Every once in a while I need to see if it's me or the rest of the world gone crazy. Hence, this thread.
Here are a few examples of why I might need to have a sanity check:
Can't really say why it should be but working in a grocery store on a Sunday morning in NY state is usually a good place to see dumb things.
It's not legal to sell beer before noon on Sunday, so there are large, no, no... HUGE signs posted at, and in fact blocking, the beer coolers that mention that law. Yesterday, a woman tries to get beer out of the cooler and I mention that it's only about 10:30, so it's not legal yet. She says, "Oh. That's why those signs are there."
It is not legal to sell wine or liqour in a grocery store in NY state. That's why we have liquor stores. Customer asks where the wine is in the grocery store. I explain this to him, and just to be nice, ask where he's visiting from. "Oh, I'm from here. When did they change the law?" I tell him I certainly could be wrong but I'm pretty sure it was back in the 1930's. He says, "Can't be. I bought whiskey in this store last year." Now, I've worked there for almost 10 years, and grew up here, so I'm guessing he might just possibly be incorrect, but what can you say? I tell him where the nearest liquor store is and remind him that they, too, do not open until noon on Sunday because it's a state law. "What if I need something to drink before then?" I explain that he'll have to wait, and think to myself that it's only about an hour before noon. He cusses me out. He's wearing a suit and I overhear his wife talking about the church service they just came from. Maybe the sermoon was about changing water into wine and he wants to see if it works the other way, too.
A half hour later a guy reads the sign at the beer cooler and then asks what time it is. I tell him it's 11:30. He then asks, "How long 'til noon." Grinding my teeth, I tell him thirty minutes (thinking to myself, the exact same thirty minutes as every other day). Five minutes later he asks how long now. Hmmm, you don't own a watch and you can't even understand the concept of time, but you need beer...
Ah, the joys of customer service...
I really wanted to say, "Here's your sign..."
Other dumb things I've seen lately:
Guy starts backing his car out of the space... while his wife is still loading groceries into the passenger side.
Woman rolls up her drivers side window before leaving her car in the pouring rain and going in shopping. Left the other windows down, but rolled that one up.
Woman who says she is allergic to wheat and absolutely needs gluten free products. All the while, she's eating a doughnut. "You mean there's wheat in baked goods?"
Looking back, this is funny, but, wow! You really have to wonder if the planets have shifted or something.
Any other weirdness?
Here are a few examples of why I might need to have a sanity check:
Can't really say why it should be but working in a grocery store on a Sunday morning in NY state is usually a good place to see dumb things.
It's not legal to sell beer before noon on Sunday, so there are large, no, no... HUGE signs posted at, and in fact blocking, the beer coolers that mention that law. Yesterday, a woman tries to get beer out of the cooler and I mention that it's only about 10:30, so it's not legal yet. She says, "Oh. That's why those signs are there."
It is not legal to sell wine or liqour in a grocery store in NY state. That's why we have liquor stores. Customer asks where the wine is in the grocery store. I explain this to him, and just to be nice, ask where he's visiting from. "Oh, I'm from here. When did they change the law?" I tell him I certainly could be wrong but I'm pretty sure it was back in the 1930's. He says, "Can't be. I bought whiskey in this store last year." Now, I've worked there for almost 10 years, and grew up here, so I'm guessing he might just possibly be incorrect, but what can you say? I tell him where the nearest liquor store is and remind him that they, too, do not open until noon on Sunday because it's a state law. "What if I need something to drink before then?" I explain that he'll have to wait, and think to myself that it's only about an hour before noon. He cusses me out. He's wearing a suit and I overhear his wife talking about the church service they just came from. Maybe the sermoon was about changing water into wine and he wants to see if it works the other way, too.
A half hour later a guy reads the sign at the beer cooler and then asks what time it is. I tell him it's 11:30. He then asks, "How long 'til noon." Grinding my teeth, I tell him thirty minutes (thinking to myself, the exact same thirty minutes as every other day). Five minutes later he asks how long now. Hmmm, you don't own a watch and you can't even understand the concept of time, but you need beer...
Ah, the joys of customer service...
I really wanted to say, "Here's your sign..."
Other dumb things I've seen lately:
Guy starts backing his car out of the space... while his wife is still loading groceries into the passenger side.
Woman rolls up her drivers side window before leaving her car in the pouring rain and going in shopping. Left the other windows down, but rolled that one up.
Woman who says she is allergic to wheat and absolutely needs gluten free products. All the while, she's eating a doughnut. "You mean there's wheat in baked goods?"
Looking back, this is funny, but, wow! You really have to wonder if the planets have shifted or something.
Any other weirdness?
unfortunately, even though they have only been flashing for about 48 hours now and there are already 2 failed sections of yellow LEd's in the array. Lets here it for lowest bidder government suppliers 
