Monday, August 28, 2006

Approximate transcript from a conversation at Guitar Center

Friday, August 25...Guitar Center on Hulen in FW
I am on the hunt for a M-Audio MIDI Uno interface.
I walk into the pro audio area where the employee is ringing up 2 gentlemen from a different church in the DFW area.

Employee: Ok sir, can you give me the name of your church?
Customer: Sure its XoXoXo Church.
Employee: Ok, let me see if I can find it in the system. What's the zip?
Customer: 12345.
Employee: Hmmmmmm....
Customer: [walks behind counter, looks at computer screen] there we are. that's us. The zip is wrong.
Employee: [annoyed] Ok.
Customer: Is there any kind of deal you can give me on this?
Employee: Uh...I've already given you $3 off the ticket price.
Customer: Is there anything free you can give me?
Employee: Uh...
Customer: I give away salvation for free.
Employee: Uh...no thanks.
Customer: Ok, you're good?
Employee: Yeah, my salvation will come at 5 pm when I get the hell out of here.
Customer: So, there's nothing free you can give me? Come on man, my Savior is a Jew.
Employee: Uh......
Customer: [laughs at his own comment with his buddy]
Employee: Ok, that'll be $20.
Customer: [pays and leaves]
Me: [while paying for my item, which is purchased for a church] Don't worry, I won't ask for free stuff.
Employee: Oh, that was so annoying. I actually lost money on those guys.
Me: Where they here a while?
Employee: YES! And all they bought was $20 worth of cords.
Me: Wow.
Employee: Yeah, that's why I don't go to church.
Me: Yeah, that was kind of embarassing.
Employee: I just about said something after the Jew comment. You know, I grew up in church. And that is why I don't go back.
Me: Yeah, I don't blame you.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

lol...that is amazing and pretty sad on the part of so called christians.

Shellee said...

That story got much better after all the midi techno gibber jabber at the beginning!! You lost me momentarily. Wes read me a comment from some super spiritual book he is reading where the author suggested that all Christians shut up and not speak Jesus' name for about 25 years to try and make up for all the damage we have done to it...I think those guys should read Wes's book!!