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Chapter 1 what is the most equitable price for supermarkets during the earthquake?

"Sold out ."

Sold out? All the flashlights in the house are sold out? Impossible. How can all of them be sold out?

What do you mean ?"

The clerk replied, "I'm sorry. We have been selling like crazy homes two hours ago. I would like to say that there is still goods in the warehouse, but there is no such thing as it is sold out. You can come back in a few days ."

Earlier that night, lammon and Emy were making dinner and the floor suddenly shook. There was an earthquake, and it seemed that there was always no stopping. The cup and disk were so loud on the shelf that two pictures were painted off the wall. Then, all the lights went off. Lammon lit the candle for dinner, and the two started to eat and did not rush out. Apparently, hundreds of people ran to Home Depot to buy a flashlight.

The clerk said, "hey, wait a moment. Aren't you Ramon. Finders ?"

Ramon smiled and continued. He is often recognized by people. This is a habit for him. He is followed by John. after mckenlow, the best tennis player from Stanford has won the most recent three U. S. League Championship (NCAA) Singles Championship and won the Wimbledon Tennis Final last year. Among the 20-year-old people in the Bay Area, he may be the most famous. He is probably the most famous among the 20-year-olds in China. People who don't even care about tennis or sports know his story: His mother fled Cuba with a young lammon in a boat and successfully arrived in Florida.

As soon as Amy got back in the car, he asked, "we 'd better buy milk or ice. What do you say? Or simply don't buy it ?"

"How do I go to the 'big box store' in Hadad ?"

"Big Box store ?"

"It is a new chain store that combines the advantages of the family store, Sam's member store, and border's. Some people say that the webshell of the store is in a different time zone than the front door, or at least the zip code is different. Buying milk there is the most likely thing to buy, like a flashlight or a lantern or laser pointer. There should be everything in the store ."

"Okay. I have filled up the gasoline. Then try it ."

The development of the big box store in the bay area was not good. As a result, the store could not enter San Francisco. The store once wanted to open its branch in Berkeley, but residents there expressed opposition to the parade. So far, the store has only one store in Hada, south of Auckland.

Lammon and Emy drove by St. Matt's bridge and the No. 880 road to Hadad. The big box store is built like a 7-11 chain store. Its parking lot is very large, so we need to use a shuttle bus to pull customers from the parking lot to the door of the store. After entering the store, most customers will take a miniature shuttle bus (specially crafted large golf bottle car, such as a tram or tram) to different areas of the store along the prescribed route. Some parents only bring their children to sit in a miniature shuttle bus and try free food from anywhere in the store. Parents can also store their children in the children's playground in the center of the store and easily shop on their own.

Lammon and Emy arrived after midnight. The parking lot was crowded, but they immediately found the parking space and boarded the shuttle bus. It is not easy to enter the store. A large group of people shouted and shouted around the door. Lammon and Emy don't understand what happened, and they suddenly realized it when they reached the front. There is a large brand in the supermarket door, and it says: "The price of all goods will be doubled. This decision is only valid tonight ." It turned out to be a huge price increase! The scene shows that it is developing into a PR disaster.

A clerk stood in a pile of rich pockets with a loudspeaker in his hand, in an attempt to silence the crowd. He explained that the decision was made by the Omaha headquarters and he could not do anything about it himself. He held a ticket in his hand to ask for comments. He wanted to let everyone calm down his anger by distributing this item, and made him pay less. However, this group of people crowded at the door are not very interested in soliciting comments. They expect the store to immediately give feedback in a more sincere manner and satisfy customers.

Although this group of people are clamoring, the store is still running normally. There are still a lot of people who come to shop because the price of things in the store has increased. Rammon lowered his voice and said, "incredible ." He asked Emy, "Do you want to go home ?"

"I want to buy a flashlight, and I want to buy some milk, if they have one. We are already here. I know that price increases are a hit, but I am afraid. We don't know when the situation will return to normal ."

They entered the store, and they easily found milk and flashlights, and got some more batteries, just in case. Three tickets were opened at the pay-as-you-go counters, but they didn't care about the queues for a while.

There are always endless things between them. They met when they were in the first year of college. At that time, both of them attended a meeting, which was held for scholarship-based athletes, the goal is to help you understand the general rules of the American Sports University in the maze. Amy is a tall kingfa girl. She is a volleyball player sitting right beside Ramon, And Ramon just borrowed a ballpoint pen from her. They chatted and found that they had almost nothing in common. Amy is the daughter of a U.S. Senator. She grew up in Georgia and went to an expensive private school. She studied biology and was going to school of medicine, and later as a doctor. Lammon was a poor child and grew up in Miami. His mother cleans people. He majored in political science. She is a kingfa girl with dark skin. She played volleyball while he played tennis. He joked that they used at least the Internet for sports. Although they are very different, they are very talkative. He invited her to watch movies that night, so soon they got tired of getting together, except for fitness, sports, class and homework.

Lammon and Emy waited in line and chatted, and there was an angry quarrel. A woman shouted in Spanish. She holds a bottle of baby food in one hand, and the other holds a little baby in the middle. These two actions seem dangerous to the cashier. She raises her hands to protect it, the pleading she made in English is ineffective. Then the woman stopped screaming and started to cry. The baby started crying when she saw her mother. The cashier stood there silently and figured out what to do.

Rammon came to the front of the team, put a hand on the woman's shoulder, and whispered something to her in Spanish. The woman quickly stopped crying. Then the baby will not cry. The cashier smiled and hoped the deadlock had been broken.

Lammon explained to the people in the queue that the woman only paid $20, but $35. How does she know the price of a big box store is doubled? When the cashier suggested that she buy less goods, the woman got angry. How can she not buy food or diapers for her children?

Lammon picked his Stanford baseball cap, put it in $2, and asked everyone who was willing to make a generous donation. In less than a minute, we spent $15 to make up the difference. The woman didn't want to accept the donated money at first, But lammon kept whispering to her, and finally, she paid for the $15. Lammon told Emy to settle the bill on his own, while he stayed with the Mexican woman and kept talking.

When Amy finished accounting and walked out of the store, she found rammon standing on the pile of fertilizer bags in front of the door. Beside him is the Mexican woman holding a baby and the clerk who once spoke with a loudspeaker. The clerk seems to want to escape immediately, but rammon is holding the loudspeaker that belongs to the store at the moment. The clerk felt he was supposed to be close to the company's property-loudspeakers. Most of the people crowded in front of the door were old, and they were much quieter. Seeing rammon standing on the pile of flower and fertilizer bags at, the customers in the past stopped and wanted to see what happened.

"My mother is worried when the children are hungry. But what kind of store is this? We should express our opinions to the headquarters of Omaha !" People shouted and agreed. Emy is amazed at lammon's initiative and bold style. He is very relaxed and natural, just like on a tennis court. Lammon continued to talk about it for a while, and everyone's mood was quite high and angry. If he makes an order, everyone will immediately smash every window in front of the store. But he won't. He lowered his voice and slowed down his speech speed. He talked about the despair of the poor and why it is necessary to restrict the power of big companies. Everyone looked up at him and listened to him. After his speech, everyone applauded and began to fill out comments.