Half a lettuce anyone?
I was a teenager working in a busy green-grocers and a rather large and foul smelling man was standing in front of me waiting to be served.

"Can I help you?" asked I.
"Gimme half a lettuce" he responded in a none too friendly tone.
I politely explained that we only sold whole lettuces and that perhaps I could select a smaller lettuce to suit his needs.
He glared at me and repeated in a much louder voice “Gimme half a lettuce”.
Again I explained that we did not sell half lettuces but he just interrupted and continued his rant: “Gimme half a lettuce - want half a lettuce - gimme half a lettuce”.

Fuck this I thought and decided to get the shop owner. He was in the back room and asked what was up.
I replied “There’s a fat stinking twat of customer in the shop who wants to buy half a lettuce...”
The manager looked past me with a look of abject horror on his face.
The customer had followed me and heard every word.
Oh. Shit.

So I turned to the customer and said to my boss “...and this lovely gentleman would like to buy the other half”.

*May be totally made up...
(emadex thinks the world will end on, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 14:51, 1 reply)

Bwa ha ha
excellent save!
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 17:46, closed)