Face Deep into the Palm

Everyone has the same bad joke for people who are working. This, of course, depends on the job someone is doing, but it seems most people have the same awkward sense of humor for strangers. Sometimes, however, one person will go the extra mile.

I was making change for this lady that started off with the usual dialogue:

"How would you like your $90?"

"Hundreds... hehe."

*Dead silent glare*

"I'd like fives."

The "Hundreds" reply is everyone's bad joke for cashiers. When you're the pizza guy, it's, "Over here, buddy." Ugh, I may not know who I deliver to, but I know where they are, and that's not where you're standing, ass.

Anyway, I give her the money (in fives, of course), and then she says something I swear I thought was a joke at first.

"That counting was really good. You should get a job that works with a lot of money."

What could I do; I cringed.

"Noone's ever said that to you?!"

"Nope."

"Huh."

See, that could have been taken as an insult to the job, but that's not how she meant it. It couldn't have been, after all, what job could she be referring to? Some work days I handle more than a million dollars, as in the bills go through my hands. No, that wasn't it at all.

Face-palm.