Sunday, March 1, 2009

No Offense Taken "Not In Stock"

This based on an observation that I noticed about what offends people and how it affects the marketability of items like if you want to find a Public Enemy or Rage Against The Machine album but WalMart only carries edited Kid Rock cds

(customer at customer's service at a DVD/CD/book/video game store)
Customer: Hello
Salesclerk: Hi how may I help you?
Customer: Yes do have The Catcher In The Rye?
Salesclerk: No sir
Customer: (surprised) Why not?
Salesclerk: Well it wouldn't sell much around here so we just don't stock it.
Customer: Why wouldn't it sell it's a classic.
Salesclerk: It is also deemed profane and this is the Bible belt so most people wouldn't buy it. But we have a vest collection of erotica like this one. (holds book) We have a special sale on this one. It's about a lonely housewife who sleeps with the gardener only to find out that the husband paid him to kill her so he could leave her without a divorce settlement.
Customer: No, no. You kinda gave that one away didn't you?
Salesclerk: My mother loves it. She reads everything Mary Wiggins writes.
Customer: I see you have a lot of video games, do you per chance have a copy of Wizards & Warriors or Dungeons & Dragons?
Salesclerk: No once again this is the Bible belt we don't even carry Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings but we do have every version of Mortal Kombat and Grand Theft Auto released yet.
Customer: I see (under his breathe) suppose violence is okay just as long as there's no magic, makes sense since the Jesus freaks are known for their scientific curiosity as well as their humanity (returning to normal) Well perhaps you have Nirvana or 2Pac?
Salesclerk: No 2Pac is gangsta rap what with the violence and profanity but we do have Eminem and as for Nirvana they've been linked to drug dependency and suicidal behavior...
Customer: (interrupting) By who?
Salesclerk: By the clergy and the police.
Customer: Both?
Salesclerk: Well they're the same thing here but as I was saying if you like hard rock we got Metallica, Guns N Roses and Motley Crue.
Customer: No I hate pussy and beer rock. Do you have Shaft or Foxy Brown?
Salesclerk: A little too gangsta they glorify violence against he establishment, but we do have every Italian mafia, James Bond, Prohibition gangster and John Wayne western movie all chuck full of gun fighting.
Customer: Do you have Roots on DVD?
Salesclerk: No racial films are too controversial we can't sell them here.
Customer: How about Ghetto Gang Bangers 17?
Salesclerk: Yes we do right behind that string curtain.

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