I used to work in sales for a Certain Obtuse Maleficent Calamitous Affliction on Sanity and Tranquility, but let me tell you if we were this pushy we’d get written up. 😡
Today's edition of the Secret Commentary is empty, because Dave failed to come up with something for it.
*dies of hysterical laughter at your former place of employment because I have their cable service*
Oh hey, first comment again. I stay up too late, it’s 1:09 am in Florida, lol.
Gregori was meaner? Really? Hmm…I sort of don’t want to visualize the original dialogue of everyone’s unfavorite bourgeois salesman.
Tell him to use *cheap* materials! She doesn’t NEED shoes that last years, she needs them to last until she grows out of them in 8 months!
Are you sure she will? Maybe she doesn’t have a normal little girl’s growth patterns. For all we know, she could remain at the present level for the next decade, then suddenly mature to adulthood in months.
Nope. She’ll be out of them in under a year. Even quality materials don’t stand up all that well to playground blacktop.
Or perhaps she’ll be a foot taller tomorrow. Like you said, unknown growth patterns…
Hm, last I checked, buffalo hide lined with sheep skin with hiking treads, made to a mold of your foot at regular shoe hieght was ..100-300 depending how fancy it was.. you can get a regular tennis shoe for that much depending on the brand :p
Doesn’t mean he doesn’t expect shoes to cost, say, $20-40 dollars. he does shop wal–er–wool mart
I would love a pair if there only that much. Where did you find this? I’ve been looking at custom hiking shoes/boots (my feet are short and very wide) and seeing the price range is scary!
Time to do a little searching on the internet.
She doesn’t actually NEED shoes!! 😀 technically she’s designed to not wear shoes. It’s cheaper!
I don’t wear shoes (apart from at work – they get huffy otherwise), and I have to say I’ve never had any infections or anything, but you do get used to people calling you a freak….from her point of view, she’ll have to get used to that anyhow, so not such a biggie there! 😀
Mouse are you one of my neighbors in my apartment complex? There is this guy who I saw when I first moved in five years ago and he was coming to get his mail. It was December or January, cold and windy.. and he was going to get his mail in his bare feet. I made some comment about him being crazy and laughed and he didn’t seem appreciative of the joke :(.
Yes, but her feet are designed to be underwater. You’re expecting a mermaid to adapt to walking on land — not dirt and grass and stone but pavement — and not suffer ill effects.
And of course, in hindsight now we know that she’s got heat-management problems, so shoes or boots will absolutely be necessary once winter rolls around.
If I were him, I’d do some research first. ): They can’t possibly be the only specialty shop in the world, are they?
I used to work at a particular catalog/internet shoe sales place and I’ll tell you, getting specialty sizes in regular tennys is a huge pain! Certain companies don’t make specialty sizes, some make only specialty sizes but customizing is an arm and a leg, and length appears to be the only regulated mesurement. Then you get shipping costs, 7-10 business days if the shoe is in stock and your neighbors stay out of your mailbox… And did they send you *your* order or someone else’s? Did you order the right thing? Was it damaged in shipping? Does it actually fit?!
Seriously, Todd, just pay the nice wig. I mean guy. 😀
You know, this is the one page where I think the salesman is being 100% reasonable. Obviously he has his reasons for wanting to close the sale, but he is pointing out simply “We make good stuff, you are asking for a costly (for us) design, the price is reasonable; you can look around and probably should, but it does take a while to get these made so consider what effect waiting for a better price will have.”
It’s the nice and useful kind of pushy. A lot of salesmen are much worse.
…And Todd? I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Hahahaha. I love the Princess Bride reference. Cute. It almost went over my head.
Um… which word? lol Supportive? Inhuman? Comparison shop? I found several that could be misconstrued but I think mentioning that the shoes aren’t supportive may mean a dig on him being not the best father.
“Inconceivable!” is the Princess Bride quote, except here Todd says “no[t] conceivable”. It flew right over my head too, lol.
Hehe. Try reading it with the accents… 😀
Must the shoes be supportive? Does Selkie have arches in her feet?
God, I hate C.Cast. They screw you over so much. I’m so thinking we should change to something else, but everything is expensive as hell.
I would suggest that Tod head to Tandy Leather and pick up hides for making moccasins. However, that wouldn’t help with arc support on hard concrete streets.
I suggest Todd buy one pair there and then he can take some time to comparison shop for her next pair of shoes. If he shops around crafters, he may find someone willing to set up a consumer relationship in which he gets all of her shoes there for materials and a reasonable fee.
I just came here for the very first time from Dominic Deegan, and I am so in love with your comic! Selkie is so cute! Keep up the good work! 😀
I know what you mean- when you have a site like Mookie’s supporting another comic- you’re pretty much assured you’re in for something great. Wellie has lived up to that every step of the way (n_n)
Stupid auto-correct–Selkie has lived up to the hype. SELKIE.
I hate auto-correct too. Always trips me up. XD
Thank you both for coming by, I’m glad you’re enjoying the comic. 🙂
I want extra glitters on everything now.
Well, there is no way he is going to tell her that the shoes were too expensive… I hope he will at least afford meat and rent afterwards.
Ah yes, I was outsourced for C**Cast for a period of time and promptly quit. Before they bought a big company, the CEO came to a large meeting of Customer service agents and said, “If a customer complains reply “Too bad so sad, have a good day!” ” And he promptly left the meeting!
“Certain Obtuse Maleficent Calamitous Affliction on Sanity and Tranquility”
I see what you did there. 😉
So…how much are the shoes? Several hundred dollars? A thousand? One persons ‘way too much’ is anothers pocket change, so I’m confused.
I decided to leave the actual price unstated, for exactly the reason you mentioned. But several hundred dollars sounds about the right ballpark.
For reference: New Jordans on release day from the shoe company (NOT ebay) will run about $200 a pair. Custom-made one-of-a-kind shoes with art and meeting the artist will run a couple thousand (at least according to Hollywood). I’d wildly guess that Selkie’s shoes will be in the midrange on that scale, and Todd will let her get away with going barefoot any chance he can.
just finished reading the whole archive, i love this thing!
selkie is just so damn cute i want to pick her up and hug her, and thats impressive considering im a heartless troll of a human bieng.
keep it up )
Calling a customer “five dollar t-shirt” shows the sales assistant doesn’t have good customer service skills.
Ps.
I don’t think there should be a comma after “this” in that sentence.
Actually, I’d say that terminology is a risky attempt at psychology.
If he’s right that the guy is particularly poor, the sale won’t go through and he may (through insult or just through implication) get the guy to leave before making it, thus sparing the store the problems of a sale to a guy who can’t pay.
But he suspects that the guy can indeed pay. So it’s more of a challenge he hopes the guy will rise to: You look like you don’t spend much on yourself, but do you value your daughter enough to spend good money on her, to get her the things she actually needs?”
Tie it to the comment about her slippers and you have a well-calculated jab that comes across as merely irritation.
I came here from Blip.
This is one of the most heart-felt comics I’ve ever seen. Selkie is adorable, and the fact Todd looked past her non-human look to the little girl within is touching.
Kudos on a wonderful comic, man. You’ve got yourself a new fan!
Here here! I LOVE Selkie. she’s just too adorably mischevious, and I feel Tony will really understand if he had the childhood that’s been hinted at. I can’t wait for a new one already :3
I just love Greg’s unfazed “And yet, here we are.” Clearly he’s gotten this reaction before. XD