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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 4164839, member: 44"] This is a secondhand story, and I’ve told on the board before, but it kind of fits this thread’s drift. A New Jersey born and bred friend of mine was relocating down to either North or South Carolina, I can’t remember which. While they were down there they stopped at a Piggly Wiggly to get some food and essentials. The clerk asked whether they had a Piggly Wiggly card because one of the items were on sale if they did. My buddy replied “no, we’re just down here looking for a house, I’m going to relocate in the next month or so.” The clerk replies “you are moving down here? Well then you are gonna need a Piggly Wiggly card. Let me go over to the courtesy desk and get one for you.“ Now, keep in mind that there is a line, and she is leaving the register to go do this for my friend. He’s reluctant to inconvenience everyone else in line so he says “that’s all right, we’ll get it the next time“ but the clerk ignores him and goes to get it so he gets a plaintive mix of “no wait stop no it’s OK no wait…“ he’s mortified and turns in line to the woman behind him and says “I’m so sorry…“. She just looks at him and says “oh that’s OK honey, we’re all just friendly down here.“ I strongly suspect that if the same set of facts happened in New Jersey the reaction of the people in line behind him might’ve been a tad bit different. [/QUOTE]