The Russian
Friday, August 1st, 2008
So this old Russian guy came by last year and really got Velma’s panties in a twist. I guess he was expecting to trade some little plastic toys for kettle corn. Apparently the guy just took a bag of kettle corn off our table and left the crap in it’s place. We suspected he was just playing the role of “ignorant foreign guy” who figured he could do and get what he wanted. Velma was having none of it. The guy came by again this year and was hocking cheap jewelry, so Steve and I went for it. See the video below for all the details.
We’ve been doing very steady business at both our locations. Steve and I joke that we USED to take a book with us, just in case it got slow. I barely have time to eat lunch and take a drink during Springfield. I’ve got an idea on a motorized lid for the kettle. Not sure when I can build the thing, but it would increase productivity if it works.
We’ve also had some weird things happen with our BUY KETTLE CORN page. We’ve received some emails in the past which look like a “phishing” scam. We’ve been ignoring them up till now, except when I decided to ream the spammer a new asshole. Come to find out that it WASN’T a spammer, but a legit customer who ended up filling out the wrong order cart. Not sure how it happened, but we’re looking into it big time.
