7/18/2004 08:09:48 PM|||Foton|||Grumpy thinks the GCW is silly. Grumpy likes to sell things to Rebels and Imperials alike. He thinks anyone is welcome at his stores as long as they're on the "credit faction". If they got credits, they got faction.

Sometimes Grumpy has to get involved in that whole reb/imp nonsense. A few weeks ago, Grumpy had to go visit his Bestine location. Grumpy isn't fond of Tatooine and does not like to be summoned there to deal with any issues. Grumpy's gf/business partner wants to move their home to Tatooine because the houses are "so pretty". Grumpy thinks this is the LAST consideration in where to place a house. After all, it is impossible to pull a fish out of sand.

There is nowhere in all of the galaxy where the GCW is more evident than in the Bestine/Anchorhead area. Grumpy thinks this is cute. When he is in Bestine, he shouts that the rebels can go to "hades" and the imps need to shop at Grumpy's store. When he is Anchorhead, he shouts that the imps can go to "hades" and the rebels need to shop at Grumpy's store. Grumpy doesn't think this is being a "sell-out", he thinks that's just good business.

Back to the recent incident...Grumpy got a tell from his Tatooine hustler that his Bestine manager was a traitor. Grumpy thought this meant that the manager was sending people to a competitor!! Thankfully, it wasn't as serious as all that. His manager was telling the AH rebels when an overt/TEF'd imp was in his store. Grumpy doesn't know much about women, but he does know that dead people can't browse and spend their credits.

(This was a REAL emergency, not a fake emergency like when one of his gf's SWG friends needs one potted plant IMMEDIATELY or the friend will burst into tears and become suicidal, distraught and clinically depressed.)

Grumpy doesn't like Tat, but Grumpy enjoys the extra income he gets from pricing his merchandise a bit higher for his Tat customers...as a "you must be lonely out here on this god-forsaken planet" surcharge. It was obvious that this required a personal Grumpy visit. Grumpy's not a bounty hunter, but he knows that in situations like this (similar to his "visits to the competition"), stealth is required and he ran an alt over to Bestine.

Grumpy's initial observations were...Bestine hasn't gotten any more interesting.. or populated ..since his last visit AND, it's curious that his store manager thinks he can best serve Grumpy's customers from OUTSIDE the store. Grumpy thought "something smelled rotten in Denmark". (Grumpy's apologies to his Danish customers that enjoy limburger cheese.)

It was easy to get his manager to admit his treachery. Fourteen-year-olds are easily fooled by adults that use language like "yo" "dawg" "werd up" and "shiz". Grumpy learned all that from his customers. He likes to imagine that he's kewl now. Even if his gf reminds him daily that he is not.

Grumpy "promoted" his Naboo manager to be his Tatooine manager. The 14-yr-old former-Naboo manager was very flattered, especially when Grumpy gave him a better title...REGIONAL manager...and a free medium Tat house! Grumpy starported over to Naboo to congratulate him and to pull a dozen rays out of the water. Not necessarily in that order.

shiz, werd up dawg, yo!

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