Every now and again a pampering is in order. OregganO prefers her pampering in the form of a pedicure and I prefer pretty much any and all pampering. So when she invited me to join her for a pedicure, I quickly agreed.
It has been about a month since my last ‘outsourced’ pedicure. During that pampering the girl providing it asked if I had injured my toes recently and I told her it was very likely I had, however, I had no idea how or when. Apparently, two of my toenails appeared to have experienced trauma and were due to fall off soon. She couldn’t have been more accurate. Two weeks later they did, in fact, fall off.
Which meant, I technically only had eight toes in need of a pedicure. “Do you think they’ll give me some kind of discount for a partial?” I asked OregganO. “Maybe. I have a friend who hates getting pedicures because he only has one foot and doesn’t feel like he should pay full price. He should get half-off.” “Like his foot,” I added.
I’ve got to agree with One Foot. If retailers gave such discounts, consumers would be far more likely to return. I’ve mentioned this theory before when discussing boob jobs. I realize boob jobs isn’t the term most use, primarily because it is so clear and obvious. Most people who have ‘work’ done use terms such as augmentation mammaplasty or mastopexy, in an attempt to be covert. As if most of the public and their friends won’t notice their extra ‘weight’ or newfound cleavage. This is exactly why I think half-off or buy one get one free specials are so important.
Nobody wants to walk around with one boob bigger or higher than the other. Yet, some may only have enough money to tackle one mamma at a time. Pricing promotions could prevent such madness. For the (medical) record, mamma is Latin for breast. Gives whole new meaning to the phrase ‘Mamma mia!’