so, i go to kroger to get cider.
as i approach the store, i see hundreds of mums and just about as many pumpkins and quite a few scarecrows sitting outside, welcoming (and tempting) shoppers.
as soon as the doors open, i see a display of seasonal beers and bags of potato and tortilla chips with the ohio state logo on them. all sitting there amidst colorful fall leaves and a corn stalk or two.
i mosey to the produce aisle and see apples, apples, apples.
directly behind the apples are donuts, donuts, donuts.
directly behind the donuts, donuts, donuts are donuts, donuts, donuts.
directly behind them are more apples - this time, caramel-covered ones.
off to the left-hand side of the caramel covered apples is a table wth - donuts - and a lady is offering free samples. a man asks if she has any chocolate ones and she motions to a table over there and a lady over there who can give him some chocolate ones. he dodges pumpkins on the floor and cornstalks propped against everything that doesn't move to get to his coveted chocolate donuts.
i look for the cider.
i see donuts. no cider.
i look over here for cider. no cider. plenty of apples, but no cider.
plenty of donuts. no cider.
i ask the guy who is unloading more apples where the cider is.
"we don't have any yet"
don't have any yet? why don't you have any yet?
"too early," he says.
i keep meaning to boycott this store.
