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grok_mctanys) wrote2018-09-10 04:07 pm
grok_mctanys) wrote2018-09-10 04:07 pm
Esprit d'...
...um, what is it called when you actually do come up with the perfect rejoinder right in the moment?
I was shopping at Asda the other day (not my usual shop) and was going through the checkout. The cashier scanned all my goods and as I handed over money, they asked "Do you mind giving us your postcode?"
I immediately gave a friendly grin, and cheerily said "I do".
It was a lovely moment. The cashier had to do a double-take. I imagine that's because the positive way I replied was at odds with the fact that I was declining their request, and that my response was terse enough that they had to backtrack and remember the wording they'd used to make the request to be certain of what my reply meant.
Small victories...
I was shopping at Asda the other day (not my usual shop) and was going through the checkout. The cashier scanned all my goods and as I handed over money, they asked "Do you mind giving us your postcode?"
I immediately gave a friendly grin, and cheerily said "I do".
It was a lovely moment. The cashier had to do a double-take. I imagine that's because the positive way I replied was at odds with the fact that I was declining their request, and that my response was terse enough that they had to backtrack and remember the wording they'd used to make the request to be certain of what my reply meant.
Small victories...
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There was a pub discussion about anaemia. Someone noted that iron tablets were helpful, but the problem was the taste was "iron-y".
I said "no, that's appropriate".
Made it out alive somehow.