Next time I will ask how's it hanging...

[Blueberry]

Wow according to this guy I am the rudest person alive, how dare I work in such an industry where my innate evilness spills over to harm innocent victims as I dine on kittens and puppies.
Well he didn't say that but he sure implied it.
What did I do??
I asked him how he was today.
He came up clutching a book to the cash desk and I am quite a cheerful person.
I cheerfully ask him 'How are you today?'
And thus I was found out as an AntiChrist.
'DON'T ASK ME THAT!!!!!!!!!!! I DON'T RESPOND WELL TO QUESTIONS LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!'
I was so shocked I barely listened to him after that.
Apparently, according to my co-cashier. he went on about how it was RUDE for me to say that, that it was NOT polite to ask people questions like that, and how he JUST DIDN'T RESPOND WELL.
I plopped his book on the counter almost pushing it on the floor.
He snatches it and his coat falls open slightly...to reveal a priest's collar.
He was also buying a bible.

[BookstoreEscapee]

'DON'T ASK ME THAT!!!!!!!!!!! I DON'T RESPOND WELL TO QUESTIONS LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!'

Well, obviously not...

What does he do after church? Run and hide in his office so no parishioners can dare ask how he is?

[GayleShy]

What does he do after church? Run and hide in his office so no parishioners can dare ask how he is?

Prays over their souls and looks for Bible verses that say "thou shalt not ask about one another day."

[SuperB]

He was also buying a bible.

Hope it helped him.

[zzapp the witch]

Don't feel too bad about it hon, the first customer that made me cry was a gal whom I'd wished a good day to after cashing her out. She grabbed her bag and started walking away, then CAME BACK to hiss at me, "Quit being so f*cking happy!"

I stood there in utter shock. The little old lady that was next in line patted my hand and smiled at me and said, "Its ok dear, don't let her get to you, she's just being a BITCH!" With "bitch" being said at a lean around the end of the till with a yell at the woman.

Which just proves that there are just as many SCs as wonderful customers.

[Becks]

Don't feel too bad about it hon, the first customer that made me cry was a gal whom I'd wished a good day to after cashing her out. She grabbed her bag and started walking away, then CAME BACK to hiss at me, "Quit being so f*cking happy!"

Wow. Even I've never been THAT much of a bitch.

[Antisocial_Worker]

'DON'T ASK ME THAT!!!!!!!!!!! I DON'T RESPOND WELL TO QUESTIONS LIKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!'

Wow... I had a boyfriend like that briefly. It was a long distance thing and he came to visit me here to see if he liked me and where I live enough to keep things going. When I asked the big question -- whether he liked me and where I live enough to keep things going -- he replied that it wasn't fair to ask him that sort of question, that he couldn't make that kind of decision, that it was too much pressure to ask, etc.

From there he devolved, until he was replying that way when I asked him if he would prefer Coke to Pepsi, or if he wanted anything to drink at all.

I dearly hope he's since been put into a nice, reputable institution. Freaking nutbag.

[AirHostess]

OMG what a freak!

[RavenStarr]

I wonder how he would respond to being told "God bless you".

I agree with Katie, not only a freak but scary too. I think you should find out what church he's at and then go visit one Sunday. When you see him, you should say something like: "OMG you really are a priest!!! That settles it then I'm gonna become an atheist."

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Priest huh?

Granted that I haven't been one in a long time, but don't Christians follow that whole "Do unto others as you would have them do on to you" thing?

Or what about Matthew 19:19 which says "honor thy father and thy mother; and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."

So Whiskey Tango Foxtrot was this guy's problem with you being good, nice, and friendly with other people? If you ever encounter this schmuck again and he's still in a nasty mood just remember Matthew 19:19. They hate it when you use their own weapons against them.

Mongo

[Getoutofmylobby]

I second that Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. And he was a priest? I can't believe a priest would act that way. Unless he was a nutbag posing as a priest. Like that movie with Sean Penn and Robert DeNiro.

What a psycho! If he really was a priest I'd hate to see how he handles confessions.

"Forgive me father for I have sinned. It has been..."
"What?!?!?! SINS! Don't come to me with your goddamn sins!!"
"But you're a..."
" I DON'T RESPOND WELL TO SINS! AIIEEEEEEE!!!" <runs out of confessional naked with "God Rulz" tattooed on his butt>

[Gurndigarn]

I second that Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. And he was a priest? I can't believe a priest would act that way. Unless he was a nutbag posing as a priest.

Members of any clergy are as human as the rest of us. They have their strengths, their weaknesses, and the little voices in the backs of their heads with some really odd suggestions that most of the time you want to ignore.

In the ideal world, they get noticed and removed from positions of authority. Of course, in the ideal world, chocolate woudn't be fattening, either.

[kerrisan]

How is an unstable man like that allowed out in public?

[Rapscallion]

Members of any clergy are as human as the rest of us. They have their strengths, their weaknesses, and the little voices in the backs of their heads with some really odd suggestions that most of the time you want to ignore.

You're supposed to ignore them? So that's what I've been doing wrong all these years.

Rapscallion

[XCashier]

Wow. Even I've never been THAT much of a bitch.

Decent folks reserve bitchiness only for those who deserve it. Like the sweet little old lady's wonderful response.

In the ideal world, they get noticed and removed from positions of authority. Of course, in the ideal world, chocolate woudn't be fattening, either.

That's for sure!