As if you were a fool for even asking. Don't you love it?
I'm thinking these things have an evil power surrounding them, and this is some meta game that Miyamoto has created. I *never* have issues with retail clerks, or any customer service people. Then the Target thing happened where I overheard the guy bragging that he stopped me from "scamming" the store when I brought the Zelda/Pit/Diddy up to the counter that they had set out but couldn't sell.
Now I have some guy, who is probably 7 years younger than I am, condescendingly calling me buddy and implying I'm a fool for calling to check for availability of an item.