Thursday, September 18, 2008

Only in Twin Falls

In a quaint little farm town is a quaint little grocery outlet store. A mother and her three youngest children visit this store unaware that the store only accepts cash or food stamps for its purchases. To her disgruntal, her two year old child discovers Bottlecap candy in all their splendor by eating the middle ones before reaching the checkout counter. This is where the mother learns that only food stamps or cash are acceptable and to her further disgruntal, she finds herself with neither. She disregards her groceries hoping to present the cashier with the necessary 33 cents plus tax to pay for the Bottlecaps. She only has two car wash tokens she got at a parade, broken beads, legos, and Cabela's coins. The cashier will not accept these. She goes to her van hoping to discover coins among the clutter and discard on the floor. She finds 2 cents. She gathers her children, including a nine month old daughter who was referred to twice as a boy, and goes home. She find 40 cents in her son's ball bank, puts a giant flower headband on her nine month old daughter, and returns to the grocery outlet to pay for the Bottlecaps. Her two year old child is very satisfied with the transaction and enjoys the remaining Bottlecaps on the drive home.

1 comment:

BALL said...

ShaLisa,
I love your post, can't wait to hear more. What kind of grocery store only accepts cash or food stamps? I love your mailman!