Doing the normal Monday-morning things today, when some old guy on crutches hobbles up to me and asks me if we have crossword puzzle books.
Now, one of the big vendors of magazines in the U.S. recently went out of business, and the swamp happened to get its magazines from them. So we marked the remaining stock of magazines down to 75% off to clear them out until we could get set up with a new vendor. Given that the local old folks are even more frugal than the average cheapskates that make up this city, I have to imagine the puzzle books were the first to go. We have gotten a new vendor for magazines, but they should first be coming by sometime this week.
But that doesn't help me today. I told the guy we didn't have any more crossword puzzle books because our vendor went out of business.
"HARRUMPH! I guess it's all over town. Walmart didn't have any either and they gave me the same bullshit about the vendor being out of business. I'm fucking pissed off right now."
And off he hobbled.
Back to School, aka the season of receipts as long as my entire arm span, and the entire purchase is $25, and the customer will be back in in a couple weeks to save 47 cents on price adjustments, is off to a rousing start.
Now, one of the big vendors of magazines in the U.S. recently went out of business, and the swamp happened to get its magazines from them. So we marked the remaining stock of magazines down to 75% off to clear them out until we could get set up with a new vendor. Given that the local old folks are even more frugal than the average cheapskates that make up this city, I have to imagine the puzzle books were the first to go. We have gotten a new vendor for magazines, but they should first be coming by sometime this week.
But that doesn't help me today. I told the guy we didn't have any more crossword puzzle books because our vendor went out of business.
"HARRUMPH! I guess it's all over town. Walmart didn't have any either and they gave me the same bullshit about the vendor being out of business. I'm fucking pissed off right now."
And off he hobbled.
Back to School, aka the season of receipts as long as my entire arm span, and the entire purchase is $25, and the customer will be back in in a couple weeks to save 47 cents on price adjustments, is off to a rousing start.
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