Chronicles of the Box Office # 2

C.: 'What is the name of this river?'
T.A. (me): 'What is the name of this city sir?'
C.: 'London?'
T.A. - encouragingly : 'Sooooo?'
C.: '.... ?'

Chronicles Of the Box-Office # 1

Let me set the scene:

To pay for my rent / PhD / food / whatever you like, I work (far too many hours) for a River Cruises company on the river Thames. Which means that I encounter daily a category of humanity which bears the worse as much as the best features: the TOURIST. Aaaargh you shudder struck by a feeling of horror.... Get hooked up if you want some snippets from the Box Office.

-- One of our products is called the 'Circular Cruise'. I guess you are all too clever to need an explanation. Really? --

Customer: Can I do a return trip?

Ticket Agent (me!): yes, this is a circular cruise....

C: yeah, but I mean, can I return here?

T.A: Yes, the cruise is circular.

C: Whaddayamean?!

T.A. -- starting to be clearly exasperated-- : it does a CIRCLE, so, BY DEFINITION, it returns.

C.: and it returns here???

T.A.: yes.... [maybe I should have said 'no, it returns to Windsor'....?]

C: aaaaah. ok. Can I have a single, please?