For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for October 01, 2000
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Elly: Please, I've been on hold for 5 minutes - could you put me through to... OK, I'll wait. But I filled in every customs document, and nowhere did it say I had to attach the blue 8B02 form to the C6V3J8 tracking label. What? That shipment was to be here last week! I have customers waiting for their orders! Moira: Can you manage if I take Monday off? It's a family matter. - I'll try and come in early on Saturday. Woman: I opened a box of beads. They're all over the floor back there. You should have them in better packages. Man 1: Yep... Used to fly during the war! - This here's a scratch-built USAF C-54 I made in 1960... Elly: No, we don't sell mystery novels. Just children's books. No, this is a toy and hobby shop. We have no books on world history, we have no cookbooks, that's right, just toys and hobbies... Man 2: The cleaners can't come in tonight, Mrs. Patterson. Will next week be OK? Elly: Did I lock the back door? Turn on the alarm? Turn off the fans? The lights? The computer? Man 3: So, Elly - How do you enjoy the freedom of owning your own business?!!
“According to statistics published in 2019 by the Small Business Administration (SBA), about twenty percent of business startups fail in the first year. About half succumb to business failure within five years. By year 10, only about 33% survive.”
In this case, they have the advantage of purchasing an established store.