At lunchtime today I'd run to my local Whole Foods to pick up, what else, eggs! OK, and a few other things. Anyway. While standing in checkout line I overheard this conversation...
Customer: (standing in front of the chilled drink display)
Excuse me, where's the Diet Coke?
Clerk: Well, we don't carry sodas like that. We do have unsweetened coffee, tea and there's water, of course.
Customer: No, I want something sweet but without sugar. I really want a Diet Coke, or OH! a Diet Snapple.
Clerk: I'm sorry, we don't carry anything with artificial sweeteners.
Customer: (getting a little irritated now) But, I'm diabetic and I can't have anything with sugar. This is supposed to be a health food store and you don't carry anything for diabetics?!
Clerk: (patiently) We do carry unsweetened coffee, tea and there's always water.
Customer: (walking away and grumbling to her companion)
This is ridiculous. I really want a Diet Coke!
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People, I mean... just... WOW. I had this 3o second fantasy of being a healthy eating crusader (yes, there was a cape) and gently patting a nutritional citation stickie on the forehead of that customer. In reality, all I could do was shake my head.
Banging head on desk. ugh.
ReplyDeleteYou should definitely have the cape.
Knock...knock. Anybody home?
ReplyDeleteWow, where to start with that one?
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