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Garlic showdown (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 81 points 2 years ago (20 children)

I don't understand Jim's deal. He wanted to charge our protagonist MORE money per bulb than he would charge someone buying less garlic? Why?

Was it a deeply shortsighted, cynical attempt to turn a quick buck? Was Jim weirded out by the dynamic forming with TokyoSunbather and was trying to put some distance between them? Was there some sort of subtle dynamic occurring where TokyoSunbather would take the best bulbs and leave only shitty ones behind, and that was causing subsequent customers to perceive Jim's stock as low-quality, thereby negatively affecting his reputation?

I don't understand. Something is missing. TokyoSunbather is either holding something back, or is overlooking a key detail. Either way I want to know. It doesn't make sense. Jim doesn't make sense. What is the missing piece I need to know.

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  • [–] 62 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Oh good, I'm glad someone else is asking this question. The whole story hinges on it, and it doesn't make sense.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I'm assuming someone rewrote the events that happened to Hoy Fong Sriracha

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I thought the story there was the sauce producer wanted to diversify who he was buying from so if his friend the pepper grower had a bad harvest, he could still produce some sauce. Said pepper grower became quite irate that his former friend didn't trust him enough to rely on his harvest alone. Is that not what happened?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It just reeks of something that would appear on 4Chan, I wouldn't read too much into it

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Oh I didn't for one second think it was a true story. But it is a fun story that, with the exception of this one massive glaring hole, reads really well. Which just makes the one plot hole stand out even more.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Or, and hear me out, somebody made up a story and posted it in the internet.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Does the 60% mean he was buying 60% of ALL of Jim's garlic? That would be pretty annoying, to have someone clean you every week and have none for other customers. Obviously selling all your stock is great, but everyone else needs some too.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    There was another tweet from before this one about "When the farmers market has a deal on bulk garlic" which leads me to believe he was getting a discount before and feels slighted at the removal. But who really knows? Either way I followed and am looking forward to an update.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If you have enough customers that you can sell 4 lbs to one at a rebate and the rest is sold at regular price to the other clients, but then that one client starts buying all your stock at a rebate, you're losing money compared to the past situation, so you might be better off losing that client or forcing them to pay full price and hoping that they just continue buying depending on how the math works out...

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