Upon arriving home, a husband was met at the door by his sobbing wife.
Tearfully she explained, "It's the pharmacist. He insulted me terribly this
morning on the phone." Immediately, the husband drove downtown to confront
the druggist and demand an apology.
Before he could say more than a word or two, the druggist told him, "Now,
just a minute, listen to my side of the story. This morning the alarm
failed to go off, so I was late getting up. I went without breakfast and
hurried out to the car, only to realize that I locked the house with both
house and car keys inside.
"I had to break a window to get my keys. Then, driving a little too fast,
I got a speeding ticket. When I was about three blocks from the store, I
got a flat tire. When I finally got here, there was a bunch of people
waiting for me to open up. I got the store opened and started waiting on
people and, all the time, the phone was ringing off the hook." He
continued, "Then I had to break a roll of nickels against the cash
register drawer to make change, and they spilled all over the floor. I
got down on my hands and knees to pick up the nickels. The phone was
still ringing. When I came up, I cracked my head on the open cash drawer
which made me stagger back against a showcase with a bunch of perfume
bottles on it. . . . all of them hit the floor and broke."
"Meanwhile, the phone is still ringing with no let up, and I finally got
to answer it. It was your wife. She wanted to know how to use a rectal
thermometer. . . . and believe me, mister, as God is my witness, all I
did was tell her."
Tearfully she explained, "It's the pharmacist. He insulted me terribly this
morning on the phone." Immediately, the husband drove downtown to confront
the druggist and demand an apology.
Before he could say more than a word or two, the druggist told him, "Now,
just a minute, listen to my side of the story. This morning the alarm
failed to go off, so I was late getting up. I went without breakfast and
hurried out to the car, only to realize that I locked the house with both
house and car keys inside.
"I had to break a window to get my keys. Then, driving a little too fast,
I got a speeding ticket. When I was about three blocks from the store, I
got a flat tire. When I finally got here, there was a bunch of people
waiting for me to open up. I got the store opened and started waiting on
people and, all the time, the phone was ringing off the hook." He
continued, "Then I had to break a roll of nickels against the cash
register drawer to make change, and they spilled all over the floor. I
got down on my hands and knees to pick up the nickels. The phone was
still ringing. When I came up, I cracked my head on the open cash drawer
which made me stagger back against a showcase with a bunch of perfume
bottles on it. . . . all of them hit the floor and broke."
"Meanwhile, the phone is still ringing with no let up, and I finally got
to answer it. It was your wife. She wanted to know how to use a rectal
thermometer. . . . and believe me, mister, as God is my witness, all I
did was tell her."
