| It took me a while to get with the program. | | | | Triple-bladed disposable razors: four to a pack. |
| At first, when I saw the brightly lit 99 Cent stores, I | | | | Ninety-nine cents! |
| thought, wow how can they put so much junk under | | | | How can you beat that? |
| one roof? | | | | Shaving gel, which is usually $1.99: just ninety-nine |
| Then, I made a few sojourns into the place with a | | | | cents! |
| friend. Crowded with shoppers, the narrow aisles | | | | I ended up with a full hand basket of goodies and I |
| turned me off. | | | | think the grand total came to seventeen bucks, and |
| If claustrophobia is the price I have to pay to get | | | | change. |
| these discounts, it isn't worth it, I thought. | | | | Hold it; did the cashier say SEVENTY bucks? No, |
| Then, on my way back from an early morning | | | | seventeen. It probably came to no more than half a |
| errand, I stopped in, again. Hardly any people got in | | | | buck a pound, for everything! |
| my way, and the few folks who were there seemed | | | | Wow. |
| to be restocking the shelves. | | | | I'm impressed. With a little persuasion, do you think |
| Finally, I could see what was on them. | | | | the same management might decide to go into the |
| Dog food: two cans for a buck. Okay, that's pretty | | | | restaurant or hotel business? |
| good. | | | | |