"PUT THE CHECK UNDER THE FROG" --- THE AFTER IS TAKING TIME OFF FOR A FEW WEEKS

Back in the olden days of purchasing said goods, having them bagged, paying for them and leaving..... well, those were the days my friends. Those were the days!

There were even times when we would talk with the business owners and other customers. People talking to people. I can tell you stories.

Today,  042420, this particular store is still open, but ya can't go in. I had to phone my order in and give a general pick-up time. 

I called upon arrival and a muffled voice told me to put the check under the frog. 

Again, then again and yes again. I could not understand what the muffled voice wanted me to do. The word frog sounded like fauogh or somewhere there with in. 

I said: "You want me to put the check under the frog."

"Yes" was the reply. 

And this played on. 

Finally, a masked worker, looking like she had just come out of ER surgery, stepped out of the back door and pointed to the frog. She said the frog keeps the wind from blowing the checks away. She set down my small bag of goods and moved 12' back to the side recesses of the small out door landing. It was her backing up and backing up that keeps playing in my head.

C19 had no chance of jumping between us. 

I inched up, set my check under the frog, picked up my goods and said, "thank you." 

This is what it must feel like to do some kind of underground back alley business.  

I wore my father's smile, I know I did as I turned around shaking my head slowly side to side and walked back to my car. In fact, I wish my father had been with me today to just watch his bewilderment. His reaction would have made me laugh out loud. Thanks, dad.

I would like to tell this business how crappy that whole ordeal felt, mentally, emotionally and physically, from the customer's view. 

But my money is on that falling on deaf ears and far outside of common sense. Actors acting.

Maybe I best get to getting use to the "new normal."

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SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT FROM 90 MILES FROM TYRANNY

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YOU ME AND THE AFTER will be taking  a few weeks off from blogging. 

All is good.

All is well. 

Keep your heads up and your knees bent. 

Yes, thanks for the visit.