Haggling. MN Style ::
I am dumbfounded by the exchange I just had - at first I was willing to write this woman off as a little bit nuts but it quickly became clear she was in need of a first class smack in the head. This JUST happened at HUGE Theater....
A woman came in the theater after reading the sign about the Wednesday Drop-In class (the only sign anyone reads) and wanted to ask about classes. She asked how much a level of classes was and when I told her she threw her hands over her mouth and went wide-eyed at the number.
Then she asked about the Drop In class, clarifying that it was $10 EVERY TIME????
When I said yes she made a variety of disgusted faces, as if I had just followed it with "and a pint of your lymph" - she informed me that "that adds up" as if I hadn't realized that "every time" meant it was cumulative and maybe what I MEANT was that it was $10 for a lifetime of being able to call us in the middle of the night and ask questions whenever she wanted.
She proceeded to ask, in the most challenging manner she could, "who is this.... Jill?" - as if she would be the judge of just WHO is worth paying less than minimum wage per hour whenever she felt like showing up.
I told her.
"I took classes at the Brave New Workshop"
"So did I, I used to teach there, in fact"
"TEN DOLLARS?!?"
"A bargain"
*more disgusted faces*
Then she asked "Do you KNOW anything about the people at the Brave New Workshop??" as if she had told me she took classes from Del Close and it just hadn't sunk in yet. Clearly I was in the presence of greatness and was just being disrespectful.
"Yep, in fact I worked there for many years and I'm still close with the people that work there today"
"TEN DOLLARS???"
"A bargain"
*Disgusted Face*
Then says "Those people at the Brave New Workshop are TALENTED. I wish they could make a living doing improv all the time."
to which I said "They could, but they'd have to charge WAY more than ten dollars for classes"
That's where our conversation ended, with the exception of the
"maybe I'll be back" over her shoulder
and my "Nah." at her back.
3 comments:
Right now, you are my favorite person in the WORLD!
I love it when people's facial expressions and reactions are completely beyond what the situation dictates. Once, when I worked at a beauty supply store, we were out of a specific type of hairspray. When I told this one woman that we didn't have any and didn't know when we would have any in the future, she gasped and shot me a look like I'd just given a speech denying the Holocaust at a Bar Mitzvah.
*snork*
DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?
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