DON'T YOU JUST LOVE IT?
LOVE WHAT?
TIFFANY'S.
ISN'T IT WONDERFUL? SEE WHAT I MEAN, HOW NOTHING BAD COULD HAPPEN TO YOU IN A PLACE LIKE THIS? IT ISN'T THAT I GIVE A HOOT ABOUT JEWELRY, EXCEPT DIAMONDS, OF COURSE.
LIKE THAT. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WELL...PERSONALLY, I THINK IT WOULD BE TACKY TO WEAR DIAMONDS BEFORE I'M 40.
WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT, BUT MEANTIME, YOU SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING.
I'LL WAIT.
NO. I'M GOING TO BUY YOU A PRESENT. YOU BOUGHT ME A TYPEWRITER RIBBON, AND IT BROUGHT LUCK.
BUT TIFFANY'S CAN BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
I'VE GOT MY CHECK AND $10.
I WOULDN'T LET YOU CASH YOUR CHECK, BUT A PRESENT FOR $10 OR UNDER, THAT I'LL ACCEPT. OF COURSE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'LL FIND HERE FOR $10.
MAY I HELP YOU?
PERHAPS.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PRESENT FOR THE LADY.
CERTAINLY, SIR.
IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIAL YOU HAD IN MIND?
WELL, WE HAD CONSIDERED DIAMONDS, AND I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND YOU, BUT THE LADY FEELS THAT DIAMONDS ARE TACKY FOR HER.
OH, I THINK THEY'RE DIVINE ON OLDER WOMEN, BUT THEY'RE NOT RIGHT FOR ME, YOU UNDERSTAND.
CERTAINLY.
IN FAIRNESS, I OUGHT TO EXPLAIN THERE'S ALSO A SECONDARY PROBLEM, ONE OF FINANCE. WE CAN ONLY AFFORD TO SPEND...A LIMITED AMOUNT.
MAY I ASK HOW LIMITED?
$10.
$10.
THAT WAS THE OUTSIDE FIGURE, YES.
I SEE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR $10?
FRANKLY, MADAM, WITHIN THAT PRICE RANGE, THE VARIETY OF MERCHANDISE IS RATHER LIMITED. HOWEVER, I DO THINK WE MIGHT HAVE--LET'S SEE... STRICTLY AS A NOVELTY, YOU UNDERSTAND, FOR THE LADY AND GENTLEMAN WHO HAS EVERYTHING, A STERLING SILVER TELEPHONE DIALER. THAT'S 6.75, INCLUDING TAX.
A STERLING SILVER TELEPHONE DIALER.
YES, SIR. THAT'S 6.75, INCLUDING FEDERAL TAX.
WELL, THE PRICE IS RIGHT, BUT I MUST SAY, I'D RATHER HOPED FOR SOMETHING SLIGHTLY MORE--HOW SHALL I SAY IT—ROMANTIC IN FEELING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
A STERLING SILVER TELEPHONE DIALER--I CERTAINLY THINK
IT'S HANDSOME, BUT, WELL, YOU DO UNDERSTAND.
WELL, WE TRIED, BUT--WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING ENGRAVED, COULDN'T WE?
YES, I SUPPOSE SO. YES, INDEED. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, YOU'D HAVE TO BUY SOMETHING FIRST IN ORDER TO HAVE SOME OBJECT UPON WHICH TO PLACE THE ENGRAVING. YOU SEE THE DIFFICULTY?
WELL, WE COULD HAVE THIS ENGRAVED, COULDN'T WE? I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY SMART.
THIS, I TAKE IT, WAS NOT PURCHASED AT TIFFANY'S?
NO.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS PURCHASED CONCURRENT WITH--WELL, ACTUALLY, IT CAME INSIDE A...WELL, A BOX OF CRACKER JACK.
I SEE. DO THEY STILL REALLY HAVE PRIZES IN CRACKER JACK BOXES?
OH, YES.
THAT'S NICE TO KNOW. IT GIVES ONE A FEELING OF SOLIDARITY, ALMOST OF CONTINUITY WITH THE PAST, THAT SORT OF THING.
WOULD TIFFANY'S REALLY ENGRAVE IT FOR US? THEY WOULDN'T FEEL IT BENEATH THEM OR ANYTHING?
WELL, IT IS RATHER UNUSUAL, MADAM, BUT I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT TIFFANY'S IS VERY UNDERSTANDING.