Gee, seems like only a couple of hours ago I said goodnight.
I heard that Leaky doesn’t have to do anything drastic. Congratulations, when you get here, Leaky — though you may still be out celebrating.
Marg — I Googled Abe’s, and found they have several locations — probably various salespeople too.
So maybe she doesn’t recognise them…. but it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have their mug sho…. sorry, I mean pictures, posted in the back room of every store.
Mikie, I was the manager of a chocolate shop.
You can’t give out-dated candy — usually against health regulations.
And believe it or not, people have gotten the flu and gone looking for whoever “gave them bad food” to sue.
“Nasty” samples might be talked about with 10 potential customers.
We did sample whatever chocolates were close to out-dating — but we handed out one per customer.
I remember a woman who asked for six samples and “one of those cute little boxes” to put them in so her friend could “try” our chocolate.
Sorry, no.
Or, I’d offer a selected sample, and they’d ask for something else.
“Sorry, we’re not sampling those. They cost about 65¢ each if you’d like one.”
“But I didn’t bring any money.”
I was dying to say “Then why are you *here??”*
But I had to smile, and if I had enough, even give the freeloaders what they asked for.
Also, I had some neighbors who went for a walk in the mall every morning, then came by my shop for a sample chocolate, thinking I’d be happy to see my “friends”.
6 chocolates a week is about a pound a month for each of them — and they never spent one cent.
They live in Iowa now, being “friendly” with some other deserving salesperson, no doubt.
Morning all……
Gee, seems like only a couple of hours ago I said goodnight.
I heard that Leaky doesn’t have to do anything drastic. Congratulations, when you get here, Leaky — though you may still be out celebrating.
Marg — I Googled Abe’s, and found they have several locations — probably various salespeople too.
So maybe she doesn’t recognise them…. but it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have their mug sho…. sorry, I mean pictures, posted in the back room of every store.
Mikie, I was the manager of a chocolate shop.
You can’t give out-dated candy — usually against health regulations.
And believe it or not, people have gotten the flu and gone looking for whoever “gave them bad food” to sue.
“Nasty” samples might be talked about with 10 potential customers.
We did sample whatever chocolates were close to out-dating — but we handed out one per customer.
I remember a woman who asked for six samples and “one of those cute little boxes” to put them in so her friend could “try” our chocolate.
Sorry, no.
Or, I’d offer a selected sample, and they’d ask for something else.
“Sorry, we’re not sampling those. They cost about 65¢ each if you’d like one.”
“But I didn’t bring any money.”
I was dying to say “Then why are you *here??”*
But I had to smile, and if I had enough, even give the freeloaders what they asked for.
Also, I had some neighbors who went for a walk in the mall every morning, then came by my shop for a sample chocolate, thinking I’d be happy to see my “friends”.
6 chocolates a week is about a pound a month for each of them — and they never spent one cent.
They live in Iowa now, being “friendly” with some other deserving salesperson, no doubt.
The joy of retail.