In Which A Lot of Gags From
Previous Bits of Nowhere Show Up
The store has been oddly slow the last few days. At least compared to the crowds we've been seeing in the last week or so. This can only mean one of three possibilities.
1) people have actually been thinking ahead and began doing their back to school shopping anywhere up to a month ago in order to avoid the crowds. Naturally this thins out the crowd, making our work less hectic. And this unexpected intelligent foresight in turn validates my faith in humanity. Or,
2) everyone is waiting until the absolute last minute (read: the long weekend itself) to do all their back to school shopping. This in turn means we will be swamped for the next few days, driving us to curl up into little fetal balls and think of our happy place...or else break the glass on our "Use In Case of Homicidal Rage" cabinet house the
Customer Appreciation Amazing Pancake Maker. Of course, this would nullify all that "validation of faith in humanity" thing. Or else it might be,
3) my phereomones are in fact driving customers out of the store. Which might explain why the store gets busy whenever I'm not around, but within a minute of my return, the place empties out again. (I know it can't be my B.O., since I use deodorant every day.) Now, if only we could harness this power for the forces of good...
In other news, I have begun Christmas shopping already, the Evidence Mice have been lying low, I get to sleep in tomorrow and oh dear God, I don't know what the cat did in the litter box, but it's making my eyes tear up from the burning!!
Oh, and for anyone playing the pool at home, here is
Today's Asking Asshat number: 5.
posted by Phillip at 9:40 PM
