A customer walked back up to me after I helped her decide between a couple things to say, "When I first saw you, I didn't think you look like a (big-popular-lingerie-store) girl at all. What were you in your other life?"
[KEEP SMILING, DAMN YOU!] "Well, I'm studying to be a music teacher, have taught my own primary ensembles, and I'm currently volunteering teaching secondary choirs."
"Oh, you're a student. I see. Well, it's nice to have a job at some point in your life."
"Yes, especially when you're trying to pay for school."
She said it like I such a good little girl for not making daddy pay all my bills.
And having to just keep smiling the whole time while she's talking about it like it's the END OF MY LIFE to be working there. I managed not to ~inform~ her that I make a point of looking very different from my peers in case someone who's (let's just say) not the image my employer displays might feel more comfortable not fitting their mold.
Re: Working WTFs
[KEEP SMILING, DAMN YOU!] "Well, I'm studying to be a music teacher, have taught my own primary ensembles, and I'm currently volunteering teaching secondary choirs."
"Oh, you're a student. I see. Well, it's nice to have a job at some point in your life."
"Yes, especially when you're trying to pay for school."
She said it like I such a good little girl for not making daddy pay all my bills.
And having to just keep smiling the whole time while she's talking about it like it's the END OF MY LIFE to be working there. I managed not to ~inform~ her that I make a point of looking very different from my peers in case someone who's (let's just say) not the image my employer displays might feel more comfortable not fitting their mold.
/whine