Mondays tend to be pretty uneventful, while Tuesdays are pretty crazy. Not this week!!
Idiot Story of the Day
A woman had bought a bunch of items. So, running the register as I do, I counted them up, and gave her the total. “You counted wrong,” she told me. “You counted those candles twice.”
I explained how I had put nice numbers in each bag, and I was right. “Fine,” she said. She turned to her daughter, “We’re not leaving this store until we count all the items.”
Exasperated because of the three other people waiting behind her, I take all 33 items out – and count them out loud – again.
Ok, remember, it’s a dollar store. So why do people ask if we have phone cards? One dollar would get you somewhere between 3 to 10 minutes if you’re lucky.
He was obviously a little deranged. “Hello,” he said. About a minute later, he turned to me and say, “Hi, how ya doing?”
The Theory of Growing Young
I love when people who don’t know each other within a store have this really intelligent conversation with each other – and they leave without even knowing the other’s name. So, that was pretty crazy when two adults said that each year they only grew younger – we just start old (aka teenagers are ancient).
A Guy on Girls’ Shopping Habits
I’m used to, “She takes forever!” “Does she have to see everything in the store?” “I’ll be back in three hours. Maybe she’ll be done by then.”
I was pretty shocked when a guy told me that he thinks guys can’t shop – that girls have the gift of being able to shop. If guys weren’t so focused on getting stuff done, they might be able to enjoy shopping.
(And he was straight.)
Ok, I understand there’s new names, but Montana? So, I can expect a guy named Oklahoma next year, right?
Bluetooths are a great invention – but also horrible. Especially when it’s covered by a person’s hair. I couldn’t understand why this lady was yelling at me, “I haven’t even eaten lunch today!!” until I saw the bluetooth.
Alien Visitors
I’m used to strange people. But tonight was the first time a daschund tried to come shop inside the dollar store.
Random Saying of the Day
”Oh, I’m gonna pass on the bag of bows. They look gay.”
[Hello??? How do bows look gay??]
And today was pretty cool because, just as I was getting ready to close, I got a visit from random Giant guys numbers 1 and 3. (Josh is there all the time anyway; but I hadn’t seen Tom in a couple months.) So that was pretty cool.
