I stopped at the grocery store on the way home from work. They have been selling beautiful bunches of carnations really cheap, and I wanted to get some. I figured as long as I was there, I may as well pick up some cat food.
So I go over to the checkout, and I put down the cat food. And I put down the flowers.
After about a minute, the guy behind me says, “Boy, you musta really pissed off that cat!”
I was sent by by GF out to the store to buy a box of condoms … and at the same time, to pick up a large raw turkey she had ordered. Just those two items.
That earned me a truly classic look from the cashier.
A few years ago, I was at the grocery picking up a few items and going through the self check out. There was a young couple (early 20’s) in front of me also getting a few things, 12 pack of beer, chips, snacks, etc. The woman saw a small bouquet of flowers and reached to get them. The boyfriend, says “fuck that”, you’re not getting those. Girlfriend clearly looks dejected.
As I checked out, I grabbed the small bouquet and purchased them. They were $5. As I walked out of the store and walked past the couple I handed the flowers to the young lady, and said, “excuse me, but you look like you could use these.” She said, thanks, the boyfriend was speechless. I got in my car and drove away.
A couple of years ago I had to get something from Home Depot. I saw that they had some orchid plants on sale, so I just about filled my cart with orchids. The guy behind me commented “Either you did something really bad, or you must really, really love her.” So I corrected his pronoun, “Yes, I really, really love him.” The guy responded with “Oh, MAN!” and never again made eye contact with me.
I get really tired of people saying ‘Do you have cats?’ when they see me at the super market with a large bag of cat food. A while back a cashier asked me this, and with a deadpan face I replied ‘Oh no, pour some milk on em and these are great’. She got this kind of dead in headlights look, and I could only hold the laughter in for a few more seconds.
Once in college I was at the store with my friend in the checkout line, and a very old man pulls up behind us with an entire cart stacked high with adult diapers. We stared for a second, and I said ‘Wonder what he’s doing tonight’, and my friend replied ‘Depends I guess’.
When I was in college band, every year we had a road-rally scavenger hunt. One year, one of the items we had to produce was a receipt from a convenience store showing exactly three items: A bunch of bananas, a box of condoms, and Vaseline.
I’m so totally stealing this if I ever get this question. I don’t think quickly on my feet very well, but I can do a mean eyebrow-raised deadpan if I’ve internalized an answer.