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unpack, sort, price, and then put it out on the floor.” Because he was a good
trainer, Wynn then went over all the floors again for her. “The basement is
for salvage. All the bits and pieces and odds and ends. All the hardware,
windows, doors, ceiling tiles—all the things people can still use in their
homes.”
“Right. Yes. I love going down there. I do feel sorry for the guys that
have to haul those heavy claw foot bathtubs down there though.”
“We don’t haul them,” Wynn said with a grin. “There are a set of double
doors that open up from a ramp down into there. We just unload it and
wheel it in.”
“Oh. Yes, of course.”
“Don’t feel stupid. There aren’t any stupid questions ’round here. How
are you supposed to know if you don’t ask?”
“Right. And the other floors are all of our stuff and all of the other
vendors who sell here.”
“That’s right. All four amazing floors.”
Romi set the camel down on the shelf next to the toad, but on second
thought, pushed it a little further down the line to be joined by ornaments
that were slightly bigger. She didn’t want the camel overshadowing the
frog. “I would love to go on a pick,” she mused. “That sounds like so much
fun.”
“Yeah? If you can believe it, we don’t have that many people here willing
to do it. It’s hard, dusty, dirty, sometimes pretty gross work. You have to
crawl through old buildings, sometimes unsafe structures. Lots of times
there’s a whole heap of mouse shit and rat shit and other shit. It can be
pretty nasty. You need to be up to date on your tetanus shot for sure if
you’re going to be doing that.”
“Really?” Romi spun around again. Wynn looked genuinely delighted at
her enthusiasm. “That pretty much sounds like my dream come true. I have
all my shots. Just got a tetanus shot last year, actually. I think they’re good
