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Technically not a customer (or at least I don't think so), but an encounter from the paper route this morning.
I was working my way down the street. At one point I passed a jogger who was lit up like a Christmas tree. He was running down the other side. I was ahead of him delivering papers for a while. I went down a side street and into some apartment complexes, and when I worked my way back to the main street he had caught up.
He was jogging down the left side. I had a customer on my right, and then immediately a newspaper box on my left. So I threw the paper to the customer on my right right in front of the jogger, I waited for him to pass the mailboxes that I needed to get to on my left, and when I felt I had left him sufficient room (I waited until he was a good 10 feet from the boxes before I started to move), I slowly crossed the street and pulled up to the box to make my delivery.
Cue the jogger whipping around. His headlamp was aimed right at my hand putting the newspaper in the box. My car is stopped at this point because I am obviously delivering a newspaper. Any moron could figure it out.
Sucky Jogger: *incoherent yelling*
Me: "I'm sorry?"
SJ: "Are you trying to run me over or something?"
Me: "No, I'm just delivering this newspa..."
SJ: "I'M JOGGING HERE STAY THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY!"
Me: "Sir, that is exactly why I waited for you to pass..."
SJ: "STAY OUT OF MY DAMNED WAY!"
At that point I left for my next customer, with SJ screaming "STAY OUT OF MY DAMNED WAY! STAY OUT OF MY DAMNED WAY!" until he was out of earshot.
Dude, I saw you and waited for you to pass me because I specifically was staying out of your way!
I was working my way down the street. At one point I passed a jogger who was lit up like a Christmas tree. He was running down the other side. I was ahead of him delivering papers for a while. I went down a side street and into some apartment complexes, and when I worked my way back to the main street he had caught up.
He was jogging down the left side. I had a customer on my right, and then immediately a newspaper box on my left. So I threw the paper to the customer on my right right in front of the jogger, I waited for him to pass the mailboxes that I needed to get to on my left, and when I felt I had left him sufficient room (I waited until he was a good 10 feet from the boxes before I started to move), I slowly crossed the street and pulled up to the box to make my delivery.
Cue the jogger whipping around. His headlamp was aimed right at my hand putting the newspaper in the box. My car is stopped at this point because I am obviously delivering a newspaper. Any moron could figure it out.
Sucky Jogger: *incoherent yelling*
Me: "I'm sorry?"
SJ: "Are you trying to run me over or something?"
Me: "No, I'm just delivering this newspa..."
SJ: "I'M JOGGING HERE STAY THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY!"
Me: "Sir, that is exactly why I waited for you to pass..."
SJ: "STAY OUT OF MY DAMNED WAY!"
At that point I left for my next customer, with SJ screaming "STAY OUT OF MY DAMNED WAY! STAY OUT OF MY DAMNED WAY!" until he was out of earshot.
Dude, I saw you and waited for you to pass me because I specifically was staying out of your way!
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