying cheerfully, "I'll be back!"
Anything's possible ... but I'm not gonna hold my breath.
Brain Burp #1 had bought some tea a few days ago that "had lemon in it" and wanted to have his friend check it out. I stared at our tea wall. Even with our badly depleted stock situation, there are still a fair few teas that have lemon in them. Black? White? Green? Oolong? Rooibos? Maté? Herbal?
He couldn't remember. Oh, wait, it had an "exotic" name!
Yeah, that helps ... not.I took down a couple of tins. Maybe this one? Or how about this one? ... Customer was uncertain. Yeah, maybe it was A. Or no, maybe B.
Or maybe neither.
Me:
Finally he decided to go home, find out the name, and then he and his friend would return another day.
Of course, if he's got the tea at home, why not show it off to his friend there ...
Brain Burp #2 was less of a brain burp than someone who was having a grand social time chatting about her tea collection. I was getting vibes from her that she was very unlikely to actually buy anything. She was very vague about what she was looking for, but would ask to see a tin, and then either exclaim, "Oh, I've got that one!" or just comment on the scent -- but not ask to have any measured out for purchase.
Finally, after 10 or 15 minutes (at least) of this dithering, she asked me to total up the cost of 150 grams of two different teas (and 150 grams is a LOT, trust me), plus a measuring spoon ... plus a $250 computerized tea-making gizmo that does everything except serenade you at dinner. The total of all her hypothetical purchases came to over $400 and she took the itemized slip and left, saying cheerfully, "I'll be back!"
Anything's possible ... but I'm not gonna hold my breath.
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