i am s. mouse of s. rose, inc., and the reason i dont use capital letters is because im tired.
a man asked me about that this evening, he called up and said whos this squeaking and i said s. mouse, night manager, and he said, why dont you write capital letters, it looks terrible.
buddy, i said, you should try standing on the shift key and step on another letter at the same time, every time i try it, i said, this electric typewriter bucks and i am dam tired of getting thrown in the waste-basket.
all right, said the man, i am picking on you because you moused up my order, you mean loused up, dont you, i said, and he said, no, you moused it up. I wanted 12,500 filing cabinets not 10,000. you tell dick or bob rose to straighten it out pronto.
but you told me 10,000, i said and he said see here, are you trying to mouse me up again, i said no sir.
so now im waiting for his conscience to start hurting him about hanging up on me. In the excitement i forgot to get his name and address again.
sometimes i think i will never learn this business as well as dick or bob. They know everything about office furniture and machines and equipment, and theyll give you a good deal, theyll sell you what you need or rent it to you or even buy what youve got.
so will you call bob or dick rose and buy something and tell them i tried, call cherry 1-1060 and tell them not to bring that cat back in here.
p.s.
the roses never mouse up anybody.
