Problems of a shopkeeper

Its pretty funny what is happening in the plus industry. The majors have opted out and are not making clothes in our size range. So the choices are very limited. Te small contractors are starving. We have been giving them a lot of business by doing small limited runs that at least lets them keep their doors open. But you don't get any credit for that. They still try to rip you off.

The one thing they are generous with is gossip. They rant and rave about the manufacturers who are skipping out on their bills and it's funny when they approach you to sell their goods and you know that they are jumping from factory to factory ahead of the bill collector. Worse is this one manufacturer who claimed her fabric came exclusively from France and we found out that she buys it from the same joint that everyone in LA does. You see you can't lie about anything in life. The truth always comes out. It's a lot easier to just tell the truth and let the chips fall way they might.

So in a couple of weeks I am going out to LA to check them out and see if we can come to an understanding. We might have to smack them around a little. It seems that most of them are immigrants from cultures who have no respect for women and our manufacturer is a woman who they don't show the proper respect for, so we have to nip that shit in the bud. So to speak.