Customer Service and You [Wednesday, July 2, 2014]

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"Welcome to Customer Service and You," Josh said. "I have had some seriously itchy polyblend shirts made up for you in bright yellow with your names on 'em. No need to thank me, but you do need to wear them every week."

Mean, Josh.

"This class is gonna show you how to interact with people in a way that doesn't involve you setting them on fire because people can be amazingly, amazingly stupid but jail is not really a good thing," Josh said. He gestured around at the county fair he'd programmed the Danger Shop to look like. "Since the Fourth of July is Friday, America is chock full of hometown fun like this full of sticky, over-sugared kids, parents bitching about how much watered down beer costs, and at least one teenager trying to rock the ferris wheel basket until his girlfriend bursts into tears and breaks up with him for being a di--" Josh remembered he was talking to students just in time, "--jerk. Anyway, you'll each be given a job that you're pulling out of this hat--" he held out a Mets ball cap, "--and then I'll send some Danger Shop people at you to be annoying. The goal is to not have them ask for your supervisor. Good luck!"

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Re: Your Assignments!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Josh paused for a second to remember and really miss Leo for a second. "This guy's walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can't get out," he began, a tiny, wistful smile on his face. "A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, 'Hey you. Can you help me out?' The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up, 'Father, I'm down in this hole can you help me out?' The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a friend walks by, 'Hey, Joe, it's me can you help me out?' And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, 'Are you stupid? Now we're both down here.' The friend says, 'Yeah, but I've been down here before and I know the way out.'"

He looked Flick straight in the eyes. "I know the way out, Skippy."

Re: Your Assignments!

[flickofthewrist]

Flick didn't say anything for a few seconds before he nodded. "I'll think about it. Maybe I'll come by. See what happens."