Merry Eas … I Mean, Christmas

I’m used to people asking how much stuff is, or making jokes about Dollar Alley being a dollar store, due to that commercial all those years ago. But this weekend, I heard an argument I’ve never heard before.
 A man came up to the counter with his two kids, and some pads of paper. “Hi. Look, I know everything’s not a dollar…”
 ”Yes, it is.” I interrupted him.
 ”No, it’s not.” he said without hesitation. “So …”
 I cut him off again. “Yes, it is. Everything’s a dollar but the balloons.”
 His eyes widen in shock. “Really???”
 [The sad part was that he wasn't joking.]

Tape, Anyone?
 Tape is a huge seller, especially around Christmas time. The grocery store sells out quick, so we’re kinda the backup. I had a girl, probably about 17 ask me if we sold the tape, without the dispensers. “I don’t like the plastic,” she explained.
 Trying not to raise my eyebrows in curiousity and amazement, I told her we did not.
 About five minutes later, she came back up to the counter. “Do you think I could buy the tape with the dispensers, then break the dispensers?”

I managed to finally catch Murphy eating a dollar bill – and I made him spit it back up. I’m sorry to say though that Charlie (the opposing cash register) snuck a bill … hopefully, we can turn him back before it’s too late.

By the end of the day on Saturday, I was exhausted. Shoppers had been coming in nearly constantly, and I was pretty sure I was losing my mind – seriously. So I was pretty shocked, but not completely surprised, that I saw a floating turkey pan walking through the aisles … then realized there was a woman holding it up to show her companion.

Stories of the Sign
 ”I like your sign outside,” an older woman told me. “The balloon on it reminds me of someone flying away, like Mary Poppins.”

I’ve decided that exotic pets are the new thing. A few of my friends [yes, I have a life outside of Dollar Alley] just bought some baby piranha (which sounds like an oxymoron), and a scorpion. However, it wasn’t just my friends. A woman came up and asked me if I thought the fish food would work to feed her shark.