10 or 11 years ago, I took a temporary job at the first dollar store in this area…. it was opening just in time for Christmas.
It was actually called “Everything’s A Dollar.”
A zillion signs, but people still asked that question all day long. I’m sure they still do, at every dollar store.
The first day, the manager wanted us to yell “price check” and everybody working there would call back in unison, “Everything’s a dollar.”
Cute… but it made the customers feel foolish, so we stopped in a couple of days.
So this conversation would happen:
Customer … “How much is this?”
Me… “$1”
Customer… “But the tag says $3.98”
Me… “It’s $1 now.”
Customer… “But why does it say $3.98?”
Me…“That’s an old tag.”
Customer… “But it’s printed right there… doesn’t that mean it’ll ring up at $3.98?”
I can’t tell you how much I wanted to say “Beats me. I guess that’ll be $3.98, please …plus tax.”
But alas, I was just a seasonal employee, and that wasn’t allowed.
10 or 11 years ago, I took a temporary job at the first dollar store in this area…. it was opening just in time for Christmas.
It was actually called “Everything’s A Dollar.”
A zillion signs, but people still asked that question all day long. I’m sure they still do, at every dollar store.
The first day, the manager wanted us to yell “price check” and everybody working there would call back in unison, “Everything’s a dollar.”
Cute… but it made the customers feel foolish, so we stopped in a couple of days.
So this conversation would happen:
Customer … “How much is this?”
Me… “$1”
Customer… “But the tag says $3.98”
Me… “It’s $1 now.”
Customer… “But why does it say $3.98?”
Me…“That’s an old tag.”
Customer… “But it’s printed right there… doesn’t that mean it’ll ring up at $3.98?”
I can’t tell you how much I wanted to say “Beats me. I guess that’ll be $3.98, please …plus tax.”
But alas, I was just a seasonal employee, and that wasn’t allowed.