Frustration from old men

[Shengirl]

Time and Fractions

Today, at the grocery store where I work, an old man walked up and asked what time it was.

Me: Pulls out cell phone. The time is now 3:50
Him: Out of what?
Me: ...I'm sorry?
Him: Out of what?
Me: You asked for the time, right, sir?
Him: Yeah, but 3:50 out of what? 6? 7?
Me: It's 15:50 in military time, if that helps?
Him: Makes a dismissive gesture with his hand and stalks off.
Me:

Yes, he said "out of." His enunciation was the only clear thing about that conversation. XD

Ewewew

This one happened months ago. A man of 60+ years was doing a Western Union, which takes a few minutes if you didn't know. So he was joking with his incomprehensible old man humor, and I, being a good customer service person, was laughing where appropriate and smiling. Then this happened:

Him: Haha, I'm just having fun with yah. I like to have fun. Hey, you and me can have some later; how old are you?
Me: Let's not go there, sir.

I suppose I could have exercised my right to refuse service and called a manager to finish the transaction, but I didn't. Because the weirdest thing about that situation was how not-surprised and not-disturbed I was. I hadn't realized how jaded to SC's I'd become until then.

[rerant]

I spent the last several minutes trying to understand what "out of" could have meant and I've got nothing.
You should have said out of 24, though. I wonder if that would have confused him or had been the answer he was looking for.

[Gerrinson]

Asking for the time was the first in a multi part code. Apparently you were not the spy he was looking for since you didn't know the rest of the code.

By the way, the folder lies in tree...

[Shangri-laschild]

Asking for the time was the first in a multi part code. Apparently you were not the spy he was looking for since you didn't know the rest of the code.

By the way, the folder lies in tree...

I hope he finds his spy. I want a cool secret code. But I always forget what I've named things so it doesn't work too well.

And crazy old men are adorable. Especially the confused not all there ones.

[Record Store Tough Guy]

He might have been expecting something like "Ten of/til four." Still a little odd, though. The military time should have cleared it up for him.

Of course, he might also have been in the early stages of Alzheimer's, poor guy.

[ShinyGreenApple]

Him: Haha, I'm just having fun with yah. I like to have fun. Hey, you and me can have some later; how old are you?
Me: Let's not go there, sir.

I suppose I could have exercised my right to refuse service and called a manager to finish the transaction, but I didn't. Because the weirdest thing about that situation was how not-surprised and not-disturbed I was. I hadn't realized how jaded to SC's I'd become until then.

Sometimes, I've found that's the best way to react. I've had disgusting propositions before . . .

WTG: Weird trucker guy
Me: Unfortunate redhead.

This is after a very long (and unwanted, on my part) conversation with him about trucking, etc.

WTG: "So, which one do you wanna scratch, my back or my ass?"

Me: " . . . What?"

WTG: "I said, which one? They both itch!"

Me: "Sorry, I don't get paid enough to do that."

WTG: "Heh, I like you! You're alright, you know that?"

And thus a potentially ugly situation was thwarted.

[Posture Moll]

WTG: "I said, which one? They both itch!"

"How about I just kick you in the nads, sir - then you wouldn't notice either."