This may sound asinine, but some people know that although they look like they work there, some people are just outside vendors that don’t directly work for the store.
Right up there with are you open hmm let’s see the door was open the lights are on and I’m helping a customer that you’re interrupting… nope we closed 5 minutes ago
I got asked that at Walmart 30 years ago [teenager], while wearing a black tank top and blue elastic-waist pants. I asked why — she said it was because my keys were clipped to my hip.
“No, this is my Grumbel’s Grunt cosplay. Do I look the part?”
This may sound asinine, but some people know that although they look like they work there, some people are just outside vendors that don’t directly work for the store.
Oh yah. Outside vendors usually stock the greeting cards, for example. Though they also usually dress a bit differently from the store employees.
There’s an “outside vendor” strip much later in the comic
Right up there with are you open hmm let’s see the door was open the lights are on and I’m helping a customer that you’re interrupting… nope we closed 5 minutes ago
“Nope. I’m testing the prototype label makers. Here’s your sign.”
I got asked that at Walmart 30 years ago [teenager], while wearing a black tank top and blue elastic-waist pants. I asked why — she said it was because my keys were clipped to my hip.