(My coworker and I are discussing Harry Potter: which book was our favorite, which movie, what we would have liked to have seen in the movies, etc. when a customer walks in.)
Customer: *scowling at us* “You shouldn’t read those books. They teach the devil’s work!”
(My coworker and I reply at the same time.)
Coworker: “Not really.”
Me: “Not in the slightest.”
Customer: “YES, THEY ARE! They have magic in them so they teach the devil’s work!”
Me: *smiling* “Humor me here, okay?”
Customer: “Okay.”
Me: “Your little girl watches Disney, right? And she really loves the Disney Princesses, right?”
Customer: *proudly* “Yes! She’s growing up on good, wholesome family movies like I did!”
Me: “Okay, so she loves the Princess movies. Who is her favorite?”
Customer: “Right now it’s Rapunzel.”
Me: “You mean the Disney Princess who has magical hair because her mother ate a magical plant to save her when she was pregnant with Rapunzel? The same Rapunzel who was kidnapped by a witch and kept in a tower?”
Customer: “Yes! The witch was evil! She wanted to use Rapunzel’s magical hair all for herself.”
Me: “Right. Rapunzel’s magical hair that healed people when she sang.”
Customer: *snottily* “What’s your point?”
Me: “My point is that you let your child watch Disney movies that are full of talking animals, magical hair, enchanted furniture, etcetera, etcetera, but you don’t think my coworker and I should read Harry Potter because it has magic in it, making it the devil’s work.”
Customer: “That’s right!”
Me: “You see the flaw in your logic, right?”
Customer: *loudly* “There is no flaw! Magic is evil and that’s that!”
Me: *rubbing my temples* “Right. Did you actually need anything tonight?”
Customer: “No! I think I’ll go to the dollar store down the street instead!”
Me: “You do that, ma’am.”
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