Eileen at Publix supermarket. The Reliable Pest Control guy checks her out, but she ignores him.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor Blogfinger.net. Ocean Grove, NJ, USA
Setting: I am at the bakery department one morning in Publix, Ft. Myers. An older gray haired woman ahead of me wants a loaf of sliced rye bread. The bakery lady, with a net on her head, is waiting on her.
Bakery lady is giving a dissertation on the hazards of buying bread. Meanwhile I am waiting for a plastic bag so that I can select 4 bagels. They, like some other bagel sellers in Fla, have pretty good bagels; why? These Einstein bagels are trucked in daily frozen from the Bronx! By 2 pm they tend to be all gone.
Net-headed woman to the gray headed woman: “I am giving you a special bag for your bread–it has holes in it. Why? Because your bread is still hot, and the steam needs to escape.”
Gray headed woman to me: “Wow! That’s something.”
Me: ” If you were to put holes in your clothes, you could stay cooler in this tropical heat (85 degrees outside.”)
She: “Have you seen the clothes that some women wear in this store.? I don’t like it.”
Me: (I am aware) “I know what you mean. They should not allow women to dress that way here. Only girls should be allowed.”
She: smiling–heads towards the deli counter.
Me: To the net head: “Can I please have a plastic bag for my bagels?”
Net head: Delighted to have someone to talk to : “Of course.” She finds a bag–perfect size for 4 bagels.
Me: I grab a tong to select those New York specimens (everything and onion. ) —My bag had no holes, but my bagels weren’t hot.
Frank Sinatra and Count Basie: Focus on the Basie band in the background—-brilliant!