STARVING VENDORS MAGAZINE

EMBARRASSING. (Casa de Fruta) A lady picked up one of my flying, screaming monkeys and was wondering how it worked. I was hoping to sell one of them for $6 to her little girl. I placed my two fingers into the pockets and pulled back on the legs (like a slingshot) and I let go. The right hand of it flew off to the right, while the rest of it went toward her. She laughed. "So, that's how they work?" she said. I looked at her. "Yes, that's the way they work....but not quite like that."

Family of 3 comes over to the booth. The 8-year old boy picks up one of our wooden alligators and begins to look at it. The father then says "You've got ice cream instead" and then continues walking. I was typing on the computer and told him "You don't want ice cream. You eat it and it's gone. You can get the alligator and you'll have it forever." I put my head down and suddenly my wife begins to laugh as the boy walks away. "What are you laughing about?" I asked her. " My wife then told me that the boy was holding an ice cream cone and placed it down on the table and LICKED the wooden alligator instead of his ice cream cone. Holy smokes. My wife was still laughing ten minutes later. What is wrong with these people? Something in the water? PEOPLE, PLEASE DO NOT LICK THE ALLIGATOR.

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A lady came into our booth with a cell phone sticking in her right ear. She walked through our booth and continued talking. She had the 'speaker' on and we could hear the other person talking. Believe me, it was not an interesting conversation. Not hot, not juicy....just kind of babbling. Louise did this...Helen did that.. Well anyways, she continued walking around, not even glancing at our stuff, but she just kept on talking and walking all around our booth....once, twice, three times...... still talking on the phone. She just kept on going around in circles in our booth... It was crazy. In on one side, through the booth and out the other side. Walked around, entered again, etc. Finally after 3 or 4 laps, she finally left and walked down the aisle still talking, still babbling. I certainly hope that she does not use her cell phone while driving or even crossing the street.

LAST OF THE BIG SPENDERS
In Marysville last year, one lady purchased an anklet for ONE DOLLAR from us and said that it was for her mother. She then asked "If it doesn't fit, can I bring it back?' I said 'okay'. Wow. Now, you must be wondering if she came back, aren't you? I should make it interesting and tell you that she did, but she did not.

Winchester Bay, Oregon

The strongest winds I had ever experienced before this were up in Winchester Bay, Oregon at the Oceanfest. That place is renown for it's winds and it's a sure thing that you will have to deal with the forces of nature. I put up two canopies and put water into 6 15-gallon plastic buckets and tied them to each set of legs. And I always 'corner' my grids and also put them across the back of my canopy. The winds there are very strong and vendor's have to secure their canopy's so they don't blow away. I've seen them go airborne there several times and since a lot of them do have vehicles in their spaces, they tied the canopy's to their trucks, vans, motor homes, etc. Nice to have your RV there to block the wind coming from the Bay.

Don't you think that we need a vendor psychiatrist? A medical professional trained to deal with our problems?.