Drawing a Salesman's Attention

An elderly couple bought some gadgets for their teen-age grandsons and was leaving the store when they realized they didn't have batteries. He stepped over to a counter to get the batteries but couldn't attract the attention of the clerk.

They waited for a little while then said "I'll get a clerk over here real fast." With that, he pulled out his pocket tape measure and started measuring a large TV set. Amazingly, a clerk leap-frogged over several pieces of furniture to reach their side in jig time.

To his "may I help you?" the husband said - "Of course. I'll take 8 of those batteries over there."