khm on Nostr: in a small sandwich shop. worker finishes making a sandwich, puts it in a paper bag, ...

in a small sandwich shop. worker finishes making a sandwich, puts it in a paper bag, puts the bag in the order pickup area. calls the customer's name. the customer, without looking up from a phone, yells back "WHAT?!"

after a couple of confused seconds, the worker, who had already moved on to other tasks, says "your sandwich is ready"

the customer, still not looking up from the phone, yells "OKAY??" in the most contemptuous possible tone

at this point I, an asshole, cannot contain myself, so I walk over to the customer and say "You're supposed to go pick up the sandwich you ordered, that's why they called your name. Is this your first time buying a sandwich?"

the customer stands up, shoves the phone in a pocket, squares off with me, says "...no," and goes and gets the sandwich. They leave in a huff. Everyone in the room is visibly uncomfortable. I get my coffee and turn to leave, and the phone jerk storms BACK into the room, angrily takes a napkin, and storms back out. As I approach the door, they return AGAIN, snatch up a plastic fork, and storm out AGAIN.

I think maybe it actually was their first time buying a sandwich.