💸 Ask Tip! — "Speechless in Spokane"

The wife of a hardware store clerk seeks justice for her husband in a thankless town.

“Speechless in Spokane”

Dear Tippi,

My husband has worked for thirty-two years at Hal’s Hardware. The Spokane Journal of Business called Frank “King of the Sliding Stepladder.” The man from the paper took a picture of him on the top rung leaning on one foot holding a paint can. He was scared spitless to do it, but Frank’s a smiler alright and also Hal mad…