Dr. NoSleep

Totally understand, sir.

He moves in close, a little closer than I'd like and adds, I'll tell you what, it's been a slow sales day and one last ring up will really help my numbers with my manager.

How about I throw in the extender package for free?

He looks around the store to make sure no one is listening, even though we're the only ones in here.

And I'll make a couple of off the books adjustments to the unit so you get some extra assistance when you need it.

What kind of extra assistance?

Oh, it's nothing huge.

I can increase its memory so it can multitask better.

But it might void the warranty, so if anything goes wrong, you bring it back to me, okay?

I'll make sure it's all good to go.

I narrow my eyes and try to give him my hardest stare to see if he's trying to pull some crap on me.

The clerk doesn't even flinch and keeps smiling like he's doing me the biggest favor in the world.

Sure, I finally say.

Great!

I'll get you all taken care of.

Just give me a minute or two.

He scoops the box off the shelf and hurries up to the counter.

I watch as he takes the small robot out of the box, flips it over, opens some hatch, and starts tinkering with the insides.

Out of curiosity, I head that way to see what he's doing.

But by the time I walk up to the counter, he's already closing the hatch and boxing the robot back up.