“I’m sorry. I can’t help you with that.”
“Why not? Don’t you work here?”
“At ‘Foot Locker?’ No, I’m afraid not.”
“But you’re wearing a striped shirt.”
“That’s because I’m on my way to work a football game. See this on my shirt? It’s the letter ‘U.’ That means I’m an umpire, not a Foot Locker employee. Their shirts don’t have the ‘U’ on them.”
“I thought umpires did baseball and referees did football.”
“Football has one of each.”
“I don’t know . . . Adidas or Nikes?”
“(Sigh.)”