E-Tailing Disorder
Uncle Andrew
I was in the office on Thursday—a more or less weekly occurrence for me—working on some computer problems when someone got off the phone and sighed.
“Has that order for – – – – – – – – – gone out yet?”
“No, it’s still waiting to be packed.”
“Well, don’t bother. He called to cancel it.”
Steve, with whom I was discussing the aforementioned computer problems, chuckled.
“What?” I asked.
“That guy has canceled every single order he’s ever placed with us,” he explained. “We’re just lucky this one didn’t go out yet. It’s like he’s a compulsive shopper who can’t afford the credit card bills, so he returns everything after he’s bought it.”
I got into the spirit of it. “Yeah,” I said, “Binge and purge, like an eating disorder.”
Then it hit me. “Oh my God, he’s buylimic!”
Maybe you had to be there.
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