HelenClark, that would be a welcome plot twist. If KM did that, we’d all faint on the spot.
No more aprons for Tommy! On Monday, Boss will promote Tommy to Assistant to the Assistant Manager for Display Construction and give him a 57-cent increase in his hourly wage. Tommy Beedie really IS going places!
As Tommy blissfully admires his work, his eyes suddenly widen in horror as a shopper approaches and reaches for a bottle of whatever generic goo it contains.
"WHOA WHOA WHOA, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, LADY???!!!"
"Uh, I was going to buy one of th . . ."
"You can look but don't touch. Do you know how hard I worked on this?"
"But I need . . ."
"Then go somewhere else and get it. You're not touching these!"
Later, as Tommy is busy elsewhere in the store, Babe notices that one of the bottles is just a little tiny bit crooked.
[thought balloon]: "I'll just reach up with this broom and straighten . . . [CRASH!!!]
Sunday That display is a cataclysmic accident waiting to happen. As Tommy constructs the other displays the Boss mentioned, Freda’s will become an obstacle course as shoppers attempt to navigate the store.
I can't help thinking how funny it would be if the bottles contained uh, cheap white wine or some such fluid. If so, no wonder Tommy was so good at stacking them in an enticing fashion...
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Ah... Tommy, you might to roll back the "I'm your man" thing a little. Boss looks like he's thinking about getting a room.
HelenClark
HelenClark, that would be a welcome plot twist. If KM did that, we’d all faint on the spot.
No more aprons for Tommy! On Monday, Boss will promote Tommy to Assistant to the Assistant Manager for Display Construction and give him a 57-cent increase in his hourly wage. Tommy Beedie really IS going places!
As Tommy blissfully admires his work, his eyes suddenly widen in horror as a shopper approaches and reaches for a bottle of whatever generic goo it contains.
"WHOA WHOA WHOA, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, LADY???!!!"
"Uh, I was going to buy one of th . . ."
"You can look but don't touch. Do you know how hard I worked on this?"
"But I need . . ."
"Then go somewhere else and get it. You're not touching these!"
Later, as Tommy is busy elsewhere in the store, Babe notices that one of the bottles is just a little tiny bit crooked.
[thought balloon]: "I'll just reach up with this broom and straighten . . . [CRASH!!!]
"OH NO, WHAT HAVE I DONE?"
-- Scottie McW.
I hope that's olive oil.
Once the top layer is gone, how is anyone supposed to take anything from that?
I think the only thing a shopper could safely purchase from that display is the star.
Sunday
That display is a cataclysmic accident waiting to happen. As Tommy constructs the other displays the Boss mentioned, Freda’s will become an obstacle course as shoppers attempt to navigate the store.
I can't help thinking how funny it would be if the bottles contained uh, cheap white wine or some such fluid. If so, no wonder Tommy was so good at stacking them in an enticing fashion...
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