Arguing Semantics

[donutsweeper]

According to the advertisement the local supermarket had cantaloupes on sale, but I didn't see them anywhere.  So I asked a person working in the produce section where the cantaloupes would be.  He pointed to a large bin.  I went and looked, but the bin was empty.  I went back and said to him "there aren't any cantaloupes there!"  to which he responded, "Well, you asked where the cantaloupes would be.  That's where the cantaloupes would be if we had any, but we don't, we're all out."

I did not expect a lesson in semantics at 10 at night in the grocery store!

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

LOL! Weeellll, technically he did answer the question you asked...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yes he did. I can't fault him for that! But still.....

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

10 points for accuracy, -50 for needing a good smack?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

YES! Especially since I really wanted cantaloupe!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Cantaloupe does sound good. I never know how to tell if they're ripe, though.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Me either. It's luck- other than the fact I never even bother to buy them until at least June. Over the winter or in early spring they are guaranteed to be dreadful.

Is it wrong that I settled for chocolate instead?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Chocolate is never wrong.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

I don't think many people can pull off smartassedness at 10 p.m. in a grocery store. And it doesn't sound like he did!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Your icon is PERFECT for this post! :)

I need to work on my smartassedness. (Actually I just need more reasons to type it. It's a great word)

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Hee, it's so great to have a *facepalm* icon, I don't know why I didn't get one years ago. :)

I guess if an employee is being a smartass, it would be nice to be able to respond in kind, huh? I can never manage it, but sometimes I'd reeeeally like to.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

lol- I have one, I just forget to use it!

I never can. I'm just too polite a person. In real life I'm terribly soft spoken.

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, me too. I don't know if it's more shyness or politeness (maybe both working against me). Except in front of my class! But constantly projecting my voice and being animated and engaged takes so much energy. I'm glad I can manage it, but I don't think it's my natural state. :)

Ah, that's a good facepalm too! Is that whatshisname from House? Wilson? He has big hands.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yep, it's Wilson!

I could never teach- being up there in front of students! *eep*

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Aw, I bet you could once you got used to it. L) When it's my class, it's a structured situation that I'm in control of, so it's not too bad, but even now that I've been at it for a few years, there's still a single moment of panic before I get started every day. Keeps me on my toes, I guess. I didn't go the education track in undergrad, though, because I figured I could never do it!

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

It's a shame there weren't any cantaloupe there to chuck at him.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

are you encouraging violence? I could get behind that.....

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Possibly. But, then, you would've had to throw the cantaloupe, which would've been even more counterproductive to your objective.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

true, I'm probably better off just glaring daggers at him

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Probably. Nasty looks are so much fun, anyway.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

although they are no fun if the person you're throwing them at is oblivious to it

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

True. Sometimes I do wish nasty looks actually hurt a bit.

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

Depending on the mood I was in at the time I would have either burst out laughing or growled. Maybe both.

I have honeydew melon in the fridge. Mmm.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oooh honeydew! yum!

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

lol Oh man.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Hard to believe, isn't it? :)