Dispatch From The Line At Kroger
This is a story that I posted about a month ago on the very short-lived other Coblog — I’m reposting it here because I hate to see it go to waste. Plus, I watched the pilot of Twin Peaks last night instead of writing an entry. (Loved it. We’re getting the next disc as soon as possible.)
I have a story about what just happened. We just arrived at home from Kroger and I immediately plopped down with MacBook Pro™ to tell you about it.
We usually don’t go to Kroger. The one near us is crowded, small, and the interior hasn’t been updated since 1988. The meat counter mysteriously packs up at around 6 every day (even though the store is open 24 hours) and the meat section itself uses the very un-Publixy technique of marking questionable meat with a “MANAGER’S SPECIAL” sticker and selling it on the cheap. Also, I think that rich eccentric people shop there and demand rich eccentric items, because this Kroger regularly stocks Whole Beef Tenderloins ($110ish, shrinkwrapped in the cold case) and Giant Snow Crab Legs ($90 and up).
Anyway. We were just grabbing some quick essentials (lunch, steak for chicken fried steak tonight, green tomatoes, Shiner Bock) because we didn’t want to drive all the way to Whole Foods. Shannon had run off to grab a couple more items, so I was in line.