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A couple of customers that may or may not own a tinfoil hat:
A customer comes up to pay for his purchase and I give him his total, which is $14.65. As he is paying, the man in line behind him speaks up.
S(enile?) C: 1465? That was a good year. I remember it.
Me: <thinking he was joking, I respond as any good history junkie might> Ah, yes, I think that was during the Wars of the Roses.
SC: (as the first customer leaves) 1492 was a better year, though, when we came over on the Mayflower.
Me: The Mayflower landed in 1620. 1492 was when Columbus came.
SC: There was a settlement here before he supposedly discovered the United States, though. It was called Jonestown.
Me: Actually, Jamestown was settled in the early 1600s.
SC: And you know what? Common Core* is going to ruin these kids. They aren't going to know any of this history. You know the textbooks actually say that communism is the best form of government?
Me: Oh, really? That's interesting.
SC: Yeah, and I'm fighting against that Common Core. The kids need to learn the real truth and history behind this country!
Me: Well, good luck, sir. Have a nice evening!
*Common Core is a new set of government educational standards in the US.
***
Customer comes up to buy beer.
ME: May I see your ID, please?
SC: <sighs, pulls it out and hands it to me> You ask me every time.
ME: <examines ID, then turns it over to scan> I guess you just have a young face.
SC: No, don't scan it.
ME: Uh...what?
SC: I don't want it scanned.
ME: I'm sorry, that's our policy.
SC: Then I won't buy it! I don't give you my wallet to take home and play with, do I? It's the same thing. Think about it.
ME: It just reads your birth--
SC: Think about it!
ME: <Hands back ID, which by this time has already been scanned> Thank you. Anything else for you today?
The SC pays and leaves quietly, apparently not noticing that I have already taken his wallet so I can play with it when I get home.
A customer comes up to pay for his purchase and I give him his total, which is $14.65. As he is paying, the man in line behind him speaks up.
S(enile?) C: 1465? That was a good year. I remember it.
Me: <thinking he was joking, I respond as any good history junkie might> Ah, yes, I think that was during the Wars of the Roses.
SC: (as the first customer leaves) 1492 was a better year, though, when we came over on the Mayflower.
Me: The Mayflower landed in 1620. 1492 was when Columbus came.
SC: There was a settlement here before he supposedly discovered the United States, though. It was called Jonestown.
Me: Actually, Jamestown was settled in the early 1600s.
SC: And you know what? Common Core* is going to ruin these kids. They aren't going to know any of this history. You know the textbooks actually say that communism is the best form of government?
Me: Oh, really? That's interesting.
SC: Yeah, and I'm fighting against that Common Core. The kids need to learn the real truth and history behind this country!
Me: Well, good luck, sir. Have a nice evening!
*Common Core is a new set of government educational standards in the US.
***
Customer comes up to buy beer.
ME: May I see your ID, please?
SC: <sighs, pulls it out and hands it to me> You ask me every time.
ME: <examines ID, then turns it over to scan> I guess you just have a young face.
SC: No, don't scan it.
ME: Uh...what?
SC: I don't want it scanned.
ME: I'm sorry, that's our policy.
SC: Then I won't buy it! I don't give you my wallet to take home and play with, do I? It's the same thing. Think about it.
ME: It just reads your birth--
SC: Think about it!
ME: <Hands back ID, which by this time has already been scanned> Thank you. Anything else for you today?
The SC pays and leaves quietly, apparently not noticing that I have already taken his wallet so I can play with it when I get home.
Ah, I'm so going to Hell for that one…
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