Let me preface this story with the following:
1) I live in Florida year round
2) I posted this on another forum I belong to but fits here.
3) I have to put up with BS from blue hairs/snowbirds for four months each year (The good four months).
4) Snowbirds pack the restaurants, banks, malls and such. They don't spend money, they watch people for the most part. When going to dinner they
usually order water with extra extra lemon and make freakin lemonade for free. When they leave, there is no sugar/sweetner packets, salt or pepper shakers and
at one establishment they took the roll of paper towels with them....
Anyways I digress, come the day after Easter we get our city back!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Without further ado, here is the whole truth....
Went to Wally's to pickup my prescription and get some lunch. To get from the Pharmacy to the food isle(deli) you have to walk through the sporting goods department.
Nothing but shotgun shells and two boxes of what appeared to be .40 S&W. Decided I would wait in line and see if I was correct. The gentlemen ahead of me shucked
out $2,400 for some kind of rifle, don't know what but it was only one rifle and I have never seen a rifle that expensive at Wally's ever. Turns out it was three black
rifles(Last three they had). These rifles were selling @ 599.99 three months ago, there are now/were selling at 799.99 and he got the last three. I know they are
not the quality of what a gunsmith/dealer would have but he took the remaining inventory. In the meantime these two old codgers were talking back
and forth ahead of me. This clerk comes from the back with a small box of ammunition and tells everyone in line that this is the only ammunition they received
for the week. I knew they were .40 S&W, Old codger #1 says, are they 9mm? The box had .40 S&W stamped on it! Old codger #2 says
"There is plenty of .9mm in Minnesota, it is like a .22 isn't it....
. Old codger #1 says "I might as well sell my .9mm as there is no
more ammunition and buy a .40". At that point the clerk started to put the box under the counter and I asked how many of them he had, his response to me
was "5 - 100" boxes in this one and we have 4 50 round boxes in the shelves behind me. He had FMJ in the box of 5 and HP in the shelves.
I said I would take it all, he said that he could only sell me three boxes of the same ammunition per day. I stated Great!!!!!!! Give me six, three from the box and I will
take three from the shelves behind him. He said he couldn't do that as they were the same. I politely pointed out that yes, they were the same caliber but the
ammunition was not. One was FMJ and the Other was HP. He gave me a blank stare for a couple of seconds and agreed.
Old codger #1 says "What if I wanted some .40" to which I replied, "You don't own a .40 and there is still two in the box and one behind the counter".
Old codger #2 pipes in with "It is people like you that are causing these shortages" to which I replied "Take your smelly ass back to Minnesota and get all the 22/.9mm
you want". "Oh and by the way, Minnesota is 75 north until you hit 40 and then hang a left." Clerk started to smirk and the old man started to open his
mouth when I told him, "I am willing to have a battle of wits with you but I am hopelessly convinced you are unarmed". Turned and walked out smiling holding my prescription
and six boxes of .40 S&W.........
