[:np] [:ra 240]
I work in the entertainment department of a huge store. I was restocking CD Ars when a middle-aged woman came up to me.

[:nb]
 "Excuse me, but what is in those colorful boxes? I'm looking for toys as a present for my nephew, and I just know he'd like a colorful box like that."
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 "Well, the toy department is upstairs, but"
[:nb]
 "...and in case they're jack-in-the-boxes, could I get one custom made, because I bet you don't have the color combination I'd like anyway."
[:np]
 "They're...not jack-in-the-boxes, ma'am. They are c deaz."
[:nb]
 "Oh! Kind of a big box for a CD. Does it come with lots of leaflets, or is it just air? I hate that way of--"
[:np]
 "No, no, no, you see, there's ten c deaz in one box."
[:nb]
 "Ten! Oh my goodness, that's a lot of c deaz. What kind c deaz are they?"
[:np]
 "Well, we have CD ars in these, and CD ar double yous over here. These ones are scratchproof, so they cost a little more--"
[:nb]
 "Oh, I don't know about these modern things so much. Have you got any jazz?"
[:np]
 "Excuse me?"
[:nb]
 "See, an old person like myself, I haven't even heard of scratchproof music before. I like jazz."

[:np]
I tried to hold my poker face for every cent of my hourly wage.

 "No, these c deaz are empty. We have jazz over there"
[:nb]
 "Yes, I was over there, and there was nothing new. I already have them all at home. But do you have any jazz in these bulk boxes?"
[:np]
 "No, ma'am, I'm afraid we're all sold out of the jazz ones."
[:nb]
 "Well. this box is $8.99, and at the jazz section I'd pay more for only one CD!"
[:np]
 "That's true, but these are empty, as I--"
[:nb]
 "This is a pretty good deal, ten c deaz for less than a tenner!"
[:np]
 "Undoubtedly, but--"
[:nb]
 "I'll take this!"
[:np]
 "Ma'am, the c deaz are empty. You won't hear anything."
[:nb]
 "Oh?"
[:np]
 "I buy these myself all the time, and there's nothing on them."
[:nb]
 "Maybe your volume wasn't loud enough. Or you had unplugged your speakers?"

[:np]
When had she become tech support to me?

[:nb]
 "I'll buy these. This is very cheap. You are a good salesperson!"
[:np]
 "Thank you, ma'am, but--"
[:nb]
 "I'll just have to see if my nephew listens to scratchproof."

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I took a long, long break after that one.