the quiet American

[sergebroom]

After I met some of my fellow bloggers in Oakland, at the end of September, Terry Karney said that I am much quieter in person than on the internet. That impression would have been quickly dispelled, had he been standing next to me yesterday while I was on the phone, trying to find why a check of mine was refused when I bought some office supplies. The nicest way my attitude and conversational style at that time would be described is... ah... brisk, especialy when it was explained to me that their automated filter had flagged me as suspicious. Fair enough. I mean, wouldn't you worry if a 54-year-old man showed up at your store to acquire an expensive printer cartridge and a few reams of paper?

Comments

[jongibbs.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. I hope you got it sorted out.

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

Yes, as far as I know. I demanded a letter of apology from the outfit that the office-supply store outsourced this service to. Still, I think I am going to call the store's manager and say that they have lost my business and that, considering how few customers ever are in the place, they should use better providers.