Another superpower they don't teach in college

I moseyed into the dry cleaners the other day to drop off a jacket.

Employee: Hi, can I help you?
Me: Yeah, I would just like to drop off this jacket.
Employee: OK, can I get your phone number?
Me: Sure…763…(blank stare from Employee as her hand hovers over the keyboard)…um, 763…(continued blank, unblinking stare from employee)…oh, maybe you need an area code first? OK, 801-763…(still, the unblinking stare and hovering hand)…
Employee: You know, even though it looked like I wasn’t paying attention, I really was. I was just waiting for the last four digits of your phone number.
Me: (confused stare…huh, why didn’t she say so?) Oh, ok.

She types in the last four digits and then looks back up.

Employee: Is there anything else?
Me: No thanks, I think that’s it.
Employee: OK.

Silence. She waits and looks at me expectedly. Awkward silence begins. I count the seconds ticking by and begin to shift from one foot to the other.

Me: (confused again…do I pay now or when I pick up the jacket?) Um, is there anything else I need to do?
Employee: Nope, you’re all done.
Me: Great, thanks!

I hop into the car.

Mom: Can you put the claim ticket in my purse so I can find it later?
Me: Claim ticket? She didn’t give me a claim ticket. She said I was all done when I asked her if I needed anything else.
Mom: (laughing) How will we pick up the jacket without a claim ticket?
Me: (super confused) I THOUGHT that was strange…I normally DO get a claim ticket.

I mosey back into the dry cleaners.

Employee: Can I help you?
Me: Hi, I was wondering if I could get a claim ticket for the jacket?
Employee: Well, yeah, but you were in such a hurry to leave…(she reaches over to her printer, rips off the ticket and hands it to me)
Me: (totally certain that she printed the ticket after I left because I would have heard the printer while I counting the seconds ticking by) Thanks!

Chalk up the experience as evidence to something I DIDN’T learn in college: mindreading.