Ramblings of an Anonymous Coward

Curiousity Costs Me A Buck

so i'm at blockbuster today -- returning haunted mansion and looking to pick up master and commander and the following conversation occurred...

blockbuster chick: hi! how are you?
ac: fine. thanks. do you have master and commander?
for you? sure we do.
heh. i guess it doesn't have anything to do with that guaranteed in stock thing then huh?
oh? is that one of those movies?
i think so. there is like a 5-foot sign on the front glass that says it is.

...she's fiddling getting my other movie checked in and this one checked out when i just had to ask...

so, what does that CIABAMBSYCMNH mean on that button? (or something similar to that)

...she and the other employee had these bright yellow buttons on their shirts with this on them. i figured seeing as i was staring at it for about 30-45 seconds, and it was on her chest, i thought it only polite that i ask...

laughing aloud (LOL for your IM'ers): well, your curiousity is going to cost you a dollar. see, if you ask about my button, you have to pay a dollar.
huh? why is that? or is that going to cost me another buck?

ok, ok, enough with the dialog -- in short, if you see this button and ask them about it, they are encouraged to get you to donate a dollar to the children's miracle network hospital and you get a balloon to write your name on and they stick it up on the wall, the glass wall in my case. "so how high do you want it", she asks. looking at the few others put up so far, i note that someone named blake was the highest. "oh, it doesn't matter as long as it is higher than blake's", i responded.

so this little chick at blockbuster makes a run for the window, leaps up and smack! leaving my balloon a good 6-inches higher than 'ol blakey-boy. yeah, i'm da man! of course i just fucking know that i'll go in there tomorrow and see some balloon marked "carol" way above mine. but for the moment, mine is the highest.

and thinking about this more, i really should go back tonight... my curiousity was never fully resolved. i found out i got to buy a balloon for a decent cause, but i never found out what the hell those letters meant. what a dumbass i am sometimes. this is why curiousity killed the cat i suppose.

Posted by ac at April 23, 2004 06:18 PM