Resulin?

Like the Cantebury Tales story, people ask for all types of things.  Mostly, they have no idea what they're talking about.  My first week at the Big Store, a customer asked me for Resulin.  I know I'm new and everything, but I shopped at this store and I studied wine.  I never, ever heard of anything called Resulin.  It sound like a gasoline, toxic, cancerous substance.  After now, just looking it up, I have learned that Resulin is a diabetes drug.

Customer:  "Where is your Resulin?"

Me: "We don't carry anything called Resulin."

Customer: "Yes, you do.  I buy it all the time here.  You used to have a section up front."

Me: "Resulin?  Is that the winery name?"

Customer (now red in the face and actually spitting mad) "No, it's a grape.  You have lots of it.  Resulin!!  Where is it?  Forget it.  I'll find it myself."

Me: "Whatever."

Customer comes back: "It's right here."  And then points to my German section full of Riesling, pronounced REESLING.

Me: "Ohhhhh, Riesling!"

Customer is now more mad at me than ever for correcting him and won't talk to me anymore.  I guess this is my own personal Cantebury Tales story.

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