We had a minor scare in my hometown last week.
Thursday evening the water suppliers put "boil notices" through every door. This means that the water supply is contaminated with something really nasty, so you must boil it before you can use it.
This has never happened before to my knowledge.
Of course my shop orders goods in 48 hours in advance, and the final do not pass go transmission deadline is 6pm. When do we find out?
6:30, when the stampede starts.
We did manage to get a few dozen cases from other stores, and the depot agreed to send an extra 100 cases for Saturday, but if that was good enough I wouldn't have to post here.
I finally lost it when one of our regulars came in on Friday asking if we had any water. I apologised for the bajillionth time and explained about our extra delivery the next morning. She went all cat-bum-faced...
"This is some fine store!"
"I'm sorry, next time we'll be sure to order extra in before the entire water supply becomes contaminated!"
You could actually hear the gears in her brain grinding as she worked that one out. And the heat they generated caused her cheeks to flush before she walked away.
Thursday evening the water suppliers put "boil notices" through every door. This means that the water supply is contaminated with something really nasty, so you must boil it before you can use it.
This has never happened before to my knowledge.
Of course my shop orders goods in 48 hours in advance, and the final do not pass go transmission deadline is 6pm. When do we find out?
6:30, when the stampede starts.
We did manage to get a few dozen cases from other stores, and the depot agreed to send an extra 100 cases for Saturday, but if that was good enough I wouldn't have to post here.
I finally lost it when one of our regulars came in on Friday asking if we had any water. I apologised for the bajillionth time and explained about our extra delivery the next morning. She went all cat-bum-faced...
"This is some fine store!"
"I'm sorry, next time we'll be sure to order extra in before the entire water supply becomes contaminated!"
You could actually hear the gears in her brain grinding as she worked that one out. And the heat they generated caused her cheeks to flush before she walked away.
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