Euro-prat

[Marmalady]

Even before Brexit - as LNS says, Britain was never part of the Eurozone, so why on earth this plum thought he could spend that in a petrol station is beyond me.

[earl colby pottinger]

The press

Considering how much press and front page news it go here in Canada I can't imagine how someone can be British or European and not know about the break-up.

Even if the person was in some far off land and just arrived back in England, I can;t see that person now seeing the news over the internet.

The only other thing I could think of is that they just got out of prison, but I am pretty sure the news got even in there.

[MoonCat]

He was probably one of the Oblivious. They're all around us.

[Argabarga]

Euro Prat sounds like some new techno music straight outta Stuttgart.

[Slave to the Phone]

Even an ignorant and very self absorbed American like me knows that England opted out of the Euro thing.

The choices I see is that your customer was crazy or did indeed live under a rock for the last year, or was even more self absorbed than I am and I find the third possibility to be highly questionable.

[Lace Neil Singer]

{Note: I do not want this thread derailed by comments on Europe, Brexit etc. Go to Fratching for that, please! This thread is about a sucky customer.}

The SC comes up to the till, barks "Pump five!" at me and slams down a note. I pick it up and immediately notice that it is a twenty euro note.

Me: Sorry, but we don't take euros here.
SC: Britain is part of Europe! You have to accept it!
Me: No, we don't.
SC: Are you stupid or something? Britain is in Europe, so that means you can take euros!
Me: Actually, Britain opted out of the single currency.

At this point, one of our regulars decides to intervene.

Regular: Damn, it's like he's been hiding under his bed for the past year.
SC: What? What are you talking about?
Regular: Brexit? Ever hear of it?

Several other customers then began to berate the customer, probably cuz they were sick of standing in line while this idiot mouthed off. Faced with such opposition to his views, the SC silently paid with a credit card and left. Oh, and he forgot his euro note. XD Since he never returned to claim it, it ended up in the charity tin.