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    At work yesterday.
    Me to customer: "Ha ha, I just told a coworker I thought Mother's Day was Monday but it's Sunday!"

    Customer: *deer-in-the-headlights look*
    "OH MY GAWD ..."

    *grabs his shopping and rushes off*

    Glad to have had the chance to help save your butt, sir.

    *************************

    On a more serious note ... a father and his young son came through my line. I heard the father coaxing the son to ask or tell me something. When I actually got to them, the son seemed to get suddenly shy.

    Father: (prompting child): "What did you want to ask the lady?"

    Boy: "Do you have children?"

    Me: "I have cats ... does that count?"

    The boy seemed to lose track of the script at that point.

    However, my thought was: somebody tell this father it is NOT a good idea to ask (or have you kid ask) an unknown woman if she's got kids. I don't, but it's not a sore point with me -- it was 100% voluntary (I'm lazy ). But there are women out there who desperately want a child and for whatever reason, haven't got any. And for them, that question would be like a knife in the heart.

    I also had "Happy Mother's Day!" said to me repeatedly. I don't know if that would be equally depressing to an involuntarily childless woman. I know it didn't make me cringe quite as much as the child's question did.

    I work tomorrow too. I'm expecting to collect an absolute bucket-load of Mother's Day wishes.






    Customer service: More efficient than a Dementor's kiss
    ~ Mr Hero

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    Whenever someone wishes me a Happy Whatever Day, I just respond with a "thank you." And sometimes return the wish.
    "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

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      Quoth Ironclad Alibi View Post
      Whenever someone wishes me a Happy Whatever Day, I just respond with a "thank you." And sometimes return the wish.
      Yep, that's my go-to response as well. They are trying to be nice and it would be a real jerk who would slam them for that.
      Customer service: More efficient than a Dementor's kiss
      ~ Mr Hero

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