Apr 28, 2008 12:45
It happens that I am visiting one of Louisville's malls earlier today. And as I am walking past one store, I notice that it is conspicuously decorated with signs announcing that the store is closing.
Now, this is no great unusual event. If you are the type of guy or doll who enjoys frequenting shopping malls, I am certain that you are seeing stores opening and closing all the time.
What I am finding unusual, though, is one little thing that I am seeing as I stroll past the store. Among all the signs announcing the store's imminent closing, the fact that everything in the store is on sale, and the bargains that customers will be finding, there is one sign at the front of the store that catches my peepers more than anything else.
There are two words on this sign, in very large letters indeed:
NOW HIRING
To use a line I am hearing quite often in instances like this, what is wrong with this picture?
This sign is contradicting everything every other sign hanging on this store's walls. If the store is indeed closing (which I can only assume that they are), why would they be wanting or even needing to hire someone? And why would any guy or doll want to apply for this job, knowing that it will not be long before they finds themselves having to start the whole process all over again?
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