- People still believe that they are being reasonable when they think that the dishes they have should and will be available forever. Recently, a line of dinnerware we carried for DECADES became unavailable. People are devastated. I was getting sucked up into the tragedy when I began to peruse this book on our clearance shelf. It was a great reminder that there is no promise and never was that the things we use and love will be available forever. And this is part of what makes them special. You will find other dishes and you will fall in love!
- I had a customer say to me "I'm a Spanish from Spain and this is the sort of furniture we have." Now, I did not know the woman, so I cannot know anything about her for sure, but, first, she did not have any sort of Spanish accent. Second, she didn't have that air of tourist or even visitor. I am going to be harsh and propose that she was a crazy faking that she was a Spanish tourist. This is not an uncommon occurrence, people shopping in character. What made her stick out is that, in addition to her weird fake English language sentences, she was extremely, unnecessarily rude.
- The "I don't shop" shoppers drive me a little bit crazy. I ask if they get our mailings, have their discount card, whatever, and they lay into me. "I don't shop. When I need something, I just come and get it. I don't give my information out to anyone. The best way to save money is to not shop. In fact, don't even go into the store. I don't go into stores. I was just walking past here on my way to Zumba and I knew I needed a butter dish so I came in and got one." And on and on. I go back and forth between annoyance that they pride themselves on depriving me of income and amusement that they seem to be talking themselves out of buying more.
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