<b><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/006574.html">What Do You Think This Is, Tower Records?</a></b><br/> <p>Customer: Do you have the documentary on Marlene Dietrich made by<br/>her nephew, David Riva?<br/>Sales girl: Who's that again?<br/>Customer: Marlene Dietrich.<br/>Sales girl: [blank look]<br/>Customer: Come on, Dietrich!! You know, Garbo, Monroe, Dietrich...<br/>the big ones.<br/>Sales girl: Hey, I'm sorry. I don't know everybody.</p><p>--Virgin Megastore, Times Square</p> <p> <span class="runnersup">Runners-Up:<br/> &middot; "A Virgin employee apologizing... she must be new, she hasn't grown a superiority complex yet" - Matthew McGuirl<br/> &middot; "Have you ever read anything by Seuss?" - Steve Harhart<br/> &middot; "He never could deliver a pick-up line without getting angry" - AK<br/> &middot; "I Need a Gay Male Employee at the Front Desk Please, a Gay Male Employee" - <a href="http://www.experiencingaddvantages.com/" target="_blank">Jennifer Koretsky</a><br/> &middot; "I think she was in something with <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/006374.html">Tom Cruise</a>...?" - Michelle<br/> &middot; "Plus he lost her at "documentary"" - Amy Stephenson<br/> &middot; "Sales clerk caught unaware of hip new trend called "History"" - Andy<br/> &middot; "She wears a nametag to satisfy her own curiosity" - Amanda<br/> &middot; "They're Dead to Me" - Toby<br/> &middot; "Wait. . . Your'e Telling Me Stuff Happened Before I Was Born?" - DanC<br/> </span> <p> <a href='http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/headlinecontest/'> Click here to see the new Headline Contest </a> </p><br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, Jul 31, 2006