Mission: Impossible, Part 2
AT THE CHECKOUT, RETAIL, SILLY | RIGHT | MARCH 16, 2008
(An elderly man comes into the store and buys two cigars, I place them in a bag and try to hand him his receipt.)
Elderly Man: “I don’t want that.”
Me: “Oh, okay. I’ll just throw it away for you.”
Elderly Man: “Don’t do that I need it!”
Me: “Here you are then.” *trying to hand it back*
Elderly Man: “What am I suppose to do with it?!”
Me: “You said that you needed it.”
Elderly Man: “I do! But where in the h*** am I supposed to put it!”
Me: “Your wallet or your pocket, maybe?”
Elderly Man: “It will get mixed up with everything else and I’ll have to dig it out and throw it away when I get home! I don’t want it!”
Me: “So you want me to throw it away for you?”
Elderly Man: “No, I need it to show my wife!”
Me: *confused* “Do you want it in your bag?”
Elderly Man: “Well that’s what it’s for, isn’t it–to carry things? What’s wrong with you trying to hand someone a receipt? Where the h*** would they put it?!”
(I placed his receipt in his bag and he left muttering about me. He became a regular after that, and never again did I hand him a receipt.)
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