J.D. Crane--Personal Power, part 2
Actual exchange at a 7-11 this morning:
Clerk: That will be $4.35.
J.D. Crane: $4.35?!
Clerk: Yes sir, $4.35.
J.D. Crane: (turning around the sign on the counter so he can see it) This sign you have says I get a free coffee if I purchase a breakfast sandwich.
Clerk: Oh, sorry, that sign was meant for yesterday. You have to pay for the coffee today.
J.D. Crane: Well, since you left it out, and since it doesn't indicate what day, I think this coffee should be free.
Clerk: No sir, the coffee is not free, that was meant for yesterday.
J.D. Crane: Well maybe you should have taken the sign down, because people will get the wrong impression.
Clerk: Well, if they get that impression, they're wrong, because it was meant for yesterday.
J.D. Crane: (walking over to the coffee machine and dumping my coffee, which had cream in it at this point, back into the pot; and then putting the breakfast sandwich, which I had already nuked, back in the cooler, then walking towards the door.)
Clerk: Hey! Hey! You can't do that!
J.D. Crane: (walking out the door) Don't worry about it, I meant to do that yesterday.
Dude, don't piss off the guy that gives you coffee! That said, sorry I missed it. Would have been priceless to see Mr. Crane in action.
Posted by: Sui Generis | Monday, January 23, 2006 at 11:28 AM