And, having been away over a year, some customers are curious enough to ask what I've been up to.
"In jail for credit card fraud." I tell them. "I was taking customers credit card numbers and using them to buy stuff on eBay...selling them off to Russians..."
Some laugh. A very few. Others laugh, nervously. And a few, well, there's just a double take while I ask "How would you like to pay again?...".
I mix it up. Try new lines....like ..."They never found the body, so they had to release me....". Somehow they find this funnier. more acceptable...