u/MrTumorI

"Don't worry son, there's no monsters under there."

I used to work as a quick lube tech. Our uniform was all black. The shop I worked at was next to a grocery store. The uniforms there consisted mostly of an apron over appropriate casual wear.

I had an hour lunch and decided to grab something from the deli. Since they were a little backed up the guy said that i can come back for my sandwich. I figured I'd go grab some stufff i needed while i waited. I was walking through the chip aisle to get to a a different aisle and i had to pass by an old lady on the left and a set of boxes on the right with chips that hadn't been stocked yet.

The old lady sees me and politely says

"Excuse, do you know if those boxes are empty?" She said. I decided to look out of common courtesy and i confirmed they still had chips in them.

"Do you know when they will be stocked?" She said

"I don't know." I said

"Why can't you do it?" (She's still being polite for clarification)

"Oh, i don't work here mam."

She squints her eyes at me and noticed my uniform was different from the grocery store uniform and she began to laugh.

"Oh I'm sorry. I just a uniform and assumed you worked here, I didn't think to check if it was the right uniform." She said

I laughed too. "It's fine mam, i can get some one for you if you'd like."

"No that's okay. I'll do that. You have a nice day young man."

"You too."

I got the stuff i needed went back to the deli and got my sandwich. I told me colleagues about what happened and they got a kick out of it.

I was sad about our trip to Mexico being cut short.

At least that's what i thought until the doctor gave me a 1-3 years to live.