On account of it being a long day today, and having to get up early tomorrow morning, the post for tonight is really just a whole lot of little snippets joined together. But please, enjoy:

Aunty Vikki: “Gah, these flies.” *swats*
Nana: “I know, they’re everywhere! Having sex everywhere, there’s always two of them.”
Aunty Vikki: *makes a noise which may or may not have meant, “Ew, my mum said s e x.”
Nana: “They’re the sexiest flies I’ve ever seen!”
Lisa & Gentil: *die of laughter*

A few days ago, while packing up the faulty Bluetooth headset, I came to putting the charger into the moulded plastic thing. I tried it this way, I tried it that way, but the damn thing would not fit. After about five minutes of struggling with it, Gentil says, “Hon, isn’t that your DS charger?” I have never felt more stupid than I did at that moment.

At work one night, a lady came in wearing an obviously expensive and new shawl. While I served her she kept fiddling with it and smiling, obviously feeling great about herself. When she turned around, the tags were clearly visible; she had it on inside out. To make matters worse, the price tag was still hanging off it! I felt terrible for her.

Another memorable work night, a man came in with his children to hire some DVD’s, whereupon I was regrettably required to inform him that he had been banned. The customer then proceeded to tell me that it was ‘impossible’ and he ‘had a good name’. He wanted to know why he had been banned.

When I told him he had a substantial amount owing late fees, he told me it was impossible, and I must be wrong. I pointed out the phone calls we had made to him about late DVD’s; he dismissed them and kept ranting to me about his good name. Obviously he doesn’t understand the meaning of late fees.

I saw a Metlink advertisement today, featuring a rhino with several birds sitting on his back and rump. The caption read ‘Nature prefers public transport.’ Beneath it, someone had written, ‘If only it was PUBLIC.’ I’m assuming it was a dig at the fact that tram, train and bus companies are all privately owned and run.

Gentil: “Well, getting off should be fun!”

So! That is pretty much everything that was scribbled in my little black book over the last week; the ‘dregs’ if you like, the things I don’t include in long daily posts but are funny nonetheless. Incidentally, the picture today is likely to be of my little black book, as it really is a cute little thing, if not as elegant and classy as I would like.