Down here at the pawn shop - Page 33

Undertoad · 02-09-2013, 01:47 PM

Perhaps you would like to place an offer on a 1957 Gibson J-200.

I know I would, but at least now I know what it's like to tune and play one.

Another good thing about working at the shop.

Griff · 02-09-2013, 04:04 PM

That is so pretty. Not much wear?

Undertoad · 02-09-2013, 04:09 PM

Very little for a 56-year-old instrument! I tuned it up and played it and IT WAS LIKE BUTTA I TELL YOU

Most beautiful tone of any acoustic I've played... which is about 20 of em, but anyway!

xoxoxoBruce · 02-09-2013, 10:01 PM

Gorgeous, a real beauty.

Crimson Ghost · 02-10-2013, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Very little for a 56-year-old instrument! I tuned it up and played it and IT WAS LIKE BUTTA I TELL YOU

Most beautiful tone of any acoustic I've played... which is about 20 of em, but anyway!

Calm down, Brando.

Undertoad · 02-12-2013, 11:07 PM

Today was hate whitey day at the shop.

There is a weird rhythm of the shop. I've mentioned this before. Some of it is the monthly checks that are received, which create a flood of people buying money orders and reimbursing their pawn tickets.

Those are the good days. But somehow, today's rhythms led to hate whitey day, where every deal I suggested was met with being accused of ripping people off. I even got a reaction to the $2 key duplication price. $2 a key! That's pretty much the going rate, and if you're pissed off at $2 a key, there's something more than the price of a key that's pissing you off.

Well it could have been predicted that at 2pm in the afternoon, somebody was pissed off about the price of $2 per key duplication.

Was it because today was Lincoln's birthday, not recognized as a Federal holiday until next Monday?

Or is it just a normal cycle of desperation, one that happens until the 15th of the month?

jimhelm · 02-12-2013, 11:39 PM

Look to the moon

glatt · 02-13-2013, 07:40 AM

Lincoln's birthday? I don't think so. I doubt any customers at the pawn shop know Lincoln's birthday. They probably don't even know President's Day, since they don't have jobs and won't get the day off.

I bet it's the weather. Yesterday was the first kinda nice day after several days of crappy weather. So people were out and about and carrying that cooped-up bad feeling with them.

Undertoad · 02-13-2013, 08:05 AM

On Friday night a guy got shot and killed a half block from where I park. I left at 5:40 pm, the guy got shot at 7:40 pm.

Yesterday as we left there was massive police activity across the street from the store. Like cops running in, cops running out, 5 cars, couldn't find any information on it but it looked like it was in or next to the Chinese place where we get lunch.

Good times!

glatt · 02-13-2013, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

On Friday night a guy got shot and killed a half block from where I park. I left at 5:40 pm, the guy got shot at 7:40 pm.

This would concern me depending on the nature of the shooting. Was it a robbery gone bad, or was it a dispute between two people who knew each other? I think most shootings in a city are between people who know each other and there's a reason one wants the other dead. Not a cause for immediate personal worry.

If it was a robbery gone bad, then I would be very concerned, because that could be you.

Undertoad · 02-13-2013, 08:18 AM

"No one has been arrested in Samuel-Bey’s killing, and police have not released a motive."

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/d...ladelphia.html

Spexxvet · 02-13-2013, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Today was hate whitey day at the shop.

There is a weird rhythm of the shop.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimhelm

Look to the moon

Bingo! New moon was on the 10th

I had two people pick up glasses late Monday. Both whined about their new vision

Trilby · 02-13-2013, 02:44 PM

it MIGHT be the moon (I always swore it was when in nursing practice) but it's more likely that the windfall of the 1st of the month is down to beans for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

when you only get paid once a month it's very hard not to run out and buy all the things you need/want right away and save a bit for the last two weeks.

I just paid a guy 53.50 to tell me the flap on my furnace filter was what was making the buzzing noise in my furnace. A less than one second job. I feel like a fool. but I know NOTHING about home ownership----and housecalls from tradespeople ususally start at 100.00 just for showing up. I have a non-working disposal, non-working dishwasher, and two leaking faucets. No landlord. He's 85 and a psychokiller [ psycho killer qu'est-ce que c'est ]

UT- I sincerely hope you don't get shot or otherwise maimed while at job, walking to or from said job and I hope you don't lose your sense of humor over it. Working with pawn people is probably a lot like working with the mentally ill----hell, they probably ARE mentally ill---a good portion, anyway.

I am trying. I am really, really trying not to be a psychopath-----(thanks, Dana, for the reading suggestion)----but it's hard once you've been around the wrong side of the tracks one too many times. It begins to wear off on you, like a stink you just can't get rid of and before you know it...well, for me, I was becoming LIKE THEM. Also, the culture of health care in this nation is such that you don't want to know. Lunch? uh.....take a bite of sandwich in between patients. Sometimes I was still swallowing my turkey bite when I entered a pts. room.

I kinda wish the END was near. I was very happy floating about space being nothing and unconscious. Like I've said before---mafioso in another life. I pay. I pay. As do we all.

