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marzipanandminutiae:

captainclickycat:

sonnetscrewdriver:

impormable:

Old dude came in the shop and when I said “lemme know if you have any questions” he goes “what was the name of Alexander the Great’s horse,” thinking he was so funny. I told him Bucephalus, and he was so disappointed. Like his whole day was hanging on beating me at trivia. He says “you’re only the second person who knew that” and I said “well, probably the third if you count Alexander the Great.” He left without buying anything, and did not say goodbye. I think I honestly hurt his weird little feelings! Sorry I’m a bitch, old man!

I had one of these once, bookshop customer randomly challenged me to name, quote, ‘the only word in English where two u’s are next to each other’, and when I immediately said ‘vacuum’ he looked disappointed and when I pointed out it isn’t even the only word with two u’s next to each other in English and offered ‘continuum’ as an example he looked like I’d just punched his ribcage out his back like a Mortal Kombat character

People claiming this didn’t happen have never worked a day in retail

nothing makes me want to abandon my life and start again in a forest in Romania like old white men who think they’re funny/clever/witty and have decided to make that a retail worker’s problem

YUP. Though honestly, at this point, I just feed off that feeling of puncturing a smug dude ego. That hiss of escaping air as they deflate… ahh, sweetness! Hahahaha!