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June 29, 2006
Reason #588 Why I Love Publix
I didn’t notice a thing as I drove to the store, but I was playing my music pretty loud. When I got to Publix, I was excited to see that my favorite parking spot was available, so I circled the lot to pull into it. I noticed that people were looking at me and pointing, but I figured they were just admiring my unique collection of bumper stickers.
While I was rummaging for my list and my sweater (produce and dairy make me shiver) someone tapped my window. A strange lady said, “Did you know you have a green garden hose stuck under your van?”
I got out and surveyed the scene. The middle of the hose was all shoved up under the car, and the two ends trailed out to the other side of the parking lot. People were laughing and pointing. I was horrifed because I had forgotten my camera. I rushed inside to see if Publix sold a disposable digital camera, but they didn’t. So I shrugged, got out my list, and did my week’s worth of shopping, from garlic and apples to three gallons of milk, chardonnay on sale, and mint chocolate chip ice cream.
As I checked out, I wondered idly whether it would be safe to drive my car home and let Bill figure out how to get the hose off. I asked a bagboy to help me with my cart.
“It’s not really that I can’t handle the groceries,” I said,”it’s that I have this problem with my car. There’s a long hose stuck underneath it and I might need a little help gettting it out.”
He followed me to the parking lot, and there was my van, in my favorite spot, hoseless.
There was no sign of the hose anywhere. I checked the cart holder, the inside of my car, and underneath the car, but the hose had vanished completely, and the bagboy was looking at me doubtfully. For a moment I thought I’d hallucinated the whole thing, but then a neighbor walked by and said, “Hey, was that you with the garden hose hanging out of your car? That was something else.”
With that, I was redeemed in the eyes of the bagboy, and relieved of the chore of detaching the hose myself. I drove home, unloaded the groceries, and didn’t think a thing of it until I casually mentioned it to Bill that night, just to make conversation.
You gotta love a store that provides free automotive maintenance while you shop.
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