I was standing behind the counter at work the other day, and a lady came in with her 7 or 8 year old daughter. They stood at the end of the aisle, in full view of me, and the mother asked the daughter to go and ask me about some DVD’s. The daughter agreed, and right before she turned to go, the mother said:

“Speak slowly, and be patient - she’s new.”

She obviously had no idea that I wasn’t, in fact, new to the art of listening.