A Girl Saw A Dinosaur
All I originally wanted was a watchband; the one I was using was falling apart in the good places and the worst spot had duct tape holding it together. I had also been thinking of a new watch, some easy-to-read inexpensive Timex.
The conversation went something like this, between me and a Cute Young Salesgirl:
Me: "I think a Timex watch might be good."
CYS: "We have a few here."
Me: "This one is nice; is it a wind-up?"
CYS: "Sir?"
Me: "Do you wind this watch?"
CYS: "I don’t understand what you mean."
Me: "Like this:" (I demonstrate on my watch.)
CYS: "What are you doing?"
Me: "You are watching a dinosaur winding his watch."
CYS: "I’ve never seen that before."
Me: "When you get home, tell your grandfather about this."
CYS: "All our watches use batteries."
Me: "We used to wind them once a day. Long time ago."
CYS: "…oh…"
I bought the watch, then left the store and looked to see if any pterodactyls happened to be flying by.
The conversation went something like this, between me and a Cute Young Salesgirl:
Me: "I think a Timex watch might be good."
CYS: "We have a few here."
Me: "This one is nice; is it a wind-up?"
CYS: "Sir?"
Me: "Do you wind this watch?"
CYS: "I don’t understand what you mean."
Me: "Like this:" (I demonstrate on my watch.)
CYS: "What are you doing?"
Me: "You are watching a dinosaur winding his watch."
CYS: "I’ve never seen that before."
Me: "When you get home, tell your grandfather about this."
CYS: "All our watches use batteries."
Me: "We used to wind them once a day. Long time ago."
CYS: "…oh…"
I bought the watch, then left the store and looked to see if any pterodactyls happened to be flying by.
posted by Tom Carten at 1:25 AM
3 Comments:
Was the salesgirl able to make change without using the register/computer?... alley-oop oop, oop, oop-oop...did she understand "dinosaur" or did you have to say "ya know, like Barney?"
I owned a watch that would wind up just by a couple of flicks on the wrist; never mind batteries.
Mad Drummer said: Was the salesgirl able to make change without using the register/computer?
I used a VISA card. However, given the way she acted, I would suspect she might have been able to do it fairly well. She was not chewing gum. You can't chew gum and make change at the same time.
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