unintentional ice-rink
A few years back I was a supervisor in Halfords. (a chain of shops that sells car parts and accessories and bicycles, for non uk people)

We had a uniform that consisted at the time of funky blue trousers and shirts, to which we had to add black shoes of out choice.
Being slovenly blokes, the shoes were always a bit tatty-looking.
On a visit by the area manager, he remarked that our shoes all needed a bit of polish. He was due back the next day. Obviously no-one had any polish or remembered to get any so at the last minute I thought that spraying some cheap dashboard cleaner would bring them up nicely. I grabbed a tin off the shelf and we all sprayed our shoes in the warehouse (concrete floor) they came up nicely and we reckoned we would get away with it.
Until we set foot on the tiled shop floor - our shoes were now incredibly slippy and none of us could walk for more than about 20 paces without falling over. we were all sliding about like a bunch of drunks on an icy pavement and most of us were in tears of laughter for most of the morning. The boss didnt see the funny side.
(dave likes cheese, Thu 27 Dec 2007, 22:42, 2 replies)

Brilliant
I just have a wonderful mental image of looking out across the aisles, with a bizarre whack-a-mole effect of sales people popping up and down at random.
( Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Thu 27 Dec 2007, 23:00, closed)

I had no idea
British nationals aren't allowed to shop in Halfords.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Fri 28 Dec 2007, 4:10, closed)