[A.k.a. A Refresher Course of My Life at Dollar Alley.]
1. You meet many strange and random people, including
– coworkers (who are each insane in his or her own way)
– the faithful customers (those who come every week, to the hour, on occasion)
– those who are looking for the completely bizarre (corpses, inflatable pools, rugs)
– not to mention many, if not all, of the employees of the surrounding shops (in my case, a grocery store, the Subway, Chinese food place, a pizza place, and the former neighbor, a Tae Kwan Do school)
2. Inanimate objects become friends … or enemies, depending on his or her nature.
– Charlie the lovely cash register on the right, who is always faithful.
– The ladder that simply has no name … but refuses to close.
– The streamers that tend to fall when anything gets near to it.
– And of course, the infamous Murphy, the register that is really behind everything that happens. Between eating money, puking, beeping incessently, and of course, causing other inanimate objects to jump off shelves, get stuck, or attack me.
3. Although it is a dollar store, the prices are still confusing.
– Yes, almost everything is one dollar … but there are items four for a dollar and two for a dollar.
– Tax is still a button that tends to elude me. Is it taxable or not?
4. Do not be surprised when strange events occur.
– It’s a dollar store. What do you expect?
5. Never, never, never lose your cool. Don’t let it get to your brain – who wants to be a living dollar store?
