Tuesday, January 06, 2004
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COUNTERFEIT PLENTIES
Got my work schedule. Will be off tomorrow and Thursday. Brian says normally I would get more advance notice but the hotel rotates some of the staff among the dining venues and those with seniority have been jostling for their own best interests. As would I.
Steady Patron #1, Brad, the manager of the upscale boutique, reported with nonchalance, that the holiday season was very good for the chain's revenues. Despite fluctuations of the stock market and paper gains and losses, the discretionary spending of the Super-Rich evidently does not vary. He said a growing number of his shoppers report seeing counterfeit versions of items he sells and a few actually express resentment that he personally doesn't do more to track down the knock-offs. I'm sure the New York readers out there encounter faux Guccis, Louis Vuittons, Rolexes, etc. quite regularly. And they can probably even buy from a vagabond vendor a video of The Return of the King.
Speaking of videos, I didn't bother to set my VCR for it but "Average Joe in Hawaii" supposedly debuted last night. How about a few modifications and an "Average Jane," in which 10 hunky men compete for a plain but otherwise adorable female bartender?
Got my work schedule. Will be off tomorrow and Thursday. Brian says normally I would get more advance notice but the hotel rotates some of the staff among the dining venues and those with seniority have been jostling for their own best interests. As would I.
Steady Patron #1, Brad, the manager of the upscale boutique, reported with nonchalance, that the holiday season was very good for the chain's revenues. Despite fluctuations of the stock market and paper gains and losses, the discretionary spending of the Super-Rich evidently does not vary. He said a growing number of his shoppers report seeing counterfeit versions of items he sells and a few actually express resentment that he personally doesn't do more to track down the knock-offs. I'm sure the New York readers out there encounter faux Guccis, Louis Vuittons, Rolexes, etc. quite regularly. And they can probably even buy from a vagabond vendor a video of The Return of the King.
Speaking of videos, I didn't bother to set my VCR for it but "Average Joe in Hawaii" supposedly debuted last night. How about a few modifications and an "Average Jane," in which 10 hunky men compete for a plain but otherwise adorable female bartender?
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