At Least You Can Catch Them Before They Bolt

I work in a fabric store. Sometimes we encounter people that we call “bolt swappers”. They’ll unwrap a pricey fabric and wrap it on a cheaper bolt, thinking we won’t notice the embroidered satin ringing up as a cheap cotton. It’s not even rolled neatly. C’mon. I usually say:

Me: “Whoops! Looks like this was put on the wrong bolt! Let me get the correct one!”

I’ll go to the clearance table and, lo and behold, find the cheap cotton in a pile and a discarded satin bolt.