Funny Story About Uma Thurman

[AnaKhouri]

A lot of customers TRY to be funny, or think they're being funny. A few are genuinely funny. And sometimes they are funny wihtout meaning to be.

Case in point:

A while ago I was working register when a cusotmer came up to buy a magazine. I checked him out, then he stood for a while organizing his wallet (which was fine by me, there was no line). As he was doing this my co-worker asked me if I had seen "Kill Bill" (at the time part 1 has just been released). I said yes and that I enjoyed it, but that I couldn't understand my husband's attraction to Uma Thurman.

The customer heard this. He looked up, said, "Uma Thurman is ugly as hell. Makeup is her best friend!", grabbed his magazine, and ran out the door.

Co-worker and I looked at each other a moment, then started howling with laughter. It wasn't that what the guy said was funny, it was the intensity with which he said it. It was like he'd been waitin his ENTIRE LIFE for the opening to say that.

[Rapscallion]

Now, if he'd been talking about Sarah Jessica Parker...

Rapscallion

[NightAngel]

*shields Raps from Sex In The City fans*

Uma Thurman, IMO, would be a beautiful woman if she would gain about 50 pounds. She is but a shapeless stick person.

[MadMike]

It wasn't that what the guy said was funny, it was the intensity with which he said it. It was like he'd been waitin his ENTIRE LIFE for the opening to say that.

I understand what you're saying. I had a moment like that myself a few years back.

My wife and I were grocery shopping, and as we were finishing up, I told not to let me forget to pick up beer, as I was all out. I then proceeded to rant about how almost anywhere else, I'd be able to pick up some where we were, but I can't "in this stupid state!" (Here in PA, the government has a stranglehold on alcohol. Beer can only be sold by the 6-pack at a bar, cases can only be purchased at a beverage distributor, and any hard liquor can only be purchased at a state-controlled liquor store.)

Just after I said that, this little old lady on a motorized scooter wheeled past us and said, "You got that right!"

My wife and I both looked at each other and started to crack up.

[Gabrielle Proctor]

I like Uma. I think her face has a unique beauty, kinda like Cate Blanchette(sp). But I partly agree on the stick person factor(not many celebs aren't stick people). I love Beyonce for the reason that she embraces her curves.

[Becks]

One of the women that I don't have a clue as to how they can be considered attractive is Charlize Theron. I don't think I've ever seen her looking good. (The man of the household and my friends all say I have higher standards for women's looks than men's, for what it's worth.)

[autumn_soul]

Amen to the Charlize Theron being ugly. And that Lindsay Lohan bird while we're at it.

Actors? My arse!

[Ree]

I think Charlize Theron is gorgeous.

Uma's a bit of a funny looking little bird, but she's kind of cute, I guess.

Taste is a funny thing, isn't it?

Anyway, since this thread isn't in Off Topic, and if all the posts turn out to be about which actresses are ugly or not, it will turn Off Topic, let's keep it to discussions of customers who randomly blurt out stupid stuff like they have waited years to get it off their chest.

[DarthRetard]

I think Uma Thurman was gorgeous in both Batman: Forever (she was poison ivy, for those who didn't know) and The Producers, she absolutely stole me.

[Spiffy McMoron]

let's keep it to discussions of customers who randomly blurt out stupid stuff like they have waited years to get it off their chest.

Oh! I've got one:

Back at Crappy Tire, I was helping a lady buy some cleaning stuff for her car: waxes, soaps, etc. I mentioned brands like Mother's, Meguire's, and Armour-All. She blurts out:

"The makers of Armour-All should be dragged into the street and shot!"

Awkward pause...

"OK, so no Armour-All, then..."

[Rocko]

I was taking my break with a few of my coworkers one night when one of them, a guy tends to make fun of everyone, had this to say over the course of the conversation:

Coworker: Am I really that much of a dick?

Me (immediately): Yes!

The look on his face was priceless

[Will-Mun]

Well, I have something similar to the Uma Therman thing, but it didn't involve a customer, so after this I'll add a story of not something a customer blurted out, but just was SO strange that everyone there burst into laughter after he left. First... The Uma Therman blurt.

As a kid, I had a big crush on Uma Therman, (I still think she's a HIGHLY attractive woman.) And I was talking to a female friend on this subject, randomly, without any warning she turns to me and says...

"You know Uma Therman was born a man..."

I don't know why she said that, wether she was just trying to get to me, or the HIGHLY unlikely situation that fuels my ego so just shut up!... -Coughs- She was intersted in me, and the talk of Uma annoyed her.


Anyway, onto the customer!

So, I was working at Radio Shack, and was playing around with the Robosapien, showing it to people, blah blah. And this one man came in and just stared in amazment at this, rather useless toy. He just kept on about "I don't want my machines to be that smart." and "Someday they're gonna be smarter than us! They might try to take over."

Me and my manager were trying our hardest not to outright make fun of the guy... When he left we burst into laughter. We had an honest to god Technophobe... IN RADIO SHACK!


Man, the guy would have probably crawled into a fetal position if we had Robosapien II back then, THAT one is an amazing piece of robotics.

[FenigDurak]

So, I was working at Radio Shack, and was playing around with the Robosapien, showing it to people, blah blah.

I remember when we got the Robosapien into the toy store I used to work at. I was so thrilled that a robot would be programmed to burp and toot (yes, I said toot!) that I would walk him around the store all afternoon and have him whistle at my coworkers to get their attention, and then make him burp at them. I really am an overgrown child...