Thursday, February 19, 2009
Today's SPiP...
So for today's edition of Stupid People in Public, we take you to the local Staples office supply store. I had gone in there to get a refund on something and also to pick up a spiffy new 4GB flash drive, that was on sale for only $9.99. I go up to the counter and explain that I would like a refund on this, and oh, by the way, I want to buy one of these flash drives. The nice lady says to go get the drive, bring it back here, and we'll do them all on one transaction. Great.

So I walk over to the flash drive section. I look at the display and see that the hook for the item in question is empty, the drives being such a great deal that they are all sold out. Within seconds, another shopper strolls up, holding a flyer in one hand, pushing a cart full of junk with the other. She looks at the same spot that I am, and says "I'm betting that you are here for the same thing as me!"
Me: "The 10 dollar 4Gig flash drives?"
"Yep!"
"Looks like they are sold out, not surprising, that's a great deal."
"Yeah, it figures...."
Pointing to the next hook up, I say: "Look, they have these 8 Gig ones for 15 bucks, that's a great deal, too. I think I'll get one of those!"
"Oh yeah!" she says, and reaches in front of me and grabs the last two of them off the hook. I standing there, wondering if there is hidden camera someplace. I wait for the celebrity host to appear, but they don't.

After I compose my self for a second, I decide to wait until she puts them in her cart, then I am going casually grab one and proceed to the register. But she does not put them down, but instead whips out her cell phone and hits speed dial. A few seconds later she is saying loudly into the phone "....Yeah, Billy?, I'm in the Staples and they don't have the 4 gig drives for 10 dollars, but they have 8 gig ones for 15. Should I get two of 'em?"
"....."
"Um, OK, I got the paper too, but they are the small boxes, you still want 'em?"
"...."
"yeah, I don't know. Five reams, 2500 sheets, it says."
"...."

That all settled with Billy, she then drifts in the direction of the flash drive display, I assume, to put the unwanted drives back. Not waiting to see what she is really up to, just zip by, say "I'll take one of those" smile, and grab one from her hand. She just says "um...., OK....
and if she said anything else, I was gone by then.

Like most people, I'm not really surprised when people act rudely. But occasionally even the most cynical amongst us must stand in awe at some folks ability to bring it up to the next level.

I paid for my stuff and left, just a bit disappointed that she did not put them in her cart.
thus voiced The A, Mistah @ 5:22 PM
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