Sunday, October 11, 2009

Who Me?

Have you ever had someone just start talking to you like you're already in the middle of a conversation? For example: Someone you may know (or not know) is standing near by, happens to overhear your conversation, and decides to chime in with vital information as if they have been involved in your conversation circle from "hello." It happens to me everyday. I've got my back to someone while being busy with another customer, or frantically trying to finish a task handed to me by my boss when I hear, "Can I see this one?" The customer has just committed a small break in etiquette by skipping over the "Excuse me, Sir?" and going straight to the ensuing question. I'm gonna be honest with you readers, half the time I pretend I didn't hear because I know I can get away with it. Who knows who he was talking to? I don't. I can't seem him behind me. For all I know he was talking to his wife about her getting something out of her purse. I will literally continue with what I am doing until I get an "Excuse me, Sir?" I'll even take a "Hey man, you might showing me some binoculars?" I guarantee you will get the most attitude from me if you act like we are ol' buddies and skip the pleasantries. If you have ever had me help you in my store and have started our conversation with, "I wanna see some knives" while my back was turned, you've probably gotten this response, "Well the glass is see-through, so have at it!" Sigh, I am reminded of one of my earlier posts about hailing me for service.

A lot of times those customers make me think this is their senior photo in the yearbook:

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