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Old 03-06-2025, 10:33 AM   #273926
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Old 03-06-2025, 10:34 AM   #273927
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Had to run out to do some stuff and I stopped by the gas station to pick up something to snack on. I usually get my friend a drink and chips, well I pick up a bag of her favorite chips and the expiration date was Jan 15! Why is that still on the shelf? I had to get her another kind
If the chips were from Frito-Lay or one of the other major vendors, then it is on the person who merchandises the store. That is supposed to be one of their responsibilities. If it is a from a non-major brand, then checking dates should fall on the gas station employees when it is not busy. Occasionally things get missed, but...
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Old 03-06-2025, 10:35 AM   #273928
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If the chips were from Frito-Lay or one of the other major vendors, then it is on the person who merchandises the store. That is supposed to be one of their responsibilities. If it is a from a non-major brand, then checking dates should fall on the gas station employees when it is not busy. Occasionally things get missed, but...
slushie shack experience coming in handy
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Old 03-06-2025, 10:35 AM   #273929
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I got back to the office last night from checking practices and she had come back to the office to leave me a box of donuts with a sweet note on them.
Sweet note from your sweetheart.
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Old 03-06-2025, 10:38 AM   #273930
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I learned a few things in my nearly 25 years doing retail work.

BTW, they are now closed.
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Old 03-06-2025, 11:16 AM   #273931
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hey CORNy....got to be getting close to snack time.....since it's your mom's birthday maybe you could walk upstairs and get your own snack today instead of having her bring it down to you
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Old 03-06-2025, 11:17 AM   #273933
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...or better yet.....maybe msCORNy can go get it for you
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Old 03-06-2025, 12:13 PM   #273934
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Just saw some NN with a Buck-ee's sweatshirt and Savannah Bananas hat on.
I didn't know corny left Texas.
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Old 03-06-2025, 12:16 PM   #273935
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. Multiple accidents on I-95 north. I guess these government workers who have been sitting at home for 5 years forgot how to drive.
Now you know how the rest of us commuters feel.
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Just saw some NN with a Buck-ee's sweatshirt and Savannah Bananas hat on.
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Sweet note from your sweetheart.
It did make me smile when I walked in my office and saw it.
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Old 03-06-2025, 01:01 PM   #273940
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.....and all you have to do to wish her a happy birthday is walk upstairs
Downstairs you NN.

She can't walk up stairs.
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Old 03-06-2025, 01:21 PM   #273941
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A while ago I was working on the press and used my head for leverage on a long pipe to lift a delivery slowdown assembly into place so that I would have both hands available for wrenching.
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Now you know how the rest of us commuters feel.
I'm sorry, but there's no way your traffic there is anywhere close to being as bad as it is in the DC Metro area.
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You ever feel like you are invisible ?
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hello, Kingofkings1281. the time is 10:30am pst.
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Granddaughter time!

Beautiful day here so we will be going for a walk when she wakes up.
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I'm sorry, but there's no way your traffic there is anywhere close to being as bad as it is in the DC Metro area.


I meant having to wait in traffic because some NN couldn’t stay on the road.
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No but sometimes it can be helpful.
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Mom!

Dad!

Bingo!

Bluey!

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