Customer conversation of the day: Autocorrect edition

A failure of communication.

Paul Bradley Carr

11 Mar 2025 — 1 min read

CUSTOMER: (Looking at phone) "Do you have The Jungle? My friend texted me and said I have to buy it in your store."

ME: "Yes! It should be in classics, under S for Sinclair. It's actually one of my favorite books, and strangely timely."

CUSTOMER: "Great! And I should read that one first? Before the sequel?"

ME: "The... sequel?"

CUSTOMER: (Checks phone again) "Yes, the Jungle Abroad."

ME: "Ah. I think I know what's happened here...."

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