The sign at the back of our store reads: “Please don’t play with the whips.”
But people nowadays have no respect for authority. We also have a sign that says, “No drinks in the store,” and customers are all the time wandering in with their cups of coffee and cappuccinos from the café next door. Usually, we either have to verbally chastise our customers, or simply shrug and hope for the best.
Around noon today, I watched a man heading toward the whip, crop, and quirt area with his girlfriend. I could guess right away what they were looking for. These weren’t your average horse-types. The girl looked to be about my age, in her early twenties, wearing a black-and-red plaid jumper and thigh-high stockings. She had on black lace-up boots and her blonde hair was in a ponytail with... Read More