THIS is a music box!!

**I found this post in my archives unpublished from the time I worked at Hallmark, and as it still makes for a funny story, I'm publishing it as is**

I'm trying to compile a list of stories from work like I did some time ago...I hate to even think how long ago. *moving quickly along so you don't think of it either* In trying to write snippets on the stories, I couldn't help but notice that this particular story required a little more detail and embellishment than I'd want to include in the post. Basically, it's rather long for a snippet. Therefore, it receives its own post. Shall we begin?

At the time this story begins, I'm elbow-deep in little, stuffed toys by the name of "itty bittys" as I am dusting and having to redo a certain children's wall in the Hallmark store while my co-worker is "working the floor". Which essentially means, she's working with the customers while I'm working and trying to finish this project. (That was a HUGE project, by the way.) So I heard a customer ask whether we had music boxes or not. We don't, but a mall store our franchise owner has does, so we (I skipped some detail where this customer became a group effort), call down to the store and begin requesting them to send down "one of each box". And that's when we discover the woman is only looking at actually purchasing one of two of the items. The request is put on hold while the woman decides to browse the store. I slowly drift back to my project and there are other customers for my co-worker to help.

I've got my paper towel full of Windex in one hand, and I'm balancing on a ladder with another when I hear some music behind me. The woman had found one of our water globes in the baby section. I love water globes and have a small collection of them, so I smile and continue to work. I descend the ladder only to find the woman has turned on me. Brandishing the globe in my face, she says,

"You told me you didn't have music boxes."
I was momentarily speechless. I wanted to say, rather sarcastically, that we didn't, that was a globe, but I restrained myself. Finally, the only thing I could manage to say was,
"We don't."
Once more, she shook the water globe at me.
"THIS, is a music box!!" she declared like she'd been lied to concerning a family secret for twenty years.
"It's a globe," I said in reply.
"What is a globe?" she demanded.
Again, I was struck dumb, and thankfully, my co-worker had again entered the scene. It was hard to ignore the woman as she was so loud and took the situation over while I was forced to race to the backroom before my laughter betrayed me.

Hope you enjoyed the throwback post,

Cordy {Samantha Elisabeth}