People spooked by 666.

The other day I went to buy contacts at Costco. They make you take a number to wait in line like at a deli. My number was 666. When I showed the person at the counter I said it was funny. The guy didn't find it funny. He asked "Can you go pick a different number please? I don't want the bad luck that'll come with accepting that". I really wanted to say "come on man grow up" but decided to be nice and got another number. It reminded me of when I was a cashier. Often when the total came to 666 in some way they'd either buy something else or put back an item to change the total. It's so ridiculous to me that they're that superstitious. Do they think they're outsmarting the devil by acting like frightened babies?

edit to clarify: He didn't have me go back to the line. He just asked me to get another ticket to hand him. I ended up throwing away the 666 ticket. Which now that I think about is probably what the guy was going to do with it anyways making it more ridiculous. This post is currently at 586 which is way more than I expected. I wonder if it'll reach 666.