I'm sorr .. Wait .. What??????????

[xaenon]

pencils are nearly never sold sharpened, mainly because the ends snap off, 95% of all coloured pencils are sold in their raw state.

Also, 'presharpened' pencils could pierce their packaging, and perhaps even a customer's skin.

Customer in the OP was an idiot, no matter how you slice it.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Pretty sure you cannot buy sharpened pencils, so take comfort in the fact that this dingus is going to

1. loose her mind and make an ass of herself in each and every store she goes to trying to buy pencils.

2. "never shop here again" at every store in town that sells pencils.

3. Eventually blow a gasket and have her head explode.

[Pezzle]

Pretty sure you cannot buy sharpened pencils, so take comfort in the fact that this dingus is going to

You can, but not Ticonderoga #2s like I'm presuming the SC had. You can buy artists pencils pre-sharpened, however - General and Derwent brand both come pre-sharpened, right at Michaels.

[MoonCat]

She. Was. An. Idiot.

That is all.

[Frantic Freddie]

They use a pocket knife like everyone else. Dur. (We really need a nice toothy cross-eyed "dur" smilie)

I'm old enough to have done that

The only problem was where to put the shavings?

[jjc927]

I've seen a couple of packs of pencils where they came presharped and the points always broke right away and they'd either not resharpen properly or would just break soon after being sharpened again. This lady needs to sharpen her mental capacity!

[teh_blumchenkinder]

At the University Bookstore, they sell individual presharpened pencils. Our campus has at least 4 major 'stages' of building, meaning that some places were built well before the computer, internet, or widespread mechanical pencil usage-- which means that only about half the buildings on campus actually have sharpeners for wooden pencils, usually the wall or desk mounted ones (usually the wall ones survive the longest due to moving stuff).
They also sell crazy art, engineering, and nursing supplies. I swear, there's at least twenty different kinds of mechanical pencils alone in there... .___. (and at least five different colors of mechanical pencil lead! :3 )
Even more on-topic... o_O If that lady woman's a Christian, then I'd hazard to say a demon got up her butt! I wonder what her actual train of thought was to flip out like that??
EDIT: these individual presharpened pretties are the good brands, and typically sell like hotcakes around tests, due to large class sizes preferring those bubble-sheet-can-only-use-#2-pencils.
And yes, store does sell 0-5+ hardness pencils!

[BeenThereDoneThat]

And this, my friends, is why almost every single thing you see advertised/pictured on a box these days has to have some kind of disclaimer on it, like "Serving Suggestion" on a frozen dinner box, or "Do not immerse in water" on an electrical appliance, or "Accessories shown sold separately" on some kind of toy. Guess now we'll be seeing "Warning: enclosed pencils are unsharpened, photo of sharpened pencil is just an illustration" on the pencil boxes.

[dalesys]

I'd love to see her digging into the can of Crisco for the fried chicken...

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

***** Overhead page *******
IRV Please come to the service desk one of your customers has escaped. IRV ONE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS HAD ESCAPED thank you

****CLICK****

Oh sure. Some nut gets her panties in a twist over unsharpened pencils and everybody looks at me.



Everybody knows my customers complain about notebook cover and folder colors. So there.

[Princess J]

Guess now we'll be seeing "Warning: enclosed pencils are unsharpened, photo of sharpened pencil is just an illustration" on the pencil boxes.

Do you honestly think someone as brain free as her is going to actually read the warning? Hahahahahahaha!

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Do you honestly think someone as brain free as her is going to actually read the warning? Hahahahahahaha!

Oh, they never read the warnings...it's just a little bit of a CYA for the manufacturer, retailer, etc. At least, one would hope so...

[Laund-o-rama Mama]

Maybe she changed her mind about buying the stuff and wanted a "graceful" () out?

I always try to find a logical reason for someone to go from zero to NuTbAr in .004 seconds. But I'm probably barkin' up the wrong tree here.

[BroSCFischer]

I always try to find a logical reason for someone to go from zero to NuTbAr in .004 seconds. But I'm probably barkin' up the wrong tree here.

Isn't this just a trifle oxymoronic? Applying logic to crazy.

SC

[Laund-o-rama Mama]

Isn't this just a trifle oxymoronic? Applying logic to crazy.

SC

I can't help it. Brain says, "This must make sense!" Even if it's Cloud Cuckoo Logic, it's still a reason.