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A Convenient Time To Catch Up On Correspondence
Dear Doofus Who Doesn't Understand The Purpose Of A Doorway,
I encountered you the other morning while getting some unsweet tea from Rhodes. You'd just bought gas and were going into pay when you stopped just before going through the convenience stores' double doors.
You must be an indecisive fellow.
You couldn't decide to block the left door or the right door, so you chose to stand right in the middle and block both doors.
And then you started studying your wallet very intently.
Here's a suggestion:
Before you buy gas, perhaps you should double-check that you have something you can pay for it with -- cash, a check or a credit card. Rhode's might even be open to barter such as a live chickens. You might ask the clerk the next time you visit them.
"So how much diesel can I git for this rooster and these three hens?"
The point is, you should know how you are paying for the gas before you pump it.
As you were standing there, I saw you fish a ten out of your wallet and continue studying it. Did you think you might see this bill again someday so you were memorizing the serial number before using it to pay for your petrol?
After I said "excuse me" you finally quit your blockade and ambled into the store to pay. I went on and got my tea.
But I want to remind you that a "doorway" does not mean it is exclusively "yourway."
Dear Doofus in the Convenience Store Drive-Thru Line,
Perhaps you didn't get the memo.
The drive-thru window that you find at most convenience stores these days is a meant for quick, small purchases. Whatever you purchased was definitely not quick and based on the bags that were handed out the window, certainly not small.
While I have not worked at a convenience store, I imagine that more than 90% of the purchases made at the drive-thru window are for soft drinks and cigarettes. You apparently handed the clerk your grocery shopping list for the week , and told her you would be happy to wait while the drive-thru line got longer and longer.
If you feel the need to do your weekly grocery shopping at a convenience store drive-thru, please don't. It's annoying to the 90% of the customers behind you who only want to top off their fix of caffeine or nicotine or both, and it's just not nice to treat the poor clerk that way.
He or she is not your personal concierge.
If you are so lazy that you don't want to leave you vehicle to do your grocery shopping, then why don't you just stay at home and order from Schnucks.com. They'll even deliver it to your door. Of course, unpacking the groceries will be your job.
Although who knows. Maybe if you give the delivery fellow from Schnuck's a big tip, they'll even do that for you.
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