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:does the dance of capitalist joy:
Nov. 16th, 2002 08:14 pmOkay, not exactly capitalist joy, as it was for charity - but a crate of kermits that'd been sitting there all week, one or so bought each day (you stuck some change in the Childline box to get one) had been annoying me. So I decided to get rid of them.
So, just before lunch, I served customers in their quest for CDs and DVDs and videos, using the line just as the transaction was going through and we were waiting for the machine to pump out the receipt :
"Can I interest you in a frog? / Could you offer a home to a poor destitute frog? All it costs is some change, stuck in the Childline box. It comes in three varieties - normal, yoga (legs tied up in weird positions) and disabled (one lost its legs). Miss Piggy got a little... annoyed last night."
:smirk: 75% success rate, ladies and gents. Beat *that*. Nadia on the till next to me couldn't believe I was being so pushy, and bamboozling and browbeating the customers into submission, but hey... it works. And it's for charity. When Ryan, the floor manager, came round at five, he asked the usual question of "How many got sold of the Kermits?"
My answer : "There's about twelve left."
See him recoil and look in the box. And Shelly say "Heather's been pushing them. That was a nearly full box this morning."
:cracks knuckles: I knew the pester power was good for something. *Three* left at 6pm, when the shop closed. Cannot get the smug grin off my face.
Also finally have a new copy of the Britney CD, last computer ate it. Plus a Shakira CD, and the Fellowhip Special Edition DVDs.... Ahhhh. Joy.
So, just before lunch, I served customers in their quest for CDs and DVDs and videos, using the line just as the transaction was going through and we were waiting for the machine to pump out the receipt :
"Can I interest you in a frog? / Could you offer a home to a poor destitute frog? All it costs is some change, stuck in the Childline box. It comes in three varieties - normal, yoga (legs tied up in weird positions) and disabled (one lost its legs). Miss Piggy got a little... annoyed last night."
:smirk: 75% success rate, ladies and gents. Beat *that*. Nadia on the till next to me couldn't believe I was being so pushy, and bamboozling and browbeating the customers into submission, but hey... it works. And it's for charity. When Ryan, the floor manager, came round at five, he asked the usual question of "How many got sold of the Kermits?"
My answer : "There's about twelve left."
See him recoil and look in the box. And Shelly say "Heather's been pushing them. That was a nearly full box this morning."
:cracks knuckles: I knew the pester power was good for something. *Three* left at 6pm, when the shop closed. Cannot get the smug grin off my face.
Also finally have a new copy of the Britney CD, last computer ate it. Plus a Shakira CD, and the Fellowhip Special Edition DVDs.... Ahhhh. Joy.
