Supply And Demand For Dummies

Me: “Hi, how can I help you?”

Customer: “Do have any more [brand name] chicken noodle soup mix?

(The shelf is empty, so I look around to see if we have any hidden on the shelf.)

Me: “There is none here. Let me go check the backroom.”

(I go check and come back a few minutes later)

Me: “I’m sorry, but we do not have any left.”

Customer: “Are you kidding me? Who runs out of chicken noodle soup in the middle of winter?”

Me: “Well, it is the middle of winter…”