I know this isn't entirely connected with teaching but I thought it was funny and decided to share the yarn. I was in the City buying equipment for the school and had a digital media player to play movies in my bag. I walked into another electrical shop looking for cd players when the door alarm went off. The guy from the other shop mustn't have demagnetised the security tag properly.
The thing was, there was a weird trollick little man clutching an old radio to his head in the doorway. When the alarm sounded, he started beeping like the alarm and slapping his head with his free hand. I edged round him and headed for the music section.
I was busy looking for reasonably priced players when I heard a sort of deep chuckling sound. It was him. He had stopped the bleeping but not the head slapping and was now running up and down the shop gurgling and laughing in a very sinister manner.
Eventually a staff member ordered him away. I was filled with a confusing mixture of guilt and amusement thinking how I had not only set off the store's alarm but him as well. The temptation to go through the alarm again was strong in me. I restrained myself.
To add insult to injury, all the cd players were either too expensive or just rubbish.
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