When I was in high school, I worked at the concession stand in a movie theater. Sometimes a customer would give the popcorn a suspicious look, if the popper wasn't on, and ask 'is that yesterday's popcorn'? I would give them a puzzled look and say 'no, but I can see if there is any in the back for you'.
Lots of times and I’m really convincing at it.
Once in a restaurant I pretended I was having a real hard time opening the little packets of ketchup. I purposely got ketchup all over my hands and shirt. When the waitress walked by I asked her if I could please have a pair of scissors so I could open up the ketchup and she said - ummmmm no l better do it for you. Cheers!
[Setting: Minneapolis Municipal Courthouse, Civil Division, a hearing to adjudicate a restraining order]
”But Your Honor, if I am to comply with the edict of not going within 1,000 meters of Miss S, I’ll need as much information as possible to avoid an inadvertent breach of the lawful order. Quite surely The Bench would be so kind as to provide me with the address of her residence(s), an itinerary or schedule of her habitual activities, maps of her comings and goings, a list of her known associates, . . . ”
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Nanoose 