Posted on 08/13/2005 by FormerSalesClerk
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In the early 1980's I was working at a department store in the electronics section as Xmas trying to earn some extra $ to pay tuition.
One Saturday night I was worn out from final exams and a long 12 hour day when two guys came in after obviously having too much to drink. One guy was large, fat and obnoxious and his friend was small, skinny and obnoxious.
The fat one goes over to the Toy and Car Stereo section and says "HEY! COME SHOW ME THESE CAR STEREOS! I WANNA BUY THE BEST ONE!"
This was during the time when Kraco and others were selling those cheap replacement stereos...
So..I go over, put on my best face, and take out a very nice stereo and say "Ok, this one has a nice feature that will let you play the other side of the tape without taking it out'
Fat Man: "DON'T NEED THAT!!! I CAN JUST FLIP THE TAPE OVER!!!"
Skinny Man: "HEE HEE HEE, YOU TELL HIM!"
So, I put it back and say "This one has an equalizer"
Fat Man: "DON'T NEED THAT!!! I CAN JUST USE THE BASS AND TREBLE CONTROLS"
Skinny Man: "HEE HEE HEE, YOU TELL HIM! THATS GOOD"
(At this time my manager walks to the register to count receipts)
So, I put that one back and say "This one has a clock in it"
Fat Man: "DON'T NEED THAT!!! I CAN LOOK AT MY WATCH!!"
Skinny Man: "HEE HEE HEE, WATCH!! YOU TELL HIM!"
So, with a trembling hand I pull out the last one and say (While grimacing) This one has a rewind button
Fat Man: "DON'T NEED THAT!!! I CAN FLIP THE TAPE AND USE FAST FORWARD!"
Skinny Man: "HEE HEE HEE, YOU TELL THAT KID!"
So, I close the display case and whirl around and grab some sheet music off of a toy electic piano and slap it in front of the fat guy and go "THERE YOU GO!"
Fat Man: "WHAT THE HE$#% IS THAT FOR!?!?!"
I then lean forward and bellow: "DON'T NEED NO STEREO! YOU CAN JUST GO DOWN THE ROAD AND SING TO YOURSELF!"
(Manager drops receipts)
The Skinny guy lost it and started laughing and yelling "GOOD ONE! GOOD ONE!", the fat guy started cussing and my manager came running over waving his arms yelling "Go to break! Go to break!"
So I went to the break room while he dealt with the obnoxious twins.
10 minutes later, he walks into the break room and sits across from me at my table. He sighs, then laughs and said that it was funny, the guy deserved it but if it happened again he would have to fire me.
POST A COMMENTBrother from another mother(08/13/2005)
HILARIOUS! Thanks for a good Saturday morning laugh! Good for you having the guts to stand up for yourself and for having the brains to come up with the perfect joke. Right on.
the confessor(08/13/2005)
Your boss should have had the nuts to say "then perhaps you don't need our services", then procured names, made a written incident report, etc.
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