Me: Hi. I was hoping to take a quick photo for my website, tribecacitizen.com. Would that be OK?
Clerk: I don't know. We're not here long. It may be over by the time you publish it.
Me: Why? Are you closing today?
Clerk: No, at the end of the week.
Me: I'll be publishing it today.
Clerk: Will I be able to approve the photo?
Me: No. It's called journalism.
Clerk: I don't know then....
Me: It's your call.
Clerk: I don't want it to look bad.
Me: [Looking around.] It's not like the sale looks all that great.
Clerk: It's just that our stores look nice, and this is different.
Me: Right, it's a sample sale. Trust me: Readers know what a sample sale looks like.
Clerk: I guess it's OK. Nothing negative though, right?
Me: It's a sample sale. I'm going to write "Egg by Susan Lazar, which makes clothing for babies and kids, is having a sale at 64 N. Moore through the end of the week."
Clerk: OK.
Me: [Takes photo.] Thanks! [Heads for door.]
Clerk: That's it? That was painless!
Me: Hardly.
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- If I was your girlfriend, would you let me dress you—I mean help you pick out your clothes—before we go out?
- Love is forever—that's all your life. Love is heaven sent. It's glamorous
- You may be an embarrassment, but I love the way your clothes were never in style
- I still feel the chill as I reveal my shame to you. I wear it like a tattoo
- You give us a tantrum and a know-it-all grin, just when we need one, when the evening's thin
- I'm not asking much of you—just sing, little darling, sing with me
- Come on, honey—let's go make some noise
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