It's the... thing!

[retailsweetie]

You know, the one-piece thing!


Yes. That is what a customer said to us when she called today. She wanted a "one-piece thing."

No, she was not referring to a one-piece swimsuit. I'm not sure what details she gave, but we finally figured out the gist of what the one-piece thing was....


.... a vest....

[BamaBabe]

Errr...what?

That person is a Deltahead. (Heard this on L&O: CI today to describe a person who is absent of a brain. lol)

[sylvier]

Sounds like one of Gravekeeper's customers

[Grape The Cat]

Sounds like one of Gravekeeper's customers

No they'd mean pants.

[flybye023]

Move the Thing! and...that other Thing! (/end Princess Bride)

[Mikkel]

I'd have guessed a strawhat .

[Iseeyouthere]

Oh. Your. God.

Its the Thing lady. You know... the thing!?

http://notalwaysright.com/de-ting-de-ting/308

[tofu]

oh goodness, i just ~*~ love ~*~ when they use that as if it were a valid item description! a co worker had something similar, a woman just prodded her and asked where she could find "that thing" - and gestured wildly up and down her torso.

co worker listed several items to no effect; cardigans, sweaters, zipped hoodies, boyfriend cardigan/blazers .. i swear she ran through the stores torso oriented itinerary before the customer just gave her a disgusted look and declared she'd find it herself!

[Rapscallion]

Mmm, wondering if she was thinking of 'singlet'?

Rapscallion

[Mytical]

My mother is horrible about this. She uses the 'good old southern method'. "Fetch me that thingamajig" "What do you mean what? Its right next to that doohicky, right beside that whatchamacallit."

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Oh. Your. God.

Its the Thing lady. You know... the thing!?

http://notalwaysright.com/de-ting-de-ting/308

But it wasn't blue and blue.

[Nayeli_Sabia]

My mother is horrible about this. She uses the 'good old southern method'. "Fetch me that thingamajig" "What do you mean what? Its right next to that doohicky, right beside that whatchamacallit."

In my house, we call that "The Female Thing"

"Mom, wheres the thing?"
"In the cabinet, next to the thing"
"Thanks! Got it."


It rarely fails.

I can't call it 'southern method' for several principles, the main one being... I'm from New England, and my mom is from upstate New York. We're so not southern, lol.

[Ironclad Alibi]

All of this talk about the thing reminds me of The Thing by Phil Harris.

[Nyoibo]

When ever my mother or girlfriend use those sorts of terms with me, "the thingy" "the whatchamacallit" I always say "use your words" in that tone you use for toddlers.

Yes I have become very proficient at ducking.

[firecat88]

My mom doesn't do 'The Thing'. She does 'Over There'. Ask her where something is, or where she thinks she's left something, and it'll go pretty much like this:

Me: Where did you say it was?
Mom: *usually with her back to me or otherwise occupied with something else* Over there.