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Hildur Knútsdóttir@hildur.bsky.social |
Once my mother went to a bakery and tried to buy a cake, but the woman working there said no, because it was the last one and if she sold it she wouldn't have any cake left to sell later. I think about this a lot, it is a metaphor for something but I haven't quite figured out for what yet.
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@boredompeejeterson.bsky.social
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It may make sense if they also sell slices of cake and think it's better to have a dozen happy costumers buy slices than one buy the whole thing. It may also be stupid
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Sas
@sassyjunior.bsky.social
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What.is.the.difference? I mean sell it now or later, she still get the money 😒
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Baj Mihal
@bajmihal.bsky.social
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This is good sketch material, you should be charging for high value content like that, this should be behind paywall! 😂
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La Voyageuse Sans Ticket ☂️
@janevoyage.bsky.social
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Maybe she just wanted to keep it for herself! 😁😋
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Harris 2024
@mackray.bsky.social
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The Marshmallow Test faces its replication crisis moment as hoarding mentality starts to ruin small businesses across the country
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Pam Portland, novelist and blogger
@pamportlandwriter.bsky.social
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I went to Target to buy patio furniture, but they were out. They wouldn’t sell the display in case they got more in. They weren’t certain they WOULD ever get more, nor would they bother to call me if they DID get more. That was 2011. Haven’t been back since.
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@kaatjeo.bsky.social
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That's a unique way of doing business
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Half Dad, Half Misfit
@halfdadhalfmisfit.bsky.social
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I'm loving it, and this is so farfetched it could be true, but as a parent I just want to ask how trustworthy your mum is and how long ago this happened and how old you were at the time, because this is totally the shit I would tell my kids if I forgot to buy a cake when I was in town.
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Moon Cthulhu
@mwcpodcast.bsky.social
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This is going to bug me all day.
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Dan "Toothpick" Shick
@datn.elaboratefiction.com
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what an effective way to express the sentiment "I hope you shop elsewhere forever"
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Lattermild
@lattermild.bsky.social
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Similar logic as the (very) rural grocer who told a friend of mine when they asked for wholemeal flour: "I don't stock that, because it just keeps selling out."
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asdiso
@asdiso.bsky.social
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It's kinda like the store owner who wouldn't buy a certain product to sell in their store because it always sold out 🤔
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Kobrind Slnzx
@waitwtf.bsky.social
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“B-arkers,” after Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy fame.
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Kip Williams sort of
@kipwilliams.bsky.social
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Story: A man goes into a country store for ketchup. Walks in, and every shelf is full of salt. Different containers, but all salt. "Ketchup?" says the owner. "Hang on." They search the store and the owner tries the cellar. More salt! But there's also ketchup. >
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pteridoid
@pteridoid.bsky.social
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Sounds like a Buddhist koan.
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Ace Creator
@tiawolf424.bsky.social
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When you hold on too tightly to the things you have, you could miss out on the opportunity to receive more. Money she got from selling the last cake would enable her to buy more cake ingredients to make more. But she refused to sell it and was still stuck with 1 soon to rot cake.
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Viola Smart
@smartvpants.bsky.social
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It's like when I won't write in a journal because I don't want to ruin it in case I decide to use it later.
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Feriesmurfen
@sommersmurf.bsky.social
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We wanted to buy bread at a baker once, but got rejected. The bread we wanted to buy was only to be exhibited
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Peter Panic
@tigercat26.bsky.social
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My response: I'll wait
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Catnoia 🐈⬛🐾🐾
@catnoia.bsky.social
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🤣
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Erlendur
@erlendur.bsky.social
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@torunnjakobs.bsky.social @aggi.bsky.social Isn't this taking the Svenska Biten to a new level?
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Eileen Popp.
@epopp.bsky.social
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I will probably think of this all day. It seems to unfair?
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GaBigMike
@gabigmike.bsky.social
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We went to a place called "de conch shack" and this dead eyed island waitress said no conch. When pressed she admitted there was conch but she was saving it for tomorrow. After much discussion we got some, left a blistering review. Owner apologized and offered free dinner if we return. We won't.
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Bill Hill
@ozarkgraphic.bsky.social
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Maybe the last cake had been the last cake for a month.
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@qsully.bsky.social
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Better the bird in the hand…
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