Amanda ([info]melime) wrote,
@ 2008-12-24 10:04:00
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Unlocked work post ho noes!
  I had the BEST dumb customer yesterday. THE BEST. This one goes in the epic halls of epicness. This is way more epic than the lady who asked me if I could make a black and white picture color. It's so good that I'm not even locking it. The awesomeness of this must be shared.

  So we have a lot of cute little holiday knick-knacks strewn around the store, one of which is a "Bob" clock. It is called so because it is kind of egg-shaped, and so it... bobs. And on the packaging, the Bob clock is currently displaying the time as 8:08, you know, 'cause it looks like "BOB." Get it, it's a big hat; it's funny, ha ha.

  So we have this swarm of typical highschool girls pass through, picking up calendars, and they go on their way, giggling and talking about Hanson or whatever the damn kids are into these days. But one of them comes back to me, clutching the Bob clock.

Girl: Hey. Does this clock always say 8:08?
Me: ... I'm sorry?
Girl: Does this clock always say 8:08?
Me: Er... no. It... it's a joke. 'Cause... you know... Bob.
Maria: (hearing only the tail end of this conversation) It bobs.
Girl: Oh, okay.
Me: ...

  A CLOCK WHICH ONLY DISPLAYS ONE TIME FOREVER IS NOT REALLY A CLOCK, ALSO IT WOULD BE TOTALLY SHITTY GIFT IDEA. IF IT SAYS "CLOCK," I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE TIME ACTUALLY CHANGES.

*flailflailflail*



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[info]enismirdal
2008-12-24 03:38 pm UTC (link)
Guh!! *headdesks repeatedly at humanity*

That's priceless, that really is!

Of course, a clock saying 8:08 is at least right twice every day. On the other hand, as the creepy but great Lewis Carroll pointed out, a clock that works but, say, loses a minute every day is only right approximately once every two years... ;)

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[info]melime
2009-04-09 04:12 pm UTC (link)
"The Bob Clock: For When You Always Want It to be 8:08"

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[info]melancthe
2008-12-24 08:17 pm UTC (link)
Okay, I laughed madly at that, despite understanding your headdesk-y pain at her idiocy. :)

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[info]melime
2009-04-09 04:13 pm UTC (link)
I get a lot of that, working in retail. Sigh. :)

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[info]orbitaldiamonds
2008-12-25 04:21 am UTC (link)
Epic stupid is epic. :)

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[info]melime
2009-04-09 04:11 pm UTC (link)
I've encountered way too much of that lately, although it's usually the "old ladies don't know how to work this newfangled diddlybobs" type.

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[info]orbitaldiamonds
2009-04-09 04:39 pm UTC (link)
Alas! D:

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[info]insanityrelapse
2008-12-26 02:01 pm UTC (link)
How to make fax?

Good God, man, they just get dumber and dumber. *shakes head* I'm sorry.

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[info]melime
2009-04-09 04:10 pm UTC (link)
I had a good one Monday, going round and round in circles trying to get her to understand that I could NOT open her TaxCut file on my computer. "But I could open it on miiiiine!" *headesk*

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