My son only wore the costume for three months, and then the pants got short, and I decided to put things in perfect condition for sale online. This was my first experience and I wouldn’t say it was a great success. The buyer who called me, took a lot of my time, and in the end we did not come to anything. Here is our dialogue, almost verbatim:
– And this is the suit you’re selling?
– Yes, if it suits you, take it.
– Where do you want me to go?
– To Moskovskaya, third house.
– What metro station is that?
– Metro Kuznetskaya, but then you have to walk eight hundred meters.
– Oh, my child does not like to walk, and without him I can not exactly decide …
– You can take the trolleybus.
– It’s not really convenient, you know, it’s mostly old people…
– Take a cab.
– Come on, it’s so much money!
– So what do you suggest?
– Why don’t you take it to the subway?
– Will you measure it in the subway?
– I’ll just take it from above, and if it fits, I’ll take it.
– And if it doesn’t fit?
– Well, then of course I won’t take it!
– And you want me to walk back and forth? Do you even need a suit?
– Yes, I do. Don’t be nervous. I have one more suggestion, maybe instead of money we should do a barter?
– What barter?
– Well, I work in a warehouse, I can offer you something for the suit, wallpaper, for example.
– I don’t need wallpaper.
– What about linoleum?
– I don’t want linoleum either.
– What do you want?
– Money. You got a price on the Internet.
– Okay, we’ll come, but I can do it in the middle of the day.
– I’m working, let’s do it on Saturday.
– No, no, I’m busy on Saturday.
– How about Sunday?
– Listen, you’re already selling a used suit, aren’t you? Maybe you could give it to us, and then we could give it to someone else…
– What do you mean?
– Well, give it to us for nothing, no money, or we’ll spend time and money on transportation…
– Then save up money for a new one, and find a store near your home!
After this phrase I turned off the phone and blocked too intrusive “customer. I understand that she works in a warehouse, but her professional habits are so ingrained that she carries them into her daily life.
