There is nothing in this world filled with such an undeserved sense of authority like a Bi-Mart greeter. The great North-West's pharmacy/ Walgreen's entrance greeter card checkers are the most self righteous wanna be arbiters on earth.
It had seemed that Newberg's own store had lost it's obsessive member checkers since the days of that-one-old-lady-that-always-asked-for-the-card-before-buzzing-you-in-even-if-you-came-every-day finally got a life and decided that methodically checker every persons' Bimart membership was a poor use of life.
Unfortunately the dark days are upon us again. For another has tken the pace of the old one. And this times it is a young bearded chap.
To the story:
I've been in bimart many times with my parents and I never thought much of actually having a Bimart card.
Since I've been able to transport myself via automobile I have gone into Bimart unaccompanied by my parents and had no problem entering through the swinging door and hearing that cheerful "Ding - Dong" as the checker hits the useless unlock button (and I say useless because 9 times out of 10 the door is unlatched and open). Anyway... I go in and I see this new guy at the front. Well, I'm an optimist so i think, meh, he won't care. I'll just walk in. So, I enter and he rings the door and I walk through and moments before being free and clear I hear a "Excuse me."
I turn to see him referring to me.
"Sorry. Do you have a Bimart Card."
I go out on a whim and quickly choose a response. "No, my parents do though," I say throwing my elbows up onto the counter. "Why are you going to throw me out?"
I can see the surprise crash on his face, he probably wasn't expecting this reaction.
After a moment of "thought gathering" he says, "No... but you do need one, in the future."
Haha! Victory, my bluntness and lack of basic human social standards have finally paid off. I turn and proceed to buy cheap Bimart candy.
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