Sense Sonnet - Tickler

Lip Service

A customer was in a store,
Looking for a "D" battery.
She asked a store clerk on the floor.
The clerk said in reply, "I'll see."
When that store clerk did not return,
The put out customer searched on.
Another clerk, she asked more stern.
This clerk said, "I'll see," and was gone.
The customer waited some more.
No clerk came back; so she sought out
The manager, and asked him for
The damn battery whereabout.

"Aisle C," the manager replied.
Hot, the customer stormed outside.