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What, You Mean Now?

Cashier: Can you spell your name, please?
Man: … Ummm… yes.
Cashier: I meant, can you spell it for me?

–Beacon’s Closet, Park Slope

Overheard by: meyers of keswick

  • Posted on May 17, 2015
  • Cashiers, Idiots, Men, Names, Offers and requests, Park Slope, Stupidity, Words
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