The Lemon Bar

There’sthis fancy bloomers garden nitty-gritty here in Chicago . I wish it there , I ca n’t really yield to be a shopper but sometimes I have to go to pick something up for body of work .

I had to go in the thick of the reallllly busy period a few summer ago and I knew it was blend to be a 2 - ring genus Circus in there . I had n’t eaten all Clarence Shepard Day Jr. … and it was near 3pm … so I stopped quickly at the bakery across the street and obstruct a lemon stripe in my aspect . It was the respectable thing that happened to me all day .

So , I made it to the garden mall and was greeted immediately with an devilishly happy cheek , nervously asking me how I could be serve . My genus Bos has already call ahead of me and pander the 10 white-hot Mandevillas I needed . She severalise me to go in and ask for Bob and all would be involve care of . They are sequestered in a hold country and everything . The whole experience should take 10 minutes or less .

So I ask for Bob , speak of the Mandevillas and then all hell breaks wanton . They ask , “ Why would Bob handle a call about Mandevillas ? He ’s in hardscaping ! ” over and over . They are freaking out about it . And the guy helping me goes to scout about the whole berth looking for Bob and the Mandevillas … .

While I ’m wait , an even more devilishly glad face nervously require me if I ’d like aid . But he does it like this … .“It ’s a GRRRRREAT day at Garden Center X ! How may I help you???”And I ’m about to show him my WWF relocation because I just wanna get out of there . I’m raging and tired , not there to shop and I have naut mi to go before I sleep .

They are all , “ what ’s up with this softheaded adult female ? ” and I do n’t know why . Would n’t it be refreshing to have someone come in , get what they want and then just leave them alone ?

I explain that I ’m on the hunt for some Mandevillas and he says that he will see too , but why do n’t I rat around and take a flavour at all the AWESOME poppycock they have?I think he saw my optic roll under my dark dark glasses .

last they get my Mandevillas , it was John , not Bob that I was looking for ( My genus Bos made a mistake ) and I make it to the check out .

Now the checkout guy is provoke me because I ’m not on the list of people authorise to buy from our company . It ’s bring late , I ’m spicy and now I ’d like more actual food for thought to eat … .I gingersnap and say “ Do you want me to corrupt them or not ? and he huddle and checks me out . While make a huge bother about my tattoo …

Get quick for the punch dividing line … ..

I get back to the truck and look in the rear perspective mirror to back up and … I have powdered sugar ALL OVER MY FACE .

They were clearly tailing me because they thought I was on acoke - crazedromp through the fancy garden nerve centre !

The end .

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