A brief experience at the local service station last week. The guy servng at the counter – a regular – told me a little secret. At least I presume it was a secret.
Me: (swipe, swipe – card was not reading)
Him: Just wait a bit sir. Give it a few seconds.
Me: I do this.
Him: You know sometimes if I am in a particlar mood I watch someone swipe and swipe the card and clear it each time it starts. Then I take the card and swipe it. If I’m feeling in a particlar mood I do this . . .
Me: (Stunned) (Pause) Oh. (Just one of those times I’d have liked to have a nice rejoinder)
Him: Just wait a bit sir. Give it a few seconds.
Me: I do this.
Him: You know sometimes if I am in a particlar mood I watch someone swipe and swipe the card and clear it each time it starts. Then I take the card and swipe it. If I’m feeling in a particlar mood I do this . . .
Me: (Stunned) (Pause) Oh. (Just one of those times I’d have liked to have a nice rejoinder)
Do I go back to this gararge?