Mr. Poopie, you gotta commit - one way or another. That's my takeaway here.
And, I don't think all the bike shop guys are your buddies, at least not in the most literal sense. Or you wouldn't be experiencing this turmoil of which friend to leave high and dry with an unfulfilled commitment. I don't work there any more (so I'm now a retail buyer) but my friend owns a bike shop. If I committed to a bike via handshake or deposit, I'm buying it - even if in the meantime all the trails get closed due to pandemic, the bike shows up late, fire ants eat my legs down to the bone, and now it's another month late.
Or maybe buddy means "I'd probably recognize this guy across a parking lot."
May 3, 2021, 7:22 a.m. - mrbrett
Mr. Poopie, you gotta commit - one way or another. That's my takeaway here. And, I don't think all the bike shop guys are your buddies, at least not in the most literal sense. Or you wouldn't be experiencing this turmoil of which friend to leave high and dry with an unfulfilled commitment. I don't work there any more (so I'm now a retail buyer) but my friend owns a bike shop. If I committed to a bike via handshake or deposit, I'm buying it - even if in the meantime all the trails get closed due to pandemic, the bike shows up late, fire ants eat my legs down to the bone, and now it's another month late. Or maybe buddy means "I'd probably recognize this guy across a parking lot."