Söndags-smakbit # 18

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The collected works of A.J. Fikry av Gabrielle Zevin
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Smakbit sid. 41-42

Strangely enough, Nic´s death had had the opposite effect on business. Though he had opened and closed the store with the emotionless regularity of an SS officer, the fiscal quarter after her death had posted the worst sales in Island´s history. Of course, people had felt sorry for him then, but the had felt too sorry for him. They held their breath as they wlaked past the store, like it was a cemetery.
A.J. runs their credit cards and concludes that a theft is an acceptable social loss while a death is an isolating one. By December, sales have returned to thir usual pre-theft rate.