Peckermints

So Nicki had her Rocky Horror Picture Show party on Friday night. I wasn't doing anything that day, and sometime around 1PM I got a text message from Nicki saying, "Are you busy at 2:20/do you want to be my best friend ever?" I wasn't busy, and of course I want to be Nicki's best friend forever, so after a couple of texts we got it sorted out that I would go to Granite Run and meet her around 2:20. She said that I had to buy her something but wouldn't tell me what, but that she needed someone older than 18 to buy it for her. I thought she was working at Granite Run for some reason, forgetting that she worked with Joe Sestak in Media.

So I drove very fuel efficiently to Granite Run at 2:20. I called her from the parking lot while I was coasting to save some gas to find out where she was. She said Entrance 2, but I had no idea where that was, but when she said near Ruby Tuesday's I knew where to go. I parked in a pull through like I always try to now, and found her waiting near her new car, which was something of a surprise because I thought she was already in the mall. She was dressed up really nicely because she was just handling the phone at the Congressman's office.

So once we got there I asked her what the deal was, and she told me that I had to buy some things for her at Spencer's Gifts that were going to be prizes for the winner's of the virgin ritual at RHPS. She told me that we were going to go in and find them, then she'd give me the money, walk out, I'd buy them, and that'd be it. So we looked around the store - she called Kacey - trying to find a phallic lollipop. After a few minutes of looking, she found them next to breath mints called Peckermints (guess why!) and decided she wanted those too.

We had to go to the ATM, and I think it was while we were looking for this that Nicki told me the story about her day. She was working on the phone and some woman called and started to complain. They get out a complaint sheet to take the name/number/location of the caller and write down what they wanted to complain about. So Nicki gets one out and starts writing, but the woman goes on for like half an hour. About things that Sestak can't even control, although I forget the specific example she gave. So at the end Nicki asks for name and number and location and the woman says, "I'm not giving that to you!" So she tells her it's just so they know where the complaint is coming from and finally manages to get the woman to tell her what city she's from and she says, "Pittsburgh." Nicki responded, "Um, are you aware that Sestak doesn't have any control over what happens in Pittsburgh?" and she said back, "Yes, I just call everyone in the state."

So we got the money from the ATM after waiting behind a guy for a minute and went back to the store. I looked for a little and finally found the light-up lollipop and the Peckermints and took them to check out. When I got there - holding Nicki's $20 in my hand - there was a woman in front of me wearing a huge dark cloak, a far-too-large wooden cross, grey and black long dreads, a painted white face, I think vampire fangs and probably many more things I didn't even have the time to notice. Immediately when I come up behind her she turns to me and gasps/moans, "Fiiive?"

Huh?

"Can you spare fiive?"

[[ Far too conspicuous about the $20 in my hand ]] No, sorry, this is the only money I have on me (LIE) and it's my friend's, so it's not really my decision

"Can you spare fifty six ceeents...?"

No, sorry, I only have my friend's money...

So after she sorted out something with the cashier, I threw my stuff on the counter and ironically exclaimed, "Well that was weird!" I don't think anyone appreciated my utter genius but oh well.

As the cashier was ringing me up, she asked if I had an e-mail and I said "Yeeeeaahhh.. buuut not one I want to give to Spencer's." She asked why not - "Because I don't want to get vibrator emails all the time?" There was another girl working at the front - both of these girls were about 18 probably - and she said "They're just coupons." Yeah, vibrator coupons, okay, for vibrators I'm not really interested in. Then she said, "What, are you embarassed of what you're buying?"

ME?! Am I embarassed?! You're the one that works at the penis store! Not me!

I didn't say that but I should have.

Peace out.