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Not the Brightest Bulb

Customer: I don’t think onions are vegetables.
Employee: You don’t think onions are vegetables? Then what are they?
Customer: I think they should be listed separately, in the onion category.

–PAX, 57th St

Overheard by: Tech Support

  • Posted on July 24, 2018
  • 9 to 5-ers, Animals & Nature, Compare/Contrast, Customers, Default, Grocery Stores, Midtown & Hell's Kitchen, Questions, Stupidity, Vegetarian & Vegan
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