During my weekend job delivering pizza, I’m polite to a fault. I’m pretty sure this is why I get better tips.
Anyway, on most deliveries I get out the following before they close the door, “Thank you. Enjoy your meal (pizza, food, etc.).” About half the time, they reply, “You too.”
I dare not say anything; I want them to call again and tip me well again. I’m just dying to say something snappy, though.
Anyone else get stupid replies to good questions or statements?
Aw, cut us some slack. Half the time I’m not paying too much attention to the conversation in such situations; I hear a standard nicety and the impulse to offer a standard reply kicks in before I actually hear what’s been said.
My favorite game is to look back over my shoulder as I am leaving a place of business and say “Thank you! Come back and see us,” or some variation thereof. The looks of sheer terror on their faces because they don’t know how to reply can be priceless.
Alternatively, they will obliviously reply “You, too” as AWB points out.
Either result is funny, and the more people you have around, the better.
Interesting that you should ask this. A co-worker was telling me about an incident that fits right in to this subject. Apparently, this co-worker has trouble with her neighbors parking their cars on the street in front of her house. The problem is that they consistently park with the tail-end of their car blocking about three feet of her driveway. Makes it really hard for her to get in and out of said driveway–as well as being just generally rude.
As she tells it, the other day she noticed that once again a car was blocking her driveway. It belonged to the neighbor’s visiting mother, who happened to be outside walking her dog. My co-worker called to the woman and pointed out that her car was blocking the driveway.
Her response?
“I’m from out of town.”
Wha?
My thoughts exactly.
Last night delivering, a woman caught herself just after her “You too [enjoy your pizza].” She tried to stutter a correction as the door closed, but managed to mangle it more.
If I were daring, I might start saying “Fuck you” in a sweet disarming voice. I’d love to see them do a double take as they try to figure out if I said what they thinkthey heard me say. :D:D