It's like a beacon in town, ... A lot of people leave Terre Haute and then come back, and they come here and we've never changed. It's like coming home.

[Once customers choose something, purchases are made by cash or check only. Credit cards and computers aren't used. Receipts are hand-written. And the inventory is jotted on 3-by-5 cards in 3-foot-long boxes.] It's cheaper, and we keep prices down by doing that, ... It's easy. It's the way we've always done it.

It's just a job you look forward to going to. It's not a drudgery job. You see your friends.