Decathlon stories part 2: My first whale Part 1: https://voat.co/v/fatpeoplehate/comments/1008699 Today started pretty nicely, I sold 3 bikes in 1.5 hours and was as happy as I could be. However, then these two came in. Even though it doesn't look that way in the photo, the guy is actually human-sized and his GF is significantly taller and fatter than he, I'd say about 180 cm (5'11") and 100+ kg (220+ lbs). Turns out the whale wants a bike to ride a couple of times during the summer. And she also doesn't want to pay more than 5k CZK ($210) for it. This means she chose the Rockrider 340. That not only a low-end bike, that's really (almost) the cheapest of the cheap. This means that it's equipped with the cheapest stuff out there - which is, among else, not very strong  (will explain if anyone's interested). With a rider as heavy as this one, this could be a rather big problem. I mention that I've managed to bend the rear axle on a similar bike (my own) when I weighed about 60 kg (132 lbs) and had to eventually buy a whole new wheelset and suggest buying the RR 520 which is significantly stronger. Nope, fatass doesn't want to spend even a bit more. She then takes an awfully long time to choose a color.  She eventually chooses a green one and brings it into the workshop for a quick pre-sale check-up (I need to make sure that every bike I sell works and is safe to ride - I'm usually not the one who assembled it before putting it on display). She also brings a kickstand, a bottle cage, and some fenders that she wants me to install on the bike (this is completely normal). I'm not amused because some kickstands and fenders are a PITA to install - and it turns out that she chose exactly those. Fuck. I install the bottle cage and the kickstand (a different one than the one she originally chose, though, because the first one didn't fit even though it should have) but struggle with the damn fenders. It's been quite a long time since I last had to do this so I don't get it right on the first try, but her BF helps me a bit and we eventually succeed. Everyone who wants to buy a bike here needs to have a loyalty card and she does not, so we then go make one. One of the things the software that makes the cards needs to know it the date of birth of the customer - and at that moment I find out that landwhale is less than one year older than I! (I also got her name because of this and that's how I was able to get the photo above) Thankfully, I got some eyebleach almost immediately afterwards - another, human-sized girl came for the same model of bike (said she'd like to buy a better one but can't afford it), also turned out to be the same age as the whale... Edit: I've just noticed that the obeast is a nurse at the local hospital...