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yardsalepeople_suck
Sep. 11th, 2004 07:37 pmWell, not really. We had quite a selection of perfectly nice people come to our yard sale, and we did very well. However, there were a small sampling of weird people:
1. Mom was selling her old telescope at the sale for 25 bucks. A woman comes up and asks about its quality:
"Can you see the rings of Saturn with it?"
*sigh* If you could see the rings of Saturn, do you think it would be in a YARD SALE?
(BTTF Note: Guess what I thought of when Mom brought the telescope down. :))
2. I was selling some of my old toys too, and this woman who looked just like Janet's mother, Ella, on My Hero, bought a bag of "make a creature" parts from me for a buck. She was okay, just had a bit of an attitude like her fictional counterpart. She also tried to buy a picture from my mom, priced at 30 bucks:
Ella -- I'll give you ten.
Mom -- The lowest I'll go is 25.
Ella -- How about 15?
Mom -- The lowest is 25.
Ella -- 20?
Mom -- . . . The lowest I'll go is 25.
Ella paid for the picture, but was upset. *rolls eyes*
3. We brought out some postcards for a couple to browse through -- ended up buying over 200, and at a buck a card. . . . However, while those people were looking at the cards, another woman elbowed in and grabbed a stack. Postcard Grabber decided she wanted to buy some, sorted them, then showed them to my Mom.
PG: (clearly holding a stack of about 100) Here, I have around 30.
We used to sell the postcards in the store, we know to count them! Mom insisted on counting them, making the lady sort them again so she wouldn't pay for 100.
4. This woman was the worst -- luckily, she didn't show up until the end. Mom and I were starting to pack up, when these two women pulled up and started browsing. One asked me about our paperbacks for sale.
Woman: How much for the paperbacks?
Me: 50 cents each, or three for a dollar.
Woman: Oh, that's too expensive. I'm a yardsaler, I only pay a quarter.
WHAT THE HELL? A QUARTER?! The only things possible going for a quarter were my little McDonald's Beanie Babies -- a lizard and a fish. I didn't respond (she really wasn't talking to me) and just kept on doing what I was doing.
Later, Cheap Bitch gathered up three of the games I was selling for two bucks each and turned to my mother.
CB: Can I have these three for a dollar?
*sigh* NO.
5. We don't know who this was, but somebody stole a pipe with the head of an Indian that my father was selling.
Is it any wonder I talk to the BTTF characters and my Sims more than normal people?
I must take back my statement of not moving to Florida for another year. Mostly because Mom doesn't want me saying that to people. I'm assuming it's still our schedule, but if things turn out well, we could move earlier. *shrug*
-M: Let things turn out well, please let things turn out well.-
Not likely, with Category 5 Hurricane Ivan coming toward the panhandle. Jeezaloo!
-D: Shall we evacuate Universal Studios Orlando?-
You mean save the characters? If you can figure out a way to do it, you have my blessing.
1. Mom was selling her old telescope at the sale for 25 bucks. A woman comes up and asks about its quality:
"Can you see the rings of Saturn with it?"
*sigh* If you could see the rings of Saturn, do you think it would be in a YARD SALE?
(BTTF Note: Guess what I thought of when Mom brought the telescope down. :))
2. I was selling some of my old toys too, and this woman who looked just like Janet's mother, Ella, on My Hero, bought a bag of "make a creature" parts from me for a buck. She was okay, just had a bit of an attitude like her fictional counterpart. She also tried to buy a picture from my mom, priced at 30 bucks:
Ella -- I'll give you ten.
Mom -- The lowest I'll go is 25.
Ella -- How about 15?
Mom -- The lowest is 25.
Ella -- 20?
Mom -- . . . The lowest I'll go is 25.
Ella paid for the picture, but was upset. *rolls eyes*
3. We brought out some postcards for a couple to browse through -- ended up buying over 200, and at a buck a card. . . . However, while those people were looking at the cards, another woman elbowed in and grabbed a stack. Postcard Grabber decided she wanted to buy some, sorted them, then showed them to my Mom.
PG: (clearly holding a stack of about 100) Here, I have around 30.
We used to sell the postcards in the store, we know to count them! Mom insisted on counting them, making the lady sort them again so she wouldn't pay for 100.
4. This woman was the worst -- luckily, she didn't show up until the end. Mom and I were starting to pack up, when these two women pulled up and started browsing. One asked me about our paperbacks for sale.
Woman: How much for the paperbacks?
Me: 50 cents each, or three for a dollar.
Woman: Oh, that's too expensive. I'm a yardsaler, I only pay a quarter.
WHAT THE HELL? A QUARTER?! The only things possible going for a quarter were my little McDonald's Beanie Babies -- a lizard and a fish. I didn't respond (she really wasn't talking to me) and just kept on doing what I was doing.
Later, Cheap Bitch gathered up three of the games I was selling for two bucks each and turned to my mother.
CB: Can I have these three for a dollar?
*sigh* NO.
5. We don't know who this was, but somebody stole a pipe with the head of an Indian that my father was selling.
Is it any wonder I talk to the BTTF characters and my Sims more than normal people?
I must take back my statement of not moving to Florida for another year. Mostly because Mom doesn't want me saying that to people. I'm assuming it's still our schedule, but if things turn out well, we could move earlier. *shrug*
-M: Let things turn out well, please let things turn out well.-
Not likely, with Category 5 Hurricane Ivan coming toward the panhandle. Jeezaloo!
-D: Shall we evacuate Universal Studios Orlando?-
You mean save the characters? If you can figure out a way to do it, you have my blessing.
