Weirdest customer segue ever?

[missroserose]

I'm at work today, sitting at the desk up front so I can keep an eye on things while I do my usual office stuff. A fifty-something-looking dude, apparently waiting for his wife, wanders up and strikes up a conversation.

Fifty-something dude: "Are you emailing, there?"

Me: "Nope, doing inventory."

Dude: {sounding surprised} "Really?"

Me: {slightly perplexed} "Yeah, I'm the office person."

Dude: "Oh! Just like that Paul Ryan fellow."

Me: {now very perplexed} "…no, I'm pretty sure I have nothing in common with Paul Ryan."

Dude: "That's okay, we like Ron Paul anyway."

...Seriously. WTF?