I had just completed waiting for a prescription to be prepared and was in the process of paying. The young woman working behind the counter asked how I would like to pay. "Credit," I replied. Suddenly on the small machine in front of me a series of blindingly bright LEDs lit up. They were tiny arrows directing me to slide my card into the only obvious slot. For years machines like this have existed without the need for such airplane-runway-like guidance systems.
Andrew: Woah! It's a good thing those lights are there, because otherwise, I wouldnt' have known where to slide my card!
Young Woman: Well, some people get confused - they try to slide the card up here (gesticulating towards a spot where the cord meshed with the machine and it was easily observable that there was no slot for a credit card)
Andrew: (looking her dead in the eye and trying to speak so slowly and dangerously that it could only be taken sarcastically) - Those people. . . should be shot.
Young Woman: Yeah . . . well, a lot of those people are older and they can get confused.
Andrew: (quickly and with the deepest sincerity and glee) Especially in that case!
Young Woman: (looking shocked, and yet blushing as though with a guilty pleasure) That is such a terrible thing to say! That's awful.
One more example of people west of New Jersey being completely unable to understand sarcasm.
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