I find that scene hilarious. Not sure why
WC Fields had a similar one
Pier 1 is such a ripoff. I find the same type items in tjmaxx three doors over. At least 1/2 the price.
That’s because places like TJ Maxx and Marshall’s buy closeout and surplus lots from places like Pier 1. They get it at a deep cut for discontinued lines, and still turn a profit on the retail end. I used to be a store detective for Marshall’s, and their theory was, in order to be effective at loss prevention (and the bulk of it was internal theft, in many cases), we had to know how the business was run, from merchandise procurement to layaway to front end to inventory to cash office. Popping nickel and dime shoplifters was small potatoes compared to where the real shrink was going.
“Pier 1 is such a ripoff.”
totally ...