The power of a red pen...

Following the price gun blog, I have yet another treasured possession of employees at everyone's favorite craft store--the red pen. Instead of the barcoded system of most places, we have very important ink colors. You can only use black ink on certain forms and only red ink in the ordering books. Also- if an item is discontinued, we mark through the price with a red pen (which confuses the snot out of customers since it looks like a lower price should be somewhere else on the package). All of this color specific stuff makes any non-black pen valuable. Trying to find a red pen can be like looking for a self-conscious person at a nudist colony. The other day one of my friends and co-workers gave me a red pen to fill something out. I think this was a true sign of friendship. So I did what any smart person would do--I used it, put it in my smock pocket and didn't tell anyone I had it. So there that is- you are the only ones to know that I have a red pen. Confused yet?