Rope Burns

I'm not quite sure why he's giving me such a hard time. Maybe my first mistake was to try to buy things; rope mainly. Maybe that's not the way he likes to run his business. Sure, I can get the rope from somewhere else, but I always like to get it from this guy. The little guy. Today though, I feel like I should apologise for my presumption. I can order it, he tells me, but you'll have to take your chances. My chances? All I want is that rope in the middle, I tell him, 200 meters of it, bleached. 147b? He sighs and shakes his head. We'll have to see what they send back. I'm still not quite getting this. I try one last time. Can I not just order the rope, bleached, that you order each time? We have the model number! He gives me a sad, patient look that says, son, if only things were that simple.