True Tales

This Customer Paid In Cookies

The owner didn’t want payment, but got a sweet surprise anyway.

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3 years ago

July 16, 2021

INSTORE Staff Instore July 2021 Issue

“There are times when a clock owner will call me on the telephone and tell me their clock has stopped. After asking a series of questions, many times the owner is able to take care of the problem themselves. One person, after the completion of the over-the-phone repair, asked what they needed to pay me. I told them nothing since they solved the problem themselves. They insisted, so I told them they could send me a dozen oatmeal cookies. It was a year before I collected.” — Glyn Jolly, G.J. Enterprise, Victoria, TX

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