Otters sliding on their bellies!

Weird Customer #2

Weird Mars Bar Guy usually comes in on a Tuesday, so I'm expecting him to turn up later.

He comes in the store to buy two tiny fun size mars bars. The exchange plays out like this.

Weird Mars Bar Guy: HELLO!!! (veh veh loud)
Me: Hullo! (trying to match the friendliness, but avoiding the excessive volume)

At this point Weird Mars Bar Guy seems puzzled as to why I am being so friendly and becomes withdrawn for the rest of the transaction.

I always thought it was strange that he was first so friendly only to so quickly become shy. But I was pondering the other day... maybe he is saying HELLO!!! to the mars bar and not to me.

She wears a mask

She wears a mask, originally uploaded by fe.meow.

This is the best photo I've ever taken.

Shirley

Shirley, originally uploaded by fe.meow.

This is Shirley. I got her as a little kitten from the cat shelter. She had been dumped, and was tiny and skinny and scared. Now look at her with her woolly winter coat on - so brave and pretty. I named her after the Billy Bragg song 'Shirley' (otherwise known as 'Greetings to the New Brunette') but she most often gets called Shirley Ding Dong for some bizarre reason. She lives at my sister's now. She likes playing with the leaves and running around in the paddocks. Since I moved into the city I miss her a lot, but she is not used to the road, so she couldn't come with. She's a country cat (who wears a bell and is not outside after dark so she doesn't kill native things, I promise)

Weird customer #1

I work in a second hand bookstore. We sell lots of things. Stamps and cards and earrings and chocolate and stuff as well as the books.

Bug Lady just came in. She looks a lot like a bug, which is why I call her Bug Lady (clever)

She comes in nearly every Monday to ask for $2 worth of 50c coins. She then comes in on Wednesday or Thursday to post letters or parcels. This is how that transaction plays out.

Bug Lady: can you mail this for me?
Me: Yep, I'll pop it in our mail bag.
Bug Lady: How long will it take?
Me: According to Australia post it will take about two working days.
Bug Lady: Are you sure?
Me: Yep.
Bug Lady: Are you completely sure?
Me: I can only go by what Australia Post say on their website, and that's how long they say it will take.
Bug Lady: So two days?
Me: As far as I know. I can't predict the exact amount of time.
Bug Lady: Hmmm. *looks worried*

There's nothing wrong with this conversation - except that it happens every week.