Folks, I’m officially old. I started off the day with a visit to a walk-in orthopedic clinic because one of my knees is acting up. Oh, it doesn’t hurt when I walk or sit. But if I happen to turn onto my right side and curl into my favorite sleeping position, it’s as if someone has pushed a serrated knife into the tissue next to my kneecap.
So I fully expected the doctor at the clinic to say, “If it only hurts when you do that, then for goodness sake, don’t do that.”
Instead, he sent me home with a smile and a prescription for a steroid, but only after doing something to my knee that resulted in me saying a word that, if my mother were still alive, would have had her washing out my mouth with soap and water. And I’d have deserved it.
Afterwards, I limped to my car, because NOW my knee hurts when I walk.
Still, a woman has needs and I needed lunch. So I went to a little sushi place in a strip mall. There were employees sitting outside having a smoke and even though their posted opening time was eleven a.m. and it was now ten after the hour, the OPEN sign hadn’t been turned on.
I asked if they were indeed open, and one of the employees said, “Technically we are.”
Now, this struck me wrong. Maybe I’ve reached the “Get off my lawn” stage of life, or maybe I was wondering why in hell my knee felt worse after I went to the doctor than it did before, and I just wasn’t in the mood for such a lackadaisical response.
The employee started to stand and I said, “Oh, I’m technically not going to eat here.”
I pointed to the cool little Takko Korean taqueria place just a few doors down. “Technically, I’m going to eat at that place, where the doors are open and the little sign says “C’mon in!”
And let me tell you, those damned tacos were amazing.
Ironically enough, peace, people.
Praying for Eyebrowz 
Oh, I am smiling. “Technically we are.” And that means….what?? Such a spot-on response. Take that, ya’ little whippersnappers!
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My dad managed a grocery store and I grew up knowing about good customer service. This just floored me.
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Good for you! I love that response, and cross that place off your list.
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Crossed. Off.
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LMAO. And sorry about the knee. Fortunately you don’t write with your leg.
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It’s a good thing!
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Oh, that was totally wrong, lol. I’m glad you said what you said =D
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I felt like crabby granny.
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They totally had it coming, lol
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Lol.
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You’d think at the moment, everyone wouldn’t be wanting to appeal for customers even more!
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I know!
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I hope the pain can be controlled
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Thank you! I’ve got two big trips coming up and no time for pain.
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I’ve been experiencing bad customer service lately too. I am trying to be understanding but what they said to you went well beyond… into rudeness. Sadly, they probably weren’t management and couldn’t care less that they lost a sale. Good luck on managing your knee pain!
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Thank you! If I could just remember not to bend the knee I’d be just fine…
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