Splat!

[Lace Neil Singer]

This happened today. Just as my sign was going up, this woman was running like the clappers to try and get to my till before I could close. A bottle of pasta sauce fell out of her hands and hit the floor, causing a huge red streak right up the floor.

And no, I didn't serve her so her running was all in vain.

[Demonoid Phenomenon]

Bonus points if somebody else had to clean it up!

[Lace Neil Singer]

The store cleaner had to. I pitied him muchly. ^^ But at least it wasn't me.

[SongsOfDragons]

Speaking of breaking things, I broke a glass in a pub a couple of weeks ago - though I have no idea how it happened. It had a piece of lemon in it wedged up against both sides; and all I did was nudge another adjacent glass into it. It SHATTERED!!!!!

*confused*

[BookstoreEscapee]

Speaking of breaking things, I broke a glass in a pub a couple of weeks ago - though I have no idea how it happened. It had a piece of lemon in it wedged up against both sides; and all I did was nudge another adjacent glass into it. It SHATTERED!!!!!

*confused*

I'd wager it already had a crack or weak spot in it...you probably hit it just right...or wrong, as the case may be...

[derangedperson]

I'm surprised she didn't get all indignant and start screaming "LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO I DEMAND A REFUND I'M NEVER SHOPPING HERE AGAIN I'M GONNA GET YOUR ASS FIRED!!!"

[Imogene]

*confused*

Did the lemon wedge sing Opera?

[blas]

Lace, did the woman threaten to tell your manager that you refused to serve her or did she threaten your job like most other SCs?

Oh and the biggest question here.......what are the clappers? I know what "the clap" is (hahaha, it's what happened when my great uncle decided to spend the night with a Vietnamese prostitute in his military days).........but what are the clappers?

[rvdammit]

Insomniac in Britland to the rescue!

Running like the clappers is running at your fastest. Has its origins when a bell was tolled to announce the start of a work day.

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_b...sages/836.html says specifically at Chatham Dockyard.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Lace, did the woman threaten to tell your manager that you refused to serve her or did she threaten your job like most other SCs?

She did stand there arguing with me about my necessity to close and go home, but no threats about having my job. Good thing, as I don't think she'd like it, anyway. XD

[blas]

Ok, I can't hold it in anymore......

I ran like the clappers because I was excited to get to do some heavy snogging with my boyfriend, but I really had to go to the Loo and on the way, I was ran over by a lorry.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Now you're getting it.

[Becks]

Running like the clappers is running at your fastest. Has its origins when a bell was tolled to announce the start of a work day.

Cool. I learned something new today. Rock on.

[Andara Bledin]

Ok, I can't hold it in anymore......

I ran like the clappers because I was excited to get to do some heavy snogging with my boyfriend, but I really had to go to the Loo and on the way, I was ran over by a lorry.

If it was dark and there were no lights you could be holding a torch, too.

^-.-^

[skeptic53]

If it was dark and there were no lights you could be holding a torch, too.

Bollocks, ye sodding bunch of wankers. :P
<runs and hides>