Did I need to know....?
Just thought I'd share a rather bizarre experience that happened to me the other day. I was in the Trafford Centre and decided to buy a pair of shoes in a well known store. I went to the counter to be served by a young girl (surprisingly most seem to be young to me these days!). This is the conversation that took place: Shopgirl : Can you hear me when I talk? Me: Yes very well. Shopgirl: Oh good, I think people can't hear me when I speak. Me: (Thinking - is she asking me to diagnose her? Does she have a problem and for some reason I'm exuding professional mode) No, I can assure you that I can hear you Shopgirl: good, it's just that I was out last night and we had a lock-in at the pub and I think I'm still drunk ........ She then went on to give me detail of what she'd been drinking etc etc. Did I really need to know that as a stranger - and certainly not as a customer. I wonder what her boss thought!!!