the store that i work at is currently having a special on “all upholstered furniture.” common conversation that occurs every twenty minutes in the store:
dumb old woman: “oh ‘upholstered furniture’ huh? so what does that mean, exactly?”
me: “we are currently having a special discount on all upholstered furniture in the store.”
dumb old woman: “oh so like, sheets and stuff?”
me (forcing politeness): “actually it is on UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE, not sheets, which we do not actually sell in our store at all.”
dumb old woman: “so I saw a shower curtian on sale, is that an extra discount in the upholstered furniture sale?”
seriously? if you are spending well over six hundred dollars on fancy organic cotton t-shirts and “lounge pants” you should know what upholstered furniture is. i don’t care how old you are.
