Staples

Quick! I need a SANDISK USB drive! In Bartlesville, OK.
Unilocal told me to go to Staples (in fact, Unilocal tells me where to go quite often these days…), so off I went.
When I walked in, the person at the register greeted me in a genuine sort of way. Off to a good start here. I wandered back to the place where USB drives live, and out of the corner of my eye I spied a Staples employee helping someone else. I’ve got this, no problem, I probably don’t need or even want a ton of help. Too late, he was done with the others and on his way. I braced myself for the inevitable long and protracted conversation about USB drives and why I really needed the bigger and more expensive one… and while we are at it, how about an Extended Warranty Plan to cover replacement when you mistake it for a potato chip and accidentally take a huge bite out of it?
No. That didn’t happen. Instead, the Staples Guy merely said, ‘everything ok?’ And then left me alone! Perfect, it is if I had scripted this!
I picked my prize from the shelf, and when I turned around, I was blinded by a bright light. Steve Jobs was sending down his Apple Magic Toy Beacon and drawing me into the light… to where the Mac Toys lived!
For a small town in Oklahoma, this place is really set up with some cool Mac stuff! I could have foraged all day long, but like a junkie in church, I pushed down that urge and instead merely slowed my pace while strolling by and taking in as much as possible.
As I headed to the register to pay, I noted the cleanliness of the store as well as the great selection of Stuff. I wish that I had more time to pause and peruse… but duty calls and I needed to rush off and put my newly aquired SANDISK treasure to its intended purpose of keeping American Business on track in the the Black.