Recently I dropped off my baseball glove at a shoe repair place.  This inside of my glove had torn up leather, so I wanted to get a thin leather patch sewn up in there.

Anyway, I dropped the glove off, and the guy there said it would cost $65. Fine.

So about a week later I go in to pick up the glove, and another guy is there working.  I say, “I’m here to pick up a baseball glove that I dropped off.”  As I’m saying this, I spot my glove on a nearby table.  “That’s mine!”

He hands me my glove and then asks, “Ok, how much does this cost?”  I was thinking, “Wtf is wrong with this guy?  What kind of businessman relies on the customer to know the cost of products and services?”

I reply, “I don’t know.  I think $55.”

Then he gets on the phone, calls his coworker to confirm the original charge of $65.

Well, I tried.  Things worked out anyway.  They did a great job with the repair, and even threw in some white shoe polish for free — for my super awesome white sneakers — which I’ve also just decided to write a post about — coming soon!