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I used to work in a supermarket where the girl on the deli counter cut off the top of her finger in the meat slicer, but was made to finish her shift before going to hospital. You can now pay £100 to shoot zombies in the store's empty shell, haunted by poor dead nine-finger deli girl. Tell us your tales of the old retail experience, from either side of the counter

(, Thu 10 May 2012, 13:50)
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Six and Two Threes
Some time ago I called into my local Newsagents, while I was there I asked the girl behind the counter for "Half a dozen first class stamps please". She looked at me quizzically, then turned to her boss and said ( I kid you not )"Mary..... er... what's half a dozen? ". Her boss looked at her in disbelief and replied : "Do you know what DOZEN means?"
The girl scratched he head then said "Er, twelve innit? Oh I see he wants SIX, oh I got it now!"
Ah the benefits of a modern comprehensive education!
(, Sun 13 May 2012, 7:56, 6 replies)
what kind of quaint anachronism
asks for half a dozen?
(, Sun 13 May 2012, 9:14, closed)
Anyone who ever buys books of stamps?

(, Sun 13 May 2012, 9:20, closed)
Why not...
... ask for 6 like a normal person?

She's still a moron, obv.
(, Sun 13 May 2012, 10:27, closed)
I used to run a Post Office.
People asked for a dozen or half a dozen stamps, very rarely 12 or 6.
(, Sun 13 May 2012, 12:58, closed)
The same person
Who buys half a dozen eggs
(, Mon 14 May 2012, 6:26, closed)
I've been served by university students who couldn't tell the difference between tendered cash and change,
so by your logic, a modern private education isn't up to much either.
(, Sun 13 May 2012, 15:08, closed)

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