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Re: My daughter, the pineapple terrorist


From: Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:43:31 +1200

Richard M. Smith wrote:

This story of the kids buying bulk cellphones from Walmart just reminded me
of my daughter's trip to Hawaii a few summers ago.  She worked at a farm
stand in Hawaii that purchased their pineapples in bulk for $1 a piece at
the local Costco.  They resold them for $5 a pop to the tourists.

And that kind of "terrorism" is rampant in the hotel industry, to the 
point it is heralded in recent IBM ads (at least on CNN International 
or BBC World in the ASPAC region), which starts:

   There's a lot of margin selling a $2 bag of cashew nuts for $8...


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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