In a sich like this, the only thing to do is ask the clerk what he listens to and then start to laugh.
Once, I was ringing up a lady who had a stack of romances (and we all know how I'm the Romance Specialist, right?), and her 15 year old son was making fun of her right there at the counter. So I stop scanning books and say to her, "Excuse me." Turn to the kid, "So, have you ever read one of these?" "No.", says he, with a good deal of what-the-frell in his voice. "And do you have a girlfriend?" "No." I reply with a great deal of satisfaction in my voice, "Ah. I think I see a connection." Mother dies laughing, I continue with my sale and the kid turns red with embarrassment.
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Once, I was ringing up a lady who had a stack of romances (and we all know how I'm the Romance Specialist, right?), and her 15 year old son was making fun of her right there at the counter. So I stop scanning books and say to her, "Excuse me." Turn to the kid, "So, have you ever read one of these?" "No.", says he, with a good deal of what-the-frell in his voice. "And do you have a girlfriend?" "No." I reply with a great deal of satisfaction in my voice, "Ah. I think I see a connection." Mother dies laughing, I continue with my sale and the kid turns red with embarrassment.
Ya just gotta make them eat it.