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To: Hostage

“”The New Jersey native woke up and headed to her local Wawa convenience store.””

I don’t even know what a Wawa is - have never seen one but WHO shops at a convenience store every morning? I wouldn’t know Keith Urban if he knocked on my door.

I was in line at our large supermarket a week ago and a gentleman at the checkout was having trouble locating his money - whether cash, credit card, checkbook or what, no one had any idea. We all watched as he went through every pocket in his shirt and in his pants and came up empty. He was looking for at least 10 minutes and even the clerk was raising her eyebrows and rolling her eyes at those of us in line.

I thought I could offer to pay his bill but I couldn’t see the amount of groceries he had as they were already bagged and no idea what his bill was.

The clerk called a manager over, whispered to her and then hit the checkout machine, tore off the receipt and told the gentlemen he was set to go. I was next in line and I couldn’t resist asking if the store WROTE OFF HIS BILL and she said, “yes”. He’d been looking for a GIFT CARD for that store...She then told me his bill was $187.00 - GULP! I felt generous but not that generous.

After I got checked out and out to my car, he was getting in a truck parked next to my car. There were at least 3 other people in that truck and no one was helping him load groceries into the truck.

I came away thinking it was good to know that the store I go to every week didn’t give him any trouble. Not naming the store for obvious reasons.


20 posted on 01/07/2023 7:59:54 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Thank You Rush

Quite a few people stop at the same c-store every morning for coffee if nothing else. Many stores have good deals on coffee for regular purchasers.


26 posted on 01/07/2023 8:19:34 AM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: Thank You Rush
I don’t even know what a Wawa is - have never seen one but WHO shops at a convenience store every morning?

Wawa has great coffee, and it's less expensive than Starbucks, so that may be why she goes every morning. I certainly did when I lived near one.

Wawa, Inc.

100 posted on 01/07/2023 7:07:54 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("There is no good government at all & none possible."--Mark Twain)
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To: Thank You Rush

Wawa is a tiny speck of a town in PA, not far from the Delaware border. There’s a dairy farm there, right down the road from the Franklin Mint. A member of the farmer’s family married a duPont, and they built an extremely large chain of convenience stores named Wawa of all things.


102 posted on 01/07/2023 7:15:27 PM PST by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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