Now there’s a new one. An otherwise normal-looking customer just approached me with a packet of Velcro and asked in all seriousness, “What is this used for?” What do you say to that? Embarrassingly, I stammered something about “shoes” and mimed tearing it apart. “You know, rip!?” I can’t figure out who was the bigger idiot.
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One response to “Velcro”
Customer – “I can’t print.”
Jen – “OK, any error messages?”
Customer – “No, there’s nothing on the screen at all – it’s blank.”
Jen – “Blank?”
Customer – “Yeah, and the lights are out too. Are you going to send someone to fix the printer?”
Jen – “…”