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This last week we have had a very weird customer come through our store.
She first came in on Monday when I was off, apparently she wandered around for about 2 - 3 hours and came up to the counter with 3 magazines. Not too strange, we are a nice bookstore and sometimes people lose track of time, or just like to hang out. But when she got to the checkout and the sales assistant scanned her first item, AL screamed.
AL: Antenna Lady
P: Staff member
UK: Me
AL: It hurts, It hurts don't use that when I'm here (pointing to the barcode reader)
P: Don't use what?
AL: That laser it hurts my aura.
P: What?
AL: Everytime you push the button it burns part of my aura. Don't use it.
P: Well I need to scan your purchases, if you still want them?
AL: Do it some other way.
P: [Exasperated] Fine!
So P has to enter the barcodes manually, not a big deal all in itself just a pain in the ass. On Thurday I was back at work, and hadn't heard about this (Really if we had to get told about every weirdo who came in while we were off we'd never get any work done). A very strange lady (yes it was AL, I just didn't know it yet) came up to me.
AL: Appernetly you are the manager
UK: Yes, what can I do for you.
AL: You must turn off all of your televisions.
UK: What?
AL: Your televisions are interfering with my aura. They are trying to influence me to buy stuff I don't want. And they are hurting me.
UK: What?
AL: Your TV's are projecting pain and too many messages for my aura to sort.
UK: [Very confused] Ma'am I won't turn off those TV's [pointing] they are part of our surveillance system. And this one is used to advertise some of our specials.
AL: It must just be this one then. [Pointing to the LCD]
UK: [Trying to provide good customer service] I suppose I can turn it off for a short time, just while you are around here.
AL: Good.
Somehow she had managed to stand behind the LCD's we use as our POS without them hurting? For about half an hour she browsed through the clearance tables then came up to me.
AL: This is intolerable, your TV's are still trying to tell me what to do.
UK: I've told you those are staying on, and I've already switched one off for you.
AL: But it's still plugged in, it's still interfering with me.
UK: [Sighing] There's nothing else I'm going to do, sorry.
AL: You are so offensive!
AL has left the building! Throughout this P has been watching the whole thing, killing herself laughing. She then told me what had happened on Monday. While I had been dealing with AL, P been on the phone to our SM telling her what was going on, so now they were both giving me a hard time.
So why do we call her Antenna Lady? She is very tall, about 6', wears BIG glasses with pointy corners and has two little pig tails, pointing up on the top of her head like antenne. We all think that she should adjust the reception a bit.
Sorry this is so long, it's just a little wierd.
She first came in on Monday when I was off, apparently she wandered around for about 2 - 3 hours and came up to the counter with 3 magazines. Not too strange, we are a nice bookstore and sometimes people lose track of time, or just like to hang out. But when she got to the checkout and the sales assistant scanned her first item, AL screamed.
AL: Antenna Lady
P: Staff member
UK: Me
AL: It hurts, It hurts don't use that when I'm here (pointing to the barcode reader)
P: Don't use what?
AL: That laser it hurts my aura.
P: What?
AL: Everytime you push the button it burns part of my aura. Don't use it.
P: Well I need to scan your purchases, if you still want them?
AL: Do it some other way.
P: [Exasperated] Fine!
So P has to enter the barcodes manually, not a big deal all in itself just a pain in the ass. On Thurday I was back at work, and hadn't heard about this (Really if we had to get told about every weirdo who came in while we were off we'd never get any work done). A very strange lady (yes it was AL, I just didn't know it yet) came up to me.
AL: Appernetly you are the manager
UK: Yes, what can I do for you.
AL: You must turn off all of your televisions.
UK: What?
AL: Your televisions are interfering with my aura. They are trying to influence me to buy stuff I don't want. And they are hurting me.
UK: What?
AL: Your TV's are projecting pain and too many messages for my aura to sort.
UK: [Very confused] Ma'am I won't turn off those TV's [pointing] they are part of our surveillance system. And this one is used to advertise some of our specials.
AL: It must just be this one then. [Pointing to the LCD]
UK: [Trying to provide good customer service] I suppose I can turn it off for a short time, just while you are around here.
AL: Good.
Somehow she had managed to stand behind the LCD's we use as our POS without them hurting? For about half an hour she browsed through the clearance tables then came up to me.
AL: This is intolerable, your TV's are still trying to tell me what to do.
UK: I've told you those are staying on, and I've already switched one off for you.
AL: But it's still plugged in, it's still interfering with me.
UK: [Sighing] There's nothing else I'm going to do, sorry.
AL: You are so offensive!
AL has left the building! Throughout this P has been watching the whole thing, killing herself laughing. She then told me what had happened on Monday. While I had been dealing with AL, P been on the phone to our SM telling her what was going on, so now they were both giving me a hard time.
So why do we call her Antenna Lady? She is very tall, about 6', wears BIG glasses with pointy corners and has two little pig tails, pointing up on the top of her head like antenne. We all think that she should adjust the reception a bit.
Sorry this is so long, it's just a little wierd.
*runs away*
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