Simple Design

I was leaving the grocery store last week when I was accosted by a uniformed cub scout selling Trail’s End Popcorn. He had microwave popcorn, cheddar cheese popcorn, jalapeno popcorn, chocolatey (that’s code for “there’s no actual chocolate in this bag”) popcorn, and caramel popcorn with almonds, cashews and pecans. I thought the cheddar variety might make a nice starter for Sunday dinner, so I asked for its price. “Thirty dollars,” the scout replied. I was standing just feet away from similar bags selling for less than $3. I know it’s a fund raiser, but a 900% increase? He had nothing for sale under $25. I looked in my purse and told the bear cub I didn’t have enough cash to buy popcorn. “That’s okay,” he said cheerfully, “We take credit cards.” I thanked him, but said I prefer to use the green stuff. Now he was seriously confused. “Green stuff?” he said, “What’s THAT?”