Two vignettes from après work last night:
1) At Nordstrom Rack:
Checker: "I can help you, Ma'am..."
Me: "Thank you! How are you doing?"
Checker: (blinks in surprise) "Uh, fine, thanks! Aren't you nice?"
Me: (laughs) "Well, it's the end of the day, and it's only Tuesday, so it can't be that bad yet...."
Checker: "You'd be surprised. But I'm so glad I got to help you...what a nice end to a really horrible day."
Me: (distraught mew) "Oh, how sad...that's pretty depressing if my asking how you're doing is the highlight of your day...."
2) At Starbucks:
Young woman in front of me in the customer line comes up to the counter. She sets down two large frothy Starbucks drinks.
Young woman: "Uh, you need to remake these. There's too much caramel in them."
Barista: "Um, but you asked for extra caramel."
Young woman: "Yeah, but there's too much caramel."
Barista: (pregnant pause)
Young woman: (insouciant smirk)
Barista: "Uh, okay...."
Whole line behind me: (chorus of groans)
