dear

Me: I may try to work on my dissertation whilst at Nordic Style today

Jonathan: You should just get your customers to do it

"Tell me about this Norwegian Pine foot stool" they'll say
and you'll be like, "Only if you read this article comparing relevance studies and semiotics.

Jonathan:  and they'll be like "Okay, but then you have to try and sell me this teak table."

and you'll be like, "I don't think it's teak. It's particle board."
and so on.

Me:  Like bargaining! Trading if you will. I may need to blog everything you just said. It was the first smile I've had this AM.