I used to work in a shoe shop that specialised in kids' shoes and we were all highly trained to measure & fit the shoes properly to their feet. Obviously our busiest time of year was August, just before all the schools go back. If you were lucky it would take 20 mind minimum to measure & fit 1 kid with shoes, multiply that the more kids there were.
So I took great pleasure in telling the lady, who rocked up with 3 kids at 5pm on the Sunday before most schools reopened, that we were closed, despite her insisting it would only take 5 mins to shoe all her kids. If I had let her in I guarantee it would have taken at least 45 mins to sort her out because inevitably she would have needed trainers as well as school shoes for all three of them and as we were paid cash in hand for Sundays I wouldn't have gotten any extra money for that hassle.
So I took great pleasure in telling the lady, who rocked up with 3 kids at 5pm on the Sunday before most schools reopened, that we were closed, despite her insisting it would only take 5 mins to shoe all her kids. If I had let her in I guarantee it would have taken at least 45 mins to sort her out because inevitably she would have needed trainers as well as school shoes for all three of them and as we were paid cash in hand for Sundays I wouldn't have gotten any extra money for that hassle.
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