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work story from sunday i just remembered, not a crazy story, just a textbook example of Ignorance:

a guy comes in, wanting to buy a bunch of frames in a certain size and style. we don’t have any more of the size he wants in that style, because the whole series has been discontinued by the company, as in ‘they still exist but our store isn’t going to carry them after we sell out’. i explain this to him and he becomes irate. not irate towards me, irate towards ‘head office’. he takes a conspiratorial air towards me, assuming i have a ‘fight the system’ demeanor regarding my bosses. “man! every time i really like something, they discontinue it! you notice that? as soon as something’s popular, they pull it off the shelves! makes no sense! and not just here, lots of stores do it!”. i reply “actually it just seems like that because you only notice the things you like being discontinued, tons of things are discontinued that you don’t notice or care about.”

this is completely true (and exactly what had happened), but all of a sudden he’s mad at me for pointing out his logical fallacy. he brusquely asks me “who owns this company? he’s going to hear from me.” and leaves.

whatever, dude.