Does remind me of a story though: We were in Home Depot getting paint mixed a few months ago and the guy next to us commented that all the pre-mixed discount paints were kinda ugly anymore. The clerk explained that too many people would come in, ask for a can to be mixed in their color, claim it wasn't really what they wanted and leave, only to come back and buy it off the discount rack the next day. So they started adding additional color before putting the mixed paints out on the discount racks.
Doesn't really make sense in a food environment though. The stores are hardly worried about losing business to dumpster divers. I don't think they're going to see a sudden decrease in deli purchases because their clients are all out back in the dumpster. [ Parent ]
I've been waiting something like two years for her to finish a painting she started after I put a deposit on it as part of her "chartered work" experiment (where I put down a deposit as a promise to buy a non-commissioned work when it was finished). Early on I'd ask her every few months if she's had a chance to work on it (since she stopped sending regular updates talking about her work backlog) and she'd say it was coming soon. About a year ago I asked her if she's had a chance to progress on it and she apologized and said she'd refund my deposit as soon as she could after paying rent and so on and I told her I didn't want the deposit back, I just wanted the painting eventually.
She also said that when she finished preparing her "Lunch Break" books I'd get free signed copies to make up for the wait, which is yet another thing she's never gotten around to finishing. I understand she's going through a lot of depression-related problems right now but I have a feeling that a lot of it is somewhat self-inflicted.busy bees buzz | sockpuppet revolution[ Parent ]