Trilby · 02-13-2013, 02:50 PM

I was being fast and loose with the metaphors up there in that post.

all apologies. "once you've been around the wrong side of the tracks one too many times..." sounds like a hobo ho.
what the hell kind of saying is that?

Undertoad · 02-14-2013, 10:04 AM

"Now I got the earrings, now you can get you some pussy."
-- woman leaving the shop with her man yesterday

Happy Valentine's Day!! People are coming in for VD jewelry today.

"What's the cheapest engagement ring you got?"
-- man on Valentine's Day last year, before even approaching the ring section

02-09-2013, 04:04 PM	#482
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That is so pretty. Not much wear? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-09-2013, 10:01 PM	#484
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Gorgeous, a real beauty. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-12-2013, 11:39 PM	#487
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	Look to the moon __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

02-13-2013, 02:44 PM	#493
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	it MIGHT be the moon (I always swore it was when in nursing practice) but it's more likely that the windfall of the 1st of the month is down to beans for breakfast, lunch and dinner. when you only get paid once a month it's very hard not to run out and buy all the things you need/want right away and save a bit for the last two weeks. I just paid a guy 53.50 to tell me the flap on my furnace filter was what was making the buzzing noise in my furnace. A less than one second job. I feel like a fool. but I know NOTHING about home ownership----and housecalls from tradespeople ususally start at 100.00 just for showing up. I have a non-working disposal, non-working dishwasher, and two leaking faucets. No landlord. He's 85 and a psychokiller [ psycho killer qu'est-ce que c'est ] UT- I sincerely hope you don't get shot or otherwise maimed while at job, walking to or from said job and I hope you don't lose your sense of humor over it. Working with pawn people is probably a lot like working with the mentally ill----hell, they probably ARE mentally ill---a good portion, anyway. I am trying. I am really, really trying not to be a psychopath-----(thanks, Dana, for the reading suggestion)----but it's hard once you've been around the wrong side of the tracks one too many times. It begins to wear off on you, like a stink you just can't get rid of and before you know it...well, for me, I was becoming LIKE THEM. Also, the culture of health care in this nation is such that you don't want to know. Lunch? uh.....take a bite of sandwich in between patients. Sometimes I was still swallowing my turkey bite when I entered a pts. room. I kinda wish the END was near. I was very happy floating about space being nothing and unconscious. Like I've said before---mafioso in another life. I pay. I pay. As do we all. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-13-2013, 02:50 PM	#494
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I was being fast and loose with the metaphors up there in that post. all apologies. "once you've been around the wrong side of the tracks one too many times..." sounds like a hobo ho. what the hell kind of saying is that? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

02-09-2013, 01:47 PM	#481
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Perhaps you would like to place an offer on a 1957 Gibson J-200. I know I would, but at least now I know what it's like to tune and play one. Another good thing about working at the shop.

02-09-2013, 04:09 PM	#483
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Very little for a 56-year-old instrument! I tuned it up and played it and IT WAS LIKE BUTTA I TELL YOU Most beautiful tone of any acoustic I've played... which is about 20 of em, but anyway!

02-12-2013, 11:07 PM	#486
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Today was hate whitey day at the shop. There is a weird rhythm of the shop. I've mentioned this before. Some of it is the monthly checks that are received, which create a flood of people buying money orders and reimbursing their pawn tickets. Those are the good days. But somehow, today's rhythms led to hate whitey day, where every deal I suggested was met with being accused of ripping people off. I even got a reaction to the $2 key duplication price. $2 a key! That's pretty much the going rate, and if you're pissed off at $2 a key, there's something more than the price of a key that's pissing you off. Well it could have been predicted that at 2pm in the afternoon, somebody was pissed off about the price of $2 per key duplication. Was it because today was Lincoln's birthday, not recognized as a Federal holiday until next Monday? Or is it just a normal cycle of desperation, one that happens until the 15th of the month?

02-13-2013, 07:40 AM	#488
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Lincoln's birthday? I don't think so. I doubt any customers at the pawn shop know Lincoln's birthday. They probably don't even know President's Day, since they don't have jobs and won't get the day off. I bet it's the weather. Yesterday was the first kinda nice day after several days of crappy weather. So people were out and about and carrying that cooped-up bad feeling with them.

02-13-2013, 08:05 AM	#489
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	On Friday night a guy got shot and killed a half block from where I park. I left at 5:40 pm, the guy got shot at 7:40 pm. Yesterday as we left there was massive police activity across the street from the store. Like cops running in, cops running out, 5 cars, couldn't find any information on it but it looked like it was in or next to the Chinese place where we get lunch. Good times!

02-13-2013, 08:18 AM	#491
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	"No one has been arrested in Samuel-Bey’s killing, and police have not released a motive." http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/d...ladelphia.html

02-14-2013, 10:04 AM	#495
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	"Now I got the earrings, now you can get you some pussy." -- woman leaving the shop with her man yesterday Happy Valentine's Day!! People are coming in for VD jewelry today. "What's the cheapest engagement ring you got?" -- man on Valentine's Day last year, before even approaching the ring section

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