Monday, January 9, 2012

Kmart and Martha

Here is one of my first stories...

Well, it has been two months since I have rattled on and I am sure at least somebody missed it...okay, maybe not, but let’s pretend!
This month I thought that I would take on something a little heartier than donut holes. So, I have decided to discuss the deep subject of tablecloths. I know. Much more important that donut holes - and useful too!
I happened to be in Kmart the other day and walked down an aisle of tablecloths. Now, our kitchen table is more of a bistro table (i.e. super small) so, of course, I would assume; the smaller the cheaper. Well...I looked at the inexpensive tablecloths and found oblong, rectangle, long oblong, long rectangle, super duper long oblong...you get the point: NO circles. Now, that is not to say they do not make circles, as they show them available on the package (well, they probably just put the picture on the bag to spite me) but there were just none there. So...I moved on to Martha Stewart. You know if anyone will have circle table cloths Martha will. Right!? WRONG!! I took each and every tablecloth off the hook and threw all of the non-circles in the floor. After a six-foot section of tablecloth searching I see a rogue package in the back. I grab it and realize it is...you guessed it...oblong. UGH!!
I hobble out of my mess amid stares from passersby and walk with what dignity I have left up to the service desk, where I tell the lady, Margaret, who apparently hates the world, they do not have circle tablecloths. She cackles at me and snips “maybe you should get a different table.”
Irritated, I smile back, say “Thank you” and walk toward the door. Just before I leave, I turn around and in my best jovial voice I say, “Maybe I will try Target. Oh, and Margie...clean up, aisle 2.”
(Just in case you are wondering, this story was fiction...at least the last part.)

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