a post unrelated to the Avengers

So, work. The customer is always right, but today a customer came in looking for Acerbic Acid.

Me: “Maybe you’re thinking of ascorbic acid?”
Customer: “No. Acerbic acid.”
Me: “Um.”

[Note: Ascorbic acid can be used to treat SCURVY, which is a hilarious shoutout to my inability to write a nano novel without referring to scurvy at least once.]

Customer: “The bottle I have at home is *definitely* acerbic acid.”
Me: (showing a bottle of ascorbic acid) “You’re sure it’s not this.”
Customer: (clearly getting frustrated at my horrible inability to get it right) “Yes, I’m sure. Not this.”
Me: (baffled, and increasingly concerned that I am being punked): “Well, I guess we don’t have what you’re looking for.”

[Note: Still not entirely sure I was not being punked.]

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