I was standing at the copier at the Staples sending brochures from my phone to the copier. In my periphery, a person walked up to the work station table next to a different copier and stood there. I'm scrolling through my Google drive getting everything I need, and the man cleared his throat.
In glanced up and smiled politely. The old guy kinda glared at me, so I just went back to my documents. I could feel him huffing to himself. Finally he snaps " would you get off your damn phone and help me with this!" I look up and realize he's talking to me. I looked around and said "oh, me?". In a mocking tone he said "yes. You! Playing around during work hours!"
I respond "Sir, I don't work here.". "Then why are you behind that desk!?" "Umm, this table is for people to organize their papers on. I can probably still help you with the copier if you want." "Fine. I need 100".
I walked over to his copier. He had a hand written a sign, in ball point pen, about a yard sale. I showed him how to place the paper, asked him what type of paper he wanted to print on and made sure it was loaded. I used the chart to show him how much it would cost. And then said he just needs to swipe a credit card to get started. A little window popped up stating there would be a $5 hold on the card for the print job. He. Was. Outraged.
"How do I know if that money's coming back! I don't know what this machine is hooked up to! You could be making copies of my card and selling it to China!" At this point an actual Staples employee came over to and tried to help, so I went back to my copier. There was no convincing him that it wasn't a scam.
The guy ended up leaving without even making copies.