If only everything orange could be fanta...
Many years ago (as mentioned many times on here), I worked in a sales office. One morning as I was making the tea I noticed we'd run out of milk, so nipped over the road to get some more. Being the kind soul that I am, I first asked if anyone else needed anything.

"Yes please, can you get me some jam?" asked Sandra*, giving me a shiny pound coin.

Returning from the shop, I handed her the jam and continued making the tea. A moment later, as I returned to the office she called across to me:

"Ken, I asked for jam, this is marmalade!"

It wasn't, it was apricot jam, the only flavour I'd been able to find - I explained this to her, to be told "No, jam is red. If I wanted marmalade, I'd have asked for marmalade!". My protestations of "But it's jam, it's sweet and apricot flavoured, marmalade is bitter and orange flavoured" were met with "No, jam is red, and marmalade is orange. This is orange, it's marmalade".

Even after my friend joined in (morning porky!) she wouldn't back down, and I ended up taking it back for a refund.

The worst of it all is that the whole conversation was conducted in an ever so smiley nice way, as if she thought she was telling me something that I should have already known O_o

* - not her real name
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 8:52, 5 replies)

Didn't it say 'Jam' on the label? Can't she read?
Also, you might have pointed out the other meaning of the word 'jam'.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 8:55, closed)

What, by telling her to jam it up her arse? :)
I was too flabbergasted to do much at all, to be honest...
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 8:58, closed)

Of course
You could have asked in advance what flavour she wanted
( Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Tue 23 Mar 2010, 11:02, closed)

Actually, I think I did...
And she answered "any" :)
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Tue 23 Mar 2010, 13:06, closed)

Take the jam back
return with cranberry sauce
"well its red isnt it?"
( Tedium Alduce me to interlow myself., Tue 23 Mar 2010, 12:36, closed)