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March 16, 2009
I think I should throw fits more often....
I went to Staples yesterday.
I love Staples, just being there makes me happy, almost as happy as when I'm in Hobby Lobby. But I was not happy yesterday.
There is a pen I like, they used to sell them individually at the checkouts. After I fell in love with them they stopped carrying them individually and started carrying them in multi-packs. Each pack had 4 pens; red, green, blue and black. I only wanted the red one, but I had to buy the other three to get it. The last time I went in the 4 pen multi-pack had been replaced with a mega-multi-pack where I had to buy 18 pens to get one red pen.
Yesterday I decided I was not going to buy 17 pens I don't need in order to get the one I wanted, so I settled on another type of pen which comes in a pack of 5, 4 pens I did not want and one that I did. I wandered off into another aisle, still feeling cranky over having to settle and an unwitting sales associate asked me "Are you finding everything ok?" Usually I tell them "yes" but since I was feeling cranky I gave him my crabbiest "NO!"
He asked what I was looking for and I grumbled that I wanted a certain pen, but didn't want to have to buy 200 other pens just to get the one I want. We walked back to the pen aisle where he offered me every other type of pen in just red, but not the type of ink I wanted. Then he uttered the magic words "I might be able to order something". "Can you order THAT pen in just red?" I asked. "Sure".
We walked to the computer where he typed in the exact pen I wanted, and ordered 12 of them in just red. How much did this cost me? Less than the multi-pack of pens I didn't want.
Posted by Anna at March 16, 2009 11:34 AM
Comments
I thought you were in love with a different pen awhile back...remember?...the one you thought got kidnapped?
Posted by: concerned reader at March 17, 2009 9:26 PM
A pencil, that was a pencil. *sigh*
Posted by: Anna warmuth at March 18, 2009 3:04 AM
You should take this skill to Washington, but, oh, what you would have to sacrifice! Nevermind....
Posted by: Leatha at March 21, 2009 6:53 PM
I'm not sure that 12 pens would cover all the red ink Washington is going to need.
Posted by: Anna warmuth at March 21, 2009 9:41 PM