funny question from a non-sewer!
01-03-2011, 08:57 PM
#54
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Location: Jacksonville, FL
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OK, not quilt related but. I work for a Tree Service company that also has a tree Farm. I have gotten some really dumb questions but the best so far is:
Customer: "How much is a palm tree?"
Me: "What kind of palm tree?"
Customer: "The kind you see in Florida." (I'm in Fla.)
Me: "There are several kinds of palm trees in Florida, can you describe it?"
Customer: "The kind you see all over town."
Me: "Does it have a smooth trunk, a rough trunk, a fat trunk, a skinny trunk, does the green part look like a hand or a fan or does it have long slender leaves."
Customer: "I don't know ... I can see it from my window?"
Me: (ROFL) "Are you staying in a hotel?"
Customer: "Yes."
Me: "Why don't you ask the person at the check-in desk what kind of palm it is?"
Customer: "Can't you just tell me how much a palm tree is?"
Me: "Our palms run anywhere from $15 to $15,000 depending on the kind of palm ... why don't you talk to the folks downstairs and give give me a call back."
Customer: hung up very unhappy with me and I never heard from the customer again! NOW, this was BEFORE video phones,OK?
Still chuckling after 5 years,
Peggy
Customer: "How much is a palm tree?"
Me: "What kind of palm tree?"
Customer: "The kind you see in Florida." (I'm in Fla.)
Me: "There are several kinds of palm trees in Florida, can you describe it?"
Customer: "The kind you see all over town."
Me: "Does it have a smooth trunk, a rough trunk, a fat trunk, a skinny trunk, does the green part look like a hand or a fan or does it have long slender leaves."
Customer: "I don't know ... I can see it from my window?"
Me: (ROFL) "Are you staying in a hotel?"
Customer: "Yes."
Me: "Why don't you ask the person at the check-in desk what kind of palm it is?"
Customer: "Can't you just tell me how much a palm tree is?"
Me: "Our palms run anywhere from $15 to $15,000 depending on the kind of palm ... why don't you talk to the folks downstairs and give give me a call back."
Customer: hung up very unhappy with me and I never heard from the customer again! NOW, this was BEFORE video phones,OK?
Still chuckling after 5 years,
Peggy
01-04-2011, 03:06 AM
#59
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 81
Unrelated but it's the first thing that popped in my mind when I read the post. Daughter, when she was 14, asked me, I am not kidding,,," Mama, how do you open a baked potatoe?"
It's okay. She now has a BS,BA, and a Masters degree. We've come a long way. Ha!
It's okay. She now has a BS,BA, and a Masters degree. We've come a long way. Ha!
01-04-2011, 07:55 AM
#60
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Alabama
Posts: 159
Originally Posted by buslady
I have one of my featherweights at the store we own, I sew when I am not too busy. I have ayoung man that works for us, and today when he came in, he was watching me sew for a couple of minutes when he asked me a question I just had to share. He wanted to know if, when you use the reverse on the machine, did it unsew? We decided someone could make a lot of money if they could figure out how to make that happen. ROFLMAO
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