No Drugs, No Rugs, No Plugs

Herschell Ostrepeller was nervous and couldn’t stop thinking about what had just happened. He had gone to his friend Moishe’s men’s wear store to buy a new suit. Moishe had looked after him, helping him pick out a dark blue pinstripe suit. Moishe’s wife Linda (known as the local yenta or gossip) had selected a belt, fancy socks, and three shirts for him to go with the suit.

Moishe wanted to shoot the breeze, but Herschell had to get back to his butcher shop. He had left his nephew Yankel in charge and he was worried. Yankel had a tendency to undercharge and the last time he ran the store, Herschell came back to empty shelves. When he questioned Yankel about where all the beautiful steaks were, Yankel smiled and said Mrs. Moscovitz said he should have a sale while his Uncle was gone so he did. Mrs. Moscovitz suggested he drop all the prices by a dollar a pound. As a result, Mrs. Moscovitz cleared out the shelves and called her friends who came over and helped her in her efforts. At the end of the day after doing all his calculations, Herschell had made a net profit on the sales of thousands of dollars worth of meat of four hundred and ten cents. However, he couldn’t get upset with Yankel because the next day all the Jewish women in the neighbourhood were lining up to buy his meat. He raised the prices on everything and they didn’t complain as they thought they were getting great deals. The end…