Saturday and Sunday, we did that biannual event that has come to be known around here as the "garage sale" or "hell with lemonade." Again, the same screwball cast of characters as in my last posting, so I won't reiterate them, but there were 2 new addition to the mix:
1, Those people that think that you have more inside that not only aren't you bringing outside, but that if they ask you quietly and secretly you'll take them inside to see. This person took the form this weekend of A, people coming up to me asking if I had electronics for sale, or better still, B, a guy who, after looking at the sign I made that advertised exactly 1 King sized mattress and 1 dresser set, asked "Do you have any dishes?" When I mistakingly replied with a joke, "Yes, but they're ours", he said "ok, and followed me towards the front door. At this point, he got "There's a reason that our own dishes aren't on the sign...it's because they're not for sale," along with a door slammed in his face.
2, the people who think you might have a slightly different version of what you're actually trying to sell, as if we're running a shoe store and have things in different sizes in the back. This was exemplified in at least 5 separate people, upon seeing that we had a KING SIZED MATTRESS for sale, decided to ask if we had either A, a twin, full, or queen mattress, or B, a full bedroom set for sale. What confuses me is why they might have thought that we'd want to sell these other things, but just not put them on the sign. As if we were thinking "we'll just advertise the king sized one, but everyone will really know we have a stockroom full of bedwares for sale and can just ask!"
I hate people.
