Concepts

Yesterday was absolutely one of the most interesting days I've ever had at work.

A guy comes in and asks, "Do you have asters?"

I ask, "Asters?"

Him: Yeah. They have little purple flowers.

M: I know. They're a fall flower.

Him: I know. Do you have them?

M: Sir, it's June.

Him: Yeah, I know. Do you have them?

M: It's summer. Asters are a fall flower.

Him: Yeah. I get that. But do you have them?

M: Sir, we have summer flowers now. We'll have fall flowers in the fall.

Him: So, you don't even just have them around not blooming?

M: No, sir. We'll have fall blooming asters in the fall.

Him: That's stupid.



And the single best thing so far this season:

Hairy dude comes in and says, "I see you've thrown a lot of dead plants in yer dumpster."

Me, wondering where this train wreck is going, response, "Yes."

Hairy: So, you wouldn't mind if I got in there and got 'em?

Me, flabbergasted: Uhm, no, you can't get 'em.

Hairy: It's not like you're selling 'em, right? You've thrown them away.

Me: Uhm, even so, you can't get in the dumpster.

Hairy: Okay. But what if I did anyway? No one would need to know, right? *wink*

Me, all *ewwwww*: Weeeeelllll, it IS a safety issue, and there are a lot of people around....if they saw you in there, they'd call the police.

Hairy practically ran away from me--something tells me the local police have fished him out of dumpsters before.