"I'm here for the séance"

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I work with my father running a water filter store, selling all kinds of stuff related to making water drinkable. Our store is in a building with several other small stores, and right next to our store is the store of a "Seer". She's almost never there, so her store is pretty much always closed.

One day, i'm doing my usual work when i notice an old lady staring at me from behind the glass door, she's looking a bit disturbed, her eyes shifting from one side to the other. I get up, open the door and say the usual greetings.

Me: Good day, how may i help you?

Old Lady: Ah good day, i'm looking for the seer.

Me: It's this door on the right

Old Lady: Thank you, you see, it's because i've been having these dreams...

Me: Okay...?

Old Lady: You see, i had these dreams with my daughter, and they were very weird, they had CANDLES. I want to know what these dreams mean.

At this point i'm staring at her, not quite sure what to say. She then thanks me for the help and leaves.

Fast forward to the next day, i'm sitting at my desk browsing reddit because there's not much work to do during the mornings when i hear someone banging on the glass door, i look over and it's a very grumpy looking old man. I get up and open the door, and before i can say "How can i help" he barges in and says:

Old Man: I'm here for the séance

Me: ...What?

Old Man: The séance, boy, i'm here for the séance!

Me: Sir, i think you're mistaken.

He then looks around, stares at the water purifiers for a few seconds.

Old Man: This ain't the seer?

Me: No...

Old Man: Why the fck didnt you tell me, why you're wasting my fcking time?!

He leaves, clearly very angry at me, for some reason. A few hours pass, i go on my lunch break and when i return my father comes up to me and says

Father: Hey u/Argol_Snow, did an old man come here earlier today?

Me: Yeah, he was asking about a séance

Father: He came here some minutes ago, said you had talked to his wife yesterday and marked a séance today. He then started saying how you treated him badly and how he will never come here again.

Father: Son, if someone like him shows up again, don't even bother to be polite, just tell him straight away he's in the wrong place and send him away.

I didn't even say anything, just stared at my dad with a confused look on my face. Some days later the old man and the old lady showed up and asked where the seer was, since her door was closed. I said i didnt know and he just looked at me with an angry expression and stormed off, thankfully never to be seen again.

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Posted Jul 16, 2017, 9:31 PM UTC

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