Things shop assistants say!

Percyprod · Dec 4, 2017

Many years ago I was passing our local Comet shop. (told you it was many years ago). In the window was a small b&w tv, which I thought would be ideal for use with my BBC computer for packet radio. The conversation went like this.
"I'd like one of the small tvs in the window".
"Certainly, I'll get one from the store".
She came back.
"Sorry, we've non left".
"Could I have the one in the window?"
"Sorry, that's for display"
"Ok, when will you be getting more in?"
"I'll check".
She checks.
"Oh, we won't be getting any more, that's the last one".
"I can have that one then?"
"No, as I said it's for display".
"What does that mean?"
Puzzled look.
"Well, it's so customers can see it, and buy one if they want".
"But you're not getting any more".
"No, that's right".
"So I can have that one".
Look of frustration.
"No it's a display one".
"But you're not getting any more, so why have a display one"?
Eyes rolled to ceiling.
"So people can see what we're selling".
At this point I left.
The other one is when I wait to be served in a shop and the salesperson says
"sorry about your wait"
I always have to reply
"I'm not that heavy".

Pete999 · Dec 4, 2017

Percyprod said:
Many years ago I was passing our local Comet shop. (told you it was many years ago). In the window was a small b&w tv, which I thought would be ideal for use with my BBC computer for packet radio. The conversation went like this.
"I'd like one of the small tvs in the window".
"Certainly, I'll get one from the store".
She came back.
"Sorry, we've non left".
"Could I have the one in the window?"
"Sorry, that's for display"
"Ok, when will you be getting more in?"
"I'll check".
She checks.
"Oh, we won't be getting any more, that's the last one".
"I can have that one then?"
"No, as I said it's for display".
"What does that mean?"
Puzzled look.
"Well, it's so customers can see it, and buy one if they want".
"But you're not getting any more".
"No, that's right".
"So I can have that one".
Look of frustration.
"No it's a display one".
"But you're not getting any more, so why have a display one"?
Eyes rolled to ceiling.
"So people can see what we're selling".
At this point I left.
The other one is when I wait to be served in a shop and the salesperson says
"sorry about your wait"
I always have to reply
"I'm not that heavy".

McDonalds the former Soviet Union. my turn to collect orders from a team of about 2o blokes, I wasn't going to accept different items, if they didn't want a Double Cheese Burger they could take a hike themselves, upshot was 27 DCBs Write the order on a bit of card, and takes it to the hole in the wall which constituted a drive through, in my best Russian I ask for 27 DCBS guess what the response was? "to eat in or take away" nearly wet myself laughing.