I had an
errand that took me all the way downtown this afternoon and then the Post
Office. When I came home, I intended to immediately go back out and restock my
refrigerator, which I’d emptied out before my travels.
Once I sat
down, though, fatigue took over, and I lay down for a nap. An hour later, I got
up, made a shopping list, and went to the store. Where, at the entrance, I was
directed to the “very short wait, short line.”
There is a
blizzard forecast, with snow starting around midnight and continuing all day.
So maybe people are panicking just a bit? The line was not so short. I waited
10 minutes. Some people passing by said, “This is crazy!” A woman who said she
lived above the store and shopped sometimes twice a day: “This is hysterical,”
she said.
Once I got
in, there was no problem. The store was still well-stocked. I didn’t have long
to wait to pay, and since I was paying cash, I wasn’t affected by the computers
processing credit and debit cards going down briefly.
Bring on
the blizzard.
