Clerk: Name?
Customer: Linda Parker.
Clerk: Age?
Customer: 29.
Clerk: Date of birth?
Customer: 19th of August, 1984.
Clerk: 19, 0…
Customer: 8.
Clerk: Pardon?
Customer: 19.08.1984.
Clerk: Oh… Thanks…
Customer: No problem.
Clerk: Sex?
Customer: What! Isn’t it obvious?
Clerk: What d’you mean?
Customer: Isn’t it obvious what my sex is?
Clerk: You can’t judge a book by its cover.
Customer: Nor a woman by her boobs?
Clerk: I beg your pardon?
Customer: Oh, nothing… What was the question?
Clerk: Never mind! (he ticks a box on the form) Married?
Customer: Yes.
Clerk: Children? If ‘yes’, how many? If ‘no’, why not?
Customer: No. Technical problems with the ‘plumbing’… Excuse me, are there more such questions?
Clerk: Hmm… about 12 more. Why?
Customer: I can’t see their relevance…
Clerk: Look! Do you want to renew your Nectar Card or not?
Note: Nectar Card – a well-known shopping fidelity card in the UK
