Rain = Lame

So, besides the almost constant rain, nothing too exciting has happened in the past few days, hence the non-daily posting.


Today Gabe was hell-bent on screwing with us... First he told some kids that something that wasn't even buy one get one free was actually buy one get TWO free... Then he tried to sell some of Craigs fuse to another guy, which we don't do unless Craig is there... Later he said out loud that these two guys "deserved" a buy one get two free card because they bought so much stuff. (Their total was about $40.) By the end of the day I had told him to leave the behind the counter stuff to me, he can focus on just being a salesman. :P

When I say almost constant rain, I mean for the last 4 days I think I've seen a total of three hours of sunshine combined. It's not great for business or my mood. (Or for getting good/exciting/funny/strange customers or stories.) So I apologize for the lameness of this years postings, hopefully as the big day approaches things will get a bit more entertaining. :)

Laptops, Kettle Corn, and Tasers... Oh my!

I would just like to announce to the world that at Pyrospot Fireworks we sell FIREWORKS! Not puppies (like some lady thought a few years ago), not laptops (like a guy thought yesterday), not wholesale cell phones, not kettle corn (yeah we got that one today...). We sell FIREWORKS. 


Not only did we get asked if we sold kettle corn, we then got asked if we would be willing to sell it!! Later, a lady came in trying to sell perfume, cologne, watches, tasers, cell phone cases... wait tasers?! Yep. She was trying to sell tasers along with her other random stuff!! 


Today was strange to say the least... :)

It cuts like a knife!

Today was my first day back this season and I'm way more than thrilled, I'm not even being sarcastic. :D I have missed this craziness much more than I expected...


So nothing exceptionally exciting happened today except Gabe, who is 11, decided he was gangster and pulled out his knife at every single person working. Besides that causing a lot of laughter and a few people to stop and ask me to take the blade away from him, nothing too special. Hopefully I'll have something a little more fun for you all to read tomorrow.

"Sometimes taking a piss can blow up in your face"

We were CRAZY busy today. It was pretty much non-stop so my stories about our customers today is a bit limited. What I do have is one of the funniest moments I think I've ever had at the tent.

So this is technically a story that happened after midnight but whatever... We finished our fireworks show and one of the guys (who just so happened to be Drunky The Bear on Real Radio 104.1) needed to use the bathroom. So he went to the Port-A-Potty. Well Craig decided to run in and get one of our loudest items. He decided he was going to light it and throw it near the guy and scare him... well his plan backfired... it landed UNDER the Port-A-Potty. The poor guy came out and a ton of smoke followed him. He came out holding his pants up around his waist and holding his ears. He said he couldn't hear well for about 10 minutes.

In case you were wondering... here's a link to the video (yes, of course we recorded it!!)
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The Apocalypse is Upon Us!

So this lady in her early 30's came in and got a few small things and then made her way up to the counter. She set her stuff down then said, "Man this stuff is so expensive! It's like I should just take a match to my money instead... You know, this might sound a little morbid, but I probably was the same way when I was her age... but my thirteen year old wanted to have a Pre Apocalyptic Party. She said if the world is going to end she wanted to go out with a bang! I mean I don't blame her..."... This lady said this with the straightest face I'd ever seen but both Shanay and I looked at her like she HAD to be joking!! We laughed for about fifteen minutes after she left.

Strangest Question?

So this lady came in pretty late today and said, "Okay I've got what's probably going to be the strangest questions you've had all day..." So I say "Okay, let's hear it." While I'm thinking, I seriously doubt you can to some of these crazies... but I listen anyways. "Do you have some boxes you don't want anymore." ... Oh yeah, seriously the weirdest question we've had all day. I mean it totally tops "Do you guys have those things you had last year? The things that do that stuff. Up in the air. With the colors and the boom?".... Yep. Sure. We've totally got that. In about 50 varieties! ... Some people really should get their IQ tested... :)

... On another note, I'd just like to share with everyone that I'm a big freakin' chicken. All I'm missing is the feathers. That is all.

Playing Dressup?

Today seemed to be character day...

First we had Mario & Luigi, then Dumb & Dumber, then Larry Moe & Curly!

I swear... these people were the best entertainment ever.

Mario & Luigi came in and it was hysterical! They were picking on each other, almost doing slapstick comedy stuff!! But they looked the part! lol

Dumb & Dumber were the pair asking every question under the sun, even stuff not even related to fireworks or New Years!!

Larry Moe and Curly came in later on at night... three kids around 18, didn't know the difference between left and right... along with that they couldn't follow which way I was pointing since they couldn't understand the directions... I mean come on. The store is only so big... there are only 4 isles... Lol!

Overall a funny day! Oh and some guy about 25 or said "Thank you mommy!" to me... it was very awkward. lol