Cal.E.'s Korner

C.: I wonder what D.C. is doing? I haven’t heard from him in almost a week. I think I’ll give him a call. (ring)

D.: Hi, Cal.E. I don’t have a lot of time to talk because I’m standing in line at the store. I’m at the service desk, because I want to register a complaint.

C.: Oh, are you next in line?

D.: Well….No.

I suppose I do have a few minutes to talk.

C.: It doesn’t sound like you want to talk right now. Call me back when you’re at the grocery store.

D.: I’ll do that.

Several hours later….

Hello Ma’am, Sir, or nonbinary individual, and welcome to Gigantic Grocery Store. We are the store where you are always next in line…but not first in line. How may I be of service to you today?

D.: Well, it all started with this receipt.

You see the last time I was here, y’all offered me a candy bar at one-half off if I bought your store brand like I did on August twelfth, 2002. I decided to take y’all up on that offer, but this isn’t what I was expecting when it said “one-half off.”

C.: I wonder what D.C. is doing? I haven’t heard from him in almost a week. I think I’ll give him a call. (ring)

D.: Hi, Cal.E. I don’t have a lot of time to talk because I’m standing in line at the store. I’m at the service desk, because I want to register a complaint.

C.: Oh, are you next in line?

D.: Well….No. I suppose I do have a few minutes to talk.

C.: It doesn’t sound like you want to talk right now. Call me back when you’re at the grocery store.

D.: I’ll do that.

Several hours later….

Hello Ma’am, Sir, or nonbinary individual, and welcome to Gigantic Grocery Store. We are the store where you are always next in line…but not first in line. How may I be of service to you today?

D.: Well, it all started with this receipt. You see the last time I was here, y’all offered me a candy bar at one-half off if I bought your store brand like I did on August twelfth, 2002. I decided to take y’all up on that offer, but this isn’t what I was expecting when it said “one-half off.”

Very well, sir, ma’am, or nonbinary individual. Would you like another candy bar that is one-half off, then?

D.: Yes, I would like that.

Very well, sir, ma’am, or nonbinary individual. Would you like another candy bar that is one-half off, then?

D.: Yes, I would like that.

Okay, here you are, another satisfied customer.