This is a joke that requires a little bit of setup: when a
retailer goes bankrupt, they are purchased and taken over by a liquidation
company. These liquidation companies do
nothing else but blow the merchandise out of soon-to-be ghosts of retail
past. Once a particular failed
retailer's liquidation sale has ended, the liquidation company warehouses
anything that didn't move, and then transfers that merchandise to the next
company they are charged with ushering to the egress. This is how Borders - the famous book and
music store that I once worked for - has come to sell all sorts of blankets,
bathrobes and the like. If I had to
guess, they're probably onetime Linens & Things offerings; at the very
least, it's that kind of merchandise.
My co-workers made me love them even a bit more than
I already did by altering the (useless, really; all sales final and all of
that) receipts to print the following.
For reference's sake, the text below the Borders logo generally reads BORDERS
BOOKS, MUSIC & CAFE.
Dear prospective employers looking for smart, creative help:
HIRE THESE PEOPLE. That is all.
BEST. THING. EVER!
ReplyDeleteIt absolutely is! Borders 219 = home to geniuses whom shall remain nameless for now, mostly because I met their liquidator guy last week, and he seemed like the vindictive jerk type.
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