SWEET TREAT TRIFECTA

My weekly pilgrimage
to Trader Joes
involves the restocking
of my all-important
kettle-corn reserves



The store I frequent is the smallest and busiest in all of San Diego, so, I usually position my cart in about two or three different locations and just run up and down the aisles grabbing what I need and dropping them off as I proceed to the next item.

As I approached the location where the kettle-corn was stocked, there was a young mother with her 4 year old daughter, who happened to be singing some little song about ‘sweet treats’.  As I reached both hands forward to grab my 5 to 6 bags of corn, I looked towards the girl with a big smile and said, “No matter what you do, do not buy any of this kettle-corn, for it is indeed a ‘sweet treat’”.  Initially embarrassed that I even noticed her singing, she replied, “You’re funny!”

We just happened to cross paths again in the frozen-food section, where I dutifully reminded the young girl, “Make sure you don’t buy any of this kettle-corn”, to which she giggled her reply with, “You’re silly.”

And, last, but not least, we could not avoid meeting in the produce section, where, of course, I admonished her one last time, and was met with only an embarrassed giggle.  My guess is she took me up on my advice and left Trader Joes without any kettle-corn.