Adrian was tired of being asked inane questions by shop assistants. He’d pop into the supermarket to get a tin of cat food and be asked how his day has been.
“How’s your day been?” was the inevitable question. “How’s your day been?”
The shop assistant was barely out of diapers. She didn’t give a brass tack about how his day had been. She was trained by trainers in these massive food chains to take a personal interest in the customers, and this was achieved by asking how their day had been.
“It’s good, thanks,” Adrian always replied with a smile. “You have a good day yourself.”
The response to that was always, “Have you any coupons?” Coupons cut from fliers could be scanned for an automatic discount. There could be a good 18 cents knocked off the price of a can of asparagus.
“How’s your day been?”
“It’s good, thanks. You have a good day yourself.”
“Have you any coupons?”
Indeed! Adrian was tired of being asked inane questions by shop assistants. He decided to change his response:
“How’s your day been?”
“Look, my wife’s away and I spent all morning surfing the net and looking at porn and now I’m totally exhausted.”
“Have you any coupons?”