Persnickety’s Dry Cleaning

This place must be brand-​new because the workers seemed un-​versed in intake and payment procedures, but things turned out all right.
I walked in with an armful of clothes and the guy behind the counter said, «OK, so leave your clothes here and you can pick them up after 3 p.m. tomorrow.» I held on to my clothes and said, «Umm, aren’t you going to give me a claim ticket?» He said, «Oh, you want a claim ticket. Ok, let me see how to write this up.» Turning to another worker he said, «She wants a claim ticket, so how do I do that?»
Like I said, everything turned out OK, I just thought it was a funny exchange. As if I would leave a stack of clothing with no proof that they were mine and no way to collect them. I got all of my clothes back in great shape. The bill was just short of $ 40 for 3 dresses, 1 skirt, 1 pair of slacks, and 2 blouses.