I was at the West Marine store looking around and musing over different
projects in prospect, and wound up wanting to actually buy only a baggie
with $4 worth of loose stainless hardware out of the bulk bins. This was
about closing time on a weekend, and the boss waved me out of the store,
saying "that's all you have today, then we'll get you next time".

Now I don't mind getting something for free, but I sure felt like, man, you
must get scalped at the chandler's every day if they can do that for guys
that look like they're they're three times a week. This was a store in the
next town that I hadn't actually visited before.