“We’ve dropped at least forty bucks with you every week since we moved in last year, Lee.

”And I do appreciate that. Thank you.”

“But now you’re refusing to do our laundry?”

“Sounds strange,” Lee replied, “but we’ve come to realize we have too many customers, Mrs. Doe.”

He and Jane have been on a first-name basis since day one. (She generously pitched in $5 on a GoFundMe to replace his Fulton Tubeless Boiler.)

“It’s nothing personal, Mrs. Doe.”

”Retailers don’t turn away customers when they‘re placing coupon ads all over the Web. Too much of the happy hookah, Lee?”

“Can’t we be adults about this?” he answered.

Recently, Jane and Dick’s pizza orders have arrived hours late. And just today, the Lady Lahore Spa informed Jane it was booked solid until May.

Pat Shiplett

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