Friday, December 2, 2011

Overheard In A Store

Recently I was at a store returning something and the lady next to me was trying to make an exchange with another clerk. I found their whole conversation highly entertaining and thought I'd share it with you to the best of my ability.

Woman at the store: "I bought a lamp and I want to exchange it for this."

Clerk: "Certainly. Can I have the lamp, please?"

Woman: "It's at home but here is the receipt."

Clerk: "I'll need the lamp, ma'am."

Woman: "But I have the receipt. See, it shows that I bought the lamp. I'll bring it back later."

Clerk: "But I can't let you walk out of here with THIS one without returning the lamp first. It's an exchange, and I have to have the lamp. I need proof."

Woman: "My receipt is my proof. I am a very honest person!!!"

Clerk: "I'm sorry but I can't do an exchange without the lamp."

Woman: "Do you mean to tell me that I have to drive all the way home and get it?"

12 comments:

The Real Me! said...

OH MY GOODNESS! Seriously? That's to funny. That lady must have thought the clerk was born just last week. LOL!
How did you hold it together? I would have been losing it.
Have a great day my friend.
Kim

Gabe said...

Some people! That is just too funny! I would have had such a hard time listening to that.

Pati @ A Crafty Escape said...

Hilarious! Some people...

Rob said...

LOL! And then we observe...

These people vote.

kristi said...

Wow. Sounds like some of my customers. "I got a disconnect notice and I paid most of it, so why is my electricity off?"
REALLY????

Rebecca said...

I worked many years in retail and this kind of "dumbness" happens more often then you would think. I was always looking for the "you're being punked" camera crew to appear. lol

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HallofFameMoms said...

Only in a place like Mayberry could a very honest person make an exchange that way! lol

Lisa said...

Oh my! That's too funny! :)

Thanks for sharing and many blessings!

faith hope love ღ said...

nice post! thank you so much for sharing...blessings... soraya

Hope said...

That is really hilarious!

I heard a similar argument in the library one day. The librarian was telling a woman that she had a huge fee on a book that was long overdue. And the woman argued that she should not have to pay the fee because she actually never read the book. Could it possibly be the same woman?

♥Hope