Life at Dollar Alley

We have some weird people every now and then, but we had a very strange woman in recently. “You have way too much plugged in,” she said to Stevie. “You could burn down the store. My coworker just died in an electrical fire because they had too much stuff plugged in.”
 [The irony was she was referring to a power strip that only had two things plugged in.]

Random Request of the Day
 ”Hi, I need 16 packs of serving cups.”

Christmas Idea of the Day
 Filling little sleighs, not with mints, but with M&M’s. (Guys are more likely to eat them anyway.)

A father told me a great story about his three year old son who went to see Santa Claus.
 Santa Claus: Now, what would you do if you got coal for Christmas?
 The three year old happily replied, “Why, I would put it in my John Deere tractor of course!”

I had the shock of my life when we had a joke shoplifter. He came right up to the counter, with a bag from Giant, and started picking up the candy canes and stuffing them in his bag. My mouth just dropped, as he watched me the whole time. I wasn’t really sure how to respond. After 30 seconds, my manager assured me it was just her uncle, and he was just joking.

Christmas Exchange Disasters
 A guy explained to me that this year he pulled a person who only liked Mickey Mouse. As difficult as that sounds, the year before was harder: she wanted only pink fuzzy stuff.

I’m working the big weekend aka this weekend aka the weekend before Christmas. Whew! It’ll be exciting for sure. Stay tuned.