Good Idea – Today while at work I encountered two teens, one having an account with us, the other shockingly, did not. Being the smart teller that I am, I took the opportunity to offer this unsuspecting teen an account. I told him all the benefits, why he should open an account, and yada yada yada. However…
Bad Idea - I also told him of the many wonderful prizes I could give him if he were to deposit his monies with the bank. One of these prizes was a little stool with a cooler underneath it the bank was giving away. As I began explaining the stool it soon became very apparent my message was going downhill, and fast. The teen, trying to hold in bursts of laughter, says, “So if I open an account you’ll give me a stool in a cooler, right?”Then to make it worse his buddy goes, “Ya dude I got one too, it’s called a stooler.” At that point I couldn’t hold it in any longer and laughter took over the scene. Unfortunately, they did not leave with the infamous stooler.
Good Idea – Yet another workism happened today of all days. Several weeks ago I was having a conversation with a customer about running shoes and such. I mentioned my husband wears Nike Free shoes and the customer seemed pretty excited about this new find.
Bad Idea – Apparently I have issues with speech because in our conversation a few weeks ago I kept referring to the shoes as Nike Frees. I guess in my mind the simpler way of saying Nike Free shoes was Nike Frees. So today the customer comes in and I ask him about the shoes. He replies, “I tell you what I had a heck of a time finding them! I googled Nike FREEZE as soon as I got home and couldn’t find them anywhere. The only thing that came close was Nike Free shoes.” Needless to say he is very happy with his Nike Frees.
