Do we have what?

[FuzzyKitten99]

At first I thought this guy was kidding or trying to be a smartass. But he talked and sounded serious.

He asked me if we had paper clips.



I work at OfficeMax, for those who don't know.

If I am lying, may I be struck dead right now.

Nope, still here.

I kid you not. He asked me, very seriously, if we had paper clips.

[Samaliel]

Maybe he considered the possibility that you could be sold out ?

[BaristaTrav]

Well do you??

[freaktard]

It was probably just a roundabout way of asking where they were. (I've done that. Sorry.)

[FuzzyKitten99]

It was probably just a roundabout way of asking where they were. (I've done that. Sorry.)

I can see that, but imagine your first reaction to someone asking that in an office supply store...

[Apathy]

You should have told him no.

[FuzzyKitten99]

You should have told him no.

I couldn't have said it without sounding like a biatch. Seriously.

[Becks]

"Paper clips? Never heard of such a thing. However, we do have a lovely selection of metal twisties designed to hold sheets of paper together."

[ReadyToRetire]

Well do you??

Aw, I was gonna say that.

This is the 2nd out of 2 posts I was gonna respond to and someone beat me to it.

Not my day, I guess.

[Jacen]

It was probably just a roundabout way of asking where they were. (I've done that. Sorry.)

If you go to the front and see the door? Go out that and take a left, keep walking and don't stop. You'll see them eventually.

Seriously through, I've done the same thing from time to time. Sometimes the mouth acts before the brain does and it goes out as "Do you have eggs?" instead of "where are your eggs?" (In a super market)

[Anthony K. S.]

This is funny . . .

You know, reading this thread reminded me of a scene from an episode of M*A*S*H . . .

Hawkeye (Alan Alda's character) was talking on the phone with a general, and the following dialogue ensued :

General : Now, Captain, do you have a stethescope handy?
Hawkeye : . . . We're a medical unit!

[smileyeagle1021]

"Paper clips? Never heard of such a thing. However, we do have a lovely selection of metal twisties designed to hold sheets of paper together."

ok, i seriously just had a rule #1 violation... at work too...

thank you becky, you just made my day a lot better

now back to the phones to have our callers make it a lot worse

[RayvenQ]

Paper...clips? Paper and clips? It's the way of the future that is!

[DesignFox]

Ah the good old brain to mouth filter...

Mine failed me today, too... Had a customer call in asking about a problem with service on her phone...when I got around to giving her the tech support number, I told her that she could dial [3 digit number] from her phone to talk to them from there... Then asked if she wanted the 800 number...

Her response: "well, I'd like the 800 number since my phone has no service right now..."

[Becks]

Smileyeagle, you're welcome.