A New Store in the Works???

Okay, maybe it's just a pipe dream, but I am seriously considering leasing that new property in Chesterton that I mentioned a few posts back.

Business is slow here in Alta Coma, but a second store could make all the difference. I can't just close my current store, as some have suggested, and simply open up another one in another city. Why not? Because then I'd really have to start over. Plus, where would all of my Alta Coma customers go for typewriters? This business has been right here at this location since the Hoover administration, and I'm not about to let those faithful customers down. (Although I will admit that they've not been coming back to the store like they used to.. I blame the high-quality products that last for years!).

So I think a second store is in order here. I spoke with the current lease holder who directed me to the property owner, and they're willing to consider my bid. I told them that I need to either figure out a way to get out of my KZMO contract for advertising, or, more realistically, I'll have to borrow the money from somewhere. They weren't too keen on that, but you never know.

Next step: surveying the foot traffic. This is what a good business man does. Weigh the options, listen to the inner voice, be realistic about the good and be honest about the bad, and then make a prudent decision.

Right now, that inner voice is telling me quite loudly: GO FOR IT!!

We'll see.

Running Amok in the Store

I shouldn't have to post this one, but I will for all of my faithful readers.

I must insist that anyone who is not in the store or on store grounds to purchase a typewriter, or to otherwise shop for typewriters and accessories, may NOT run into the store and scream and yell.

Twice this past weekend, and three times last week, several people came running into my typewriter store while yelling and waving their arms in a wild manner. They didn't touch anything, and as far as I know they didn't steal anything, but it was disturbing, to say the least. Fortunately, no customers were in the store at the precise times they were doing that.

But who's to say I won't be so lucky next time? I may be in the middle of making a (much-needed) sale when these mad men and women come barging in and disrupt my business. It would certainly scare off anyone who isn't ready for it, I assure you.

So please, PLEASE, do not come into my store and run around wildly. It's my new rule.

Thanks.