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From yesterday.
So I'm on the till, and an elderly (ish) couple come up with a basket, several assorted items including 2 pottery bowls. We keep bags of wrapping under the tills for just such items as these. Sometimes people will ask for their breakable things to be wrapped before I can get to them, but usually I just automatically take a sheet and wrap the things. Which is what I did on this occasion.
Cue cat butt face from the old man.
OM : Look at that! I suppose I've got to find room in my dustbin for that old lumber now!
Me :
Pardon? (I thought at first he was pulling my leg).
OM : All that stuff around those bowls!
Me : ........... (totally nonplussed). It's just to make sure they don't break ....
OM : Wouldn't bother me if they shattered! But now I've got to put all that old wrapping stuff in my bin!
I can see the other customers in my line all with WTF??? expressions.
Meanwhile the old lady asks for the total and pays me.
OL : (taking her change) You can see why I don't bring him out shopping very often can't you?
Me : (smiles and thinks, Yes, and next time you do, leave his teeth at home!)
They wander off. Next in line is a lady from our shoe store concession, who grins at me and says, "I don't want my stuff wrapped up thank you!".
Seriously, WTF? Most customers are only too pleased to have their fragile things wrapped up for the journey home.
So I'm on the till, and an elderly (ish) couple come up with a basket, several assorted items including 2 pottery bowls. We keep bags of wrapping under the tills for just such items as these. Sometimes people will ask for their breakable things to be wrapped before I can get to them, but usually I just automatically take a sheet and wrap the things. Which is what I did on this occasion.
Cue cat butt face from the old man.
OM : Look at that! I suppose I've got to find room in my dustbin for that old lumber now!
Me :
Pardon? (I thought at first he was pulling my leg).OM : All that stuff around those bowls!
Me : ........... (totally nonplussed). It's just to make sure they don't break ....
OM : Wouldn't bother me if they shattered! But now I've got to put all that old wrapping stuff in my bin!
I can see the other customers in my line all with WTF??? expressions.
Meanwhile the old lady asks for the total and pays me.
OL : (taking her change) You can see why I don't bring him out shopping very often can't you?
Me : (smiles and thinks, Yes, and next time you do, leave his teeth at home!)
They wander off. Next in line is a lady from our shoe store concession, who grins at me and says, "I don't want my stuff wrapped up thank you!".
Seriously, WTF? Most customers are only too pleased to have their fragile things wrapped up for the journey home.
He is my Black Dragon (and yes, a good one) strong, protective, the guardian. I am his Silver Dragon, always by his side, shining for him, cherishing him.
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