me at the library when ive been typing for ages because i misspelled the title of the book a patron wants like 5 times and also accidentally closed my window: haha my computer is being slow sorry, just waiting to see if the system search turns anything up
patron: omg no worries take your time thanks so much for helping me
me in food service after i made the customer wait 0.4 seconds because i had to turn off a machine before it exploded hot oil everywhere while they glare daggers at me, reciting a policy i read so often i had it memorized: yeah so 10% was yesterday's deal, today is buy one get one free, they're actually on a weekly rotation and we don't control any of it you can even look at the buttons on the cash register if you w—
customer: but i got 10% off yesterday
me: i know. but i cant do that today. there literally is no button for it and if there was i cannot press it or else they would write me up
customer: but i want 10% off. they did it for me last time
me: ok i understand. i cant do it this time though
customer: it's 10% off at [other location]
me: ok. not here though. we don't price match.
customer: give me the number for corporate