I'm certainly not clever enough to make this stuff up.
Customer: “I am looking for one of those things that are like a book, but not a book.”
Me: “Do you mean a magazine?”
Customer: “No, no. It is like a book, but not a book.”
Me: *speechless*
Customer: “You know! A book thing, but not a book.”
(After the customer tries to explain this object to me for about 10 minutes, my coworker comes back from lunch.)
Coworker: “What seems to be the problem here?”
Customer: “I asked your coworker if you have those things that are like books but not books, but she is too simple to understand.”
Coworker: “You mean a magazine?”
Customer: “No! Is it so hard to just find one of those things? I thought this was a bookstore!”
(Overhearing us, my manager tries to help.)
Manager: “Is there a problem?”
Customer: “I am looking for a thing that is like a book, but not a book.”
Manager: “Well, let’s go look for it…”
(My manager ended up leading the customer all around the store, pointing out every thing we had. The thing that was like a book but not a book? A bookmark.)
Me: “Do you mean a magazine?”
Customer: “No, no. It is like a book, but not a book.”
Me: *speechless*
Customer: “You know! A book thing, but not a book.”
(After the customer tries to explain this object to me for about 10 minutes, my coworker comes back from lunch.)
Coworker: “What seems to be the problem here?”
Customer: “I asked your coworker if you have those things that are like books but not books, but she is too simple to understand.”
Coworker: “You mean a magazine?”
Customer: “No! Is it so hard to just find one of those things? I thought this was a bookstore!”
(Overhearing us, my manager tries to help.)
Manager: “Is there a problem?”
Customer: “I am looking for a thing that is like a book, but not a book.”
Manager: “Well, let’s go look for it…”
(My manager ended up leading the customer all around the store, pointing out every thing we had. The thing that was like a book but not a book? A bookmark.)