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Two stories from work today.
Story #1: regular customer comes through my line ... a little elderly lady, always wearing a baseball cap and lately masking up again. I'm ringing through her small order when I realize the customer behind her is trying, subtly, to get my attention.
I glance over at her and she mouths "I'm paying for her" and nods towards Little Elderly Lady. I nod back, total up LEL's order and tell her the total, and go to put her bags in her buggy, as I always do.
I say "Oh, are these mittens yours?" (Don't ask me why she's carrying mittens in 90-degree weather, but she is. And yes, I already knew they were hers.) She says "Yes, those are mine" and because she's now looking at me, the customer behind her steps forward and taps her card on the machine. I pull out the receipt and hand it to LEL, who looks quite bewildered. "But ... but ..."
I tell her it's an early Christmas present.
She asks did I pay for it and I say no. She must, however, have seen something out of the corner of her eye because she turns to the lady behind her and asks if she paid for it, and the lady smiles and 'fesses up. LEL thanks her several times and off she goes with her groceries.
Story #2 didn't happen to me, thank Bastet, but to a coworker. CW is ringing up a customer whom she knows. CW and Current Customer are chatting when suddenly the customer behind Current Customer (let's call her Really Weird Customer) pipes up, apropos of absolutely NOTHING, and says "You know, my friend told me her boyfriend called her by my name when they were having sex!"
I think both CW and CC were left basically speechless. RWC was apparently quite proud of this.
Me, upon hearing this story: "Did either of you know who this person was??"
Coworker: "Nope."
Story #1: regular customer comes through my line ... a little elderly lady, always wearing a baseball cap and lately masking up again. I'm ringing through her small order when I realize the customer behind her is trying, subtly, to get my attention.
I glance over at her and she mouths "I'm paying for her" and nods towards Little Elderly Lady. I nod back, total up LEL's order and tell her the total, and go to put her bags in her buggy, as I always do.
I say "Oh, are these mittens yours?" (Don't ask me why she's carrying mittens in 90-degree weather, but she is. And yes, I already knew they were hers.) She says "Yes, those are mine" and because she's now looking at me, the customer behind her steps forward and taps her card on the machine. I pull out the receipt and hand it to LEL, who looks quite bewildered. "But ... but ..."
I tell her it's an early Christmas present.
She asks did I pay for it and I say no. She must, however, have seen something out of the corner of her eye because she turns to the lady behind her and asks if she paid for it, and the lady smiles and 'fesses up. LEL thanks her several times and off she goes with her groceries.Story #2 didn't happen to me, thank Bastet, but to a coworker. CW is ringing up a customer whom she knows. CW and Current Customer are chatting when suddenly the customer behind Current Customer (let's call her Really Weird Customer) pipes up, apropos of absolutely NOTHING, and says "You know, my friend told me her boyfriend called her by my name when they were having sex!"
I think both CW and CC were left basically speechless. RWC was apparently quite proud of this.
Me, upon hearing this story: "Did either of you know who this person was??"
Coworker: "Nope."
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