You know those guys behind the desks (the desks that you might easily mistake for info booths). I have noticed that they always begin by saying, "Excuse me, can I ask you a question?"

(Must be some requirement that we must give permsission for them to talk with us.)

As I am not interested in their "stuff," yet I don't want to ignore them, here is how our conversion goes:


Them: "Excuse me... can I ask you a question?"

Me: "Well, you just did" (by asking a question to ask a question).

Stumps them every time!