Are you sure?
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At the supermarket, dairy aisle, this morning. Have to sidestep a clerk doing stock refilling as is the norm these days (late stage capitalism rant). These folks are pretty great at keeping out of your way but this individual clerk had been distracted and baled up by a customer.
Customer: “Can you please tell us where to find XYZ?” Clerk: “Oh yes, it's over by the deli, in front of the BBQ chickens.”
Mrs Customer: “Are you sure?”
Are you sure?
Like what the actual? You've been told where it is, and where it is is very nearby – like 15 or so steps. Just go and have a look FFS. And it's not like the guy didn't seem sure, he just fired it straight off.
We all know what she was angling for. For the clerk to abandon his post and escort her and partner directly to the item in question. Are you sure?
The entitlement on this woman. Like her time is so precious she can't just spend 10 seconds walking over to the chooks and looking herself. But she's no issue wasting time by unnecessarily extending an interaction! Are you sure? It's not like he told her to go to another store.
You gotta feel for these poor schmucks. They're all casual, likely on or near minimum $ per hour. And if they don't get through a certain volume of racks per hour, they get their hours cut. That is what was waiting for this stocking clerk.
And it's not like this couple were elderly or impaired in any way. Fit, healthy mid 30-s couple adorned in active-wear. Just super important and quite relaxed about wasting someone else's time.