The guy that opens up the club in the morning overslept, or something. About five minutes after 0500, people were banging on the doors. My God, people have been more civil grabbing bags of rice dropped from helicopters in times of famine. I don't know when they get there, but there is a man and woman who clean up. I guess they get there even earlier than the open-up guy does. The poor woman, who I don't think speaks a word of English, got a lot of smart-ass comments once she decided to open the doors just a few minutes late. And who knows, she might even get in trouble for that. What's up with people these days?
Afterwards, I went to Fry's Grocery. I've been eating Special K cereal (compared to Apple Jacks, my childhood favorite, it leaves much to be desired). I was tortuously stuck behind this huge woman buying two carts of groceries. She pulls out her credit card [surely, you can see this coming, can't you?] and the register beeps. A manager comes over. Credit card declined.
"Must be a mistake, try this one," she says. Another card, another beep.
It's 0630 AM. It's the only register open. There's a line of about a dozen people (one slim muscular guy buying Apple Jacks, BTW), all just staring at her.
They opened another line, and the guy let me be the first to be rung up. Out of the corner of my eye, this fellow comes in through the front of the store. He's carrying a beautiful green glass vase completely filled with about $100 bucks worth of pennies. He's walking toward one of those penny counting machines, but he's just casually holding that heavy vase non-challantly with one hand [surely, you know where this is going] and he drops it.
A tremendous crash, as green glass and copper pennies fly everywhere. Right at the front of the store, where the folks enter and exit.
I quickly paid for my box of Special K, gave a mean sneer to the muscle-guy with the box of Apple Jacks, jumped over the pile of broken glass and pennies, and left.
I'd have to buy it in those single-serving boxes. Otherwise, I could go through an entire box with a gallon of milk!
Posted by: Eric | July 15, 2005 at 10:06 AM
Everything in moderation. Apple Jacks every now and then won't kill ya. ;)
Posted by: Maria | July 14, 2005 at 07:13 PM