The Ancient Kleenex Entitlement Whore

[Automan Empire]

I saw this lady while waiting in line at a grocery store years ago. She was VERY OLD, like 72 to 82 range, and not the nice-grandma type at all. The store was fairly busy for a mid-day, two checkers humming with a few customers each, things are moving and everyone's cool.

OKL: Old Kleenex Lady
CCC: Cool Cashier Chick
PHM: Poor hapless manager
AUC: All Us Customers in the two lines.

OKL (cuts through line, to get right next to CCC at her register in the next line, literally grabs her uniform) Excuse me, can you page the manager for me?
CCC: Okay. (Pages manager with WTF expression on face)

Now two lines of customers and two checkers are watching as OKL cuts her way backward through the line to meet arriving PHM.

PHM: Hello, Maam, did you have a question?
OKL: I'm mad at you! (glare)
PHM (speechless)... uh.... Maam, what seems to be the problem?
OKL: These Kleenex were $1.14 last week, and now they're $1.21! (GLARE!)
AUC: {collective WTF}
PHM: Well, we don't set the prices at the store level here... (gets cut off)
OKL: It just isn't faiiiir! That's 7 cents more in one week! (DEATH GLARE)
PHM: I notice these are the more expensive extra large Kleenex. Guess what, we have the regular size on sale this week for 2 for 99c (gestures at display right behind them)

Now, i should pause here, because this wasn't just your ordinary display; this was an entire front-of-the-store endcap, fully wrapped around both ends to the aisles, literally all the way to the ceiling with streamers and signs with 2 for 99 cents or whatever deal it was years ago... it totally BLEW DOORS on the $1.21 box she was holding, even if it was still at $1.14. And she's arguing over 7 cents infront of this huge display, if there was a hole in the ceiling, Godlight would be streaming through and lighting only this Kleenex display...

AUC: (all seeing Kleenex display behind the drama... another collective WTF)
PHM: (triumphantly) how about we get you two of these boxes, Maam?
OKL: But they're just so SMALL!
AUC: (collective shaking of heads and mass turning away to face the front of the lines again)
PHM: I'm sorry, Maam (makes his escape)

The lady left without buying anything.

[traylk]

Some people just aren't happy unless they have something to bitch about....

[Sliceanddice]

*Is suddenly young[er] and sitting in her living room watching the Goofy movie and is at the scene where Goofy was freaking out over max and the blue lights coming pouring down on the fishing bobblehead dalls*
LAKE DESTINEY!!!!!!!!!!
*Is suddenly 21 again and scurrys into the dark*

[protege]

Damn...and I thought this guy was a cheap bastard!

[One-Fang]

Firstly, I'm not sure her age is relevant here. She was sucky, at any age.

When I read the thread title I wondered who exactly was going all EW over ancient kleenex! LOL

[Boozy]

Her age isn't relevant to the story, but members are allowed to give a description of the SCs in their stories to paint a better mental picture. As long as they don't attribute their suckiness to their age (and Automan Empire didn't) it's fine to describe a customer as elderly.

Also, a reminder to everyone: Please report any posts if you're unsure if they adhere to board rules. Thanks.