In Eckleburg's Eyes - 12/1/2008, Part 2

I spent Friday night with the MoFoS crew. Yes, on Black Friday I went to a retail store.

The visit was originally going to be short. I was simply going to deliver JTH the four soft tacos, nachos, and large Mountain Dew he had requested from Taco Bell. I seldom go to Taco Bell (or any other fast food establishment for that matter) so I had forgotten some of the joys of the experience. A guy named Barron (yes, that was his real first name) handled my order. I really hope he was on drugs because he has far bigger issues if he was not.

It had been a good Black Friday for the store. JBT opened his doors ay 6 am and the move paid off as the store did a tremendous amount of business. There were two sales of note. First, Redline was priced at $1. Several copies actually sold. When I left, 252 copies had been sold this year to date. Only 852 copies remain. If you want your copy, act now!

The other sale was far more important. MoFoS offered any ten VHS tapes for $10. Why is this so significant? Because of The Movie Man of course. No, he did not return. On Wednesday, JBT had negotiated a total bill of $160 for the 79 movies he selected. (See this post for details.) The store manager had denied him as had the rest of us, but JBT gave him the significant discount. Just to spite him, JBT ran this sale over the weekend just so that he paid double the sale price!

GAB and JBT arrived at the store (separately) while I was there. Never ones to miss a chance to eat at Applebees, we made the short trip and hung out. We learned that GAB may be suing his employer, Texas Roadhouse, for discrimination. On Wednesday, GAB, a Filipino, worked with three African-Americans and a Hispanic co-worker. Where were the white people? GAB was aghast.

Amy was our waitress and we talked at length with her and Jeff, the store's manager. As usual, they provided JTH free alcohol as he does not drink. He did finish a “Perfect Margarita”, but he had downed most of it before he knew alcohol was entailed. (He did suspect.) GAB was provided a free beer as he had worked a rough shift. Jeff empathized with him as his restaurant is next to the mall. On Black Friday. We really eat at Applebees way too much...

JTH apologized to Amy again, this time via art. (See this post for details on his infraction.) As always, he finished my meal for me. He then smeared the unused sour cream to spell out “Sorry Amy” on his plate. His skill even impressed himself and he told Jeff that he was pleased he could perform so beautifully after having one shot. Jeff then speculated what he would have done after two shots. The windows probably would have been doused! (Note: GAB also documented this with his phone and I used his flash, which nearly blinded JTH, to get the shot.)