1/28/2005

E-Tailing Disorder

Uncle AndrewUncle Andrew
Filed under: @ 8:16 pm

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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