Are We Unclear on the Concept or Something?

[wolfie]

There's a partial extract of the checklist of secret passphrases used, you know. They include...

Can you check?
Is it out the back?
Any in storage?
Any being held for someone else?
Maybe the delivery has been made and it hasn't been put out yet?
Are you sure?

The bolded one is the suckiest - since the "person" you're dealing with wants you to sell THEM one that someone who got there first (i.e. phoned from out of town and is on their way over to pick it up) already ordered.

[Gizmo]

"When can I get my ad in?"
"Monday."
"Not Saturday?"
"No, Monday is the soonest."
"What about Sunday?"
"Monday is the soonest."
"So I can't get it in tomorrow?"
"NO. MON-DAY!"
"Oh, okay. So, for Sunday, then?"

I overheard something similar recently: "No, I can't do Tuesday, you will have it to me by Monday..."

Hmm... not likely. The employee did not look impressed and looked happy to say "Sorry, Tuesday is the earliest I can do."

[KatherineB]

I overheard something similar recently: "No, I can't do Tuesday, you will have it to me by Monday..."

Sure - so, Monday next week then? Can do.

Hey, you never said 'which' Monday!

[wolfie]

I overheard something similar recently: "No, I can't do Tuesday, you will have it to me by Monday..."

Hmm... not likely. The employee did not look impressed and looked happy to say "Sorry, Tuesday is the earliest I can do."

I can have it to you for Tuesday the 2nd. If you insist on Monday, I can have it to you for Monday the 8th.

How many SCs will only hear the "Monday" or "Tuesday", and choose the 8th?

[Jester]

Sure - so, Monday next week then? Can do.

Hey, you never said 'which' Monday!

True story: a friend of mine who makes me laugh until it hurts has this one story about one of his dates. He promised her father that he would have her home by midnight. And he did. The next day. Hey, hey never said WHICH midnight.

The story is hilarious as he tells it, which basically ends with him driving his motorcycle through the hedge between Dad's and Neighbor's property, dragging Dad along with him through the hedge, since Dad was holding on to the motorcycle trying to keep Friend from taking off, so that Dad could KILL Friend, and with Date's panties hanging out of Friend's back pocket, right in front of Dad's face. And with Friend's motorcycle spewing dirt and sod right up into Dad's face throughout the whole thing.

The actual story takes him about 15 minutes to tell, and if you can still breathe without medical aid at the end, you aren't human.

[PepperElf]

Of course, just like the old Zork games, individual commands are not always the way to go. Sometimes repeating lines is the trick. Which is why they keep trying the same lines over and over again.

Makes me think of a good response:

"This isn't Zork. There's not a special syntax or command you can use that will create something we do not have. If you ask for it again you'll be eaten by a grue."

[Stone]

The actual story takes him about 15 minutes to tell, and if you can still breathe without medical aid at the end, you aren't human.

Challenge accepted.

[Jester]

Alrighty then....I'll try to get him to type it up one of these days.