This poem was written by a man named Joe West a good many years ago. Still has a certain ring to it.
BARGAIN DAYS
I guess it was just like pullin’ teeth, but I finally said I’d go down to that new super discount store just north of Tupelo;
It was the biggest store I’d ever seen--- couldn’t see the end of the aisle---and this nice old lady met us at the door and said “Welcome!” , with a smile.
Well, I noticed the dog food right away, and it had a real good price. I loaded up two 50-pound sacks and said, “Man, this place is nice!”
Well, I got me some plugs for my old truck, and saved $2.00 on all eight. Then I loaded my buggy with shovels and diggers, a hammer, some pliers and a rake.
I was all excited as I told my wife, “I saved $3.00 on this motor oil alone.” She said, “Now ain’t you glad you came? You can’t get these prices back at home.”
That’s when it hit me like a slap in the face: I’d only thought of myself. I rolled my buggy back around the store, puttin’ those things back on the shelf.
I thought about the gang at the feed store, and how they’d always helped me out----how they let me feed those 90 days when my checkbook had lost its clout.
Mr. Booth down at the hardware store, and how he came to let me in, that cold and rainy Saturday night when I was broke, and down in the field again.
Dick down at the auto parts store, when he didn’t get that part, let me use his brand-new pickup truck so I could get my hay up before dark.
Well, I suppose I missed some bargains that I had right in my hands, but when I left the store that day I was a much, much richer man. Joe West
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