Jim went to the thrift shop. He wasn’t looking for anything in particular. He liked to go there just to browse. A big sing on the front door said OPEN. The shop was closed on Sunday and Monday. The rest of the week, it opened at 10 a.m. and closed at 2 p.m.
Two woman worked inside. They rang up sales and put the items into plastic bag for the customers to carry out. At the back of the shop was a big room where another lady worked. She sorted the new donation and put price tags on them. At the end of each day, she would bring to new donation out to the main part of the shop.
Everyone worked at the thrift shop was a volunteer. The only “payment” the received was that day had the opportunity to see, and buy and items in the shop before the customer did.
Where Jim entered, the lady at the register told him hello. He smiled and said hello. She knew Jim because he was a regular customer.
Jim said, “what’s new ?”
She laughed and said that nothing was ever new at a thrift shop. “it’s always old and it’s always used” she smiled Jim looked at the watches in glass case. He saw one that he liked . “Could I look at that one” he asked.