Construction is starting to
pick up here in our neck of the woods.
I find it exciting. Not the houses
being built, the commercial construction.
It’s like looking forward to
Christmas. Or your birthday.
Wondering what you’re going
to get as a present.
One day as Husband and I were
running errands we happened to pass a new construction site.
“Oh boy!” I exclaimed. “Look!
They’re building something new!”
My mind was racing with
thoughts of the possibilities. It wasn’t going to be another strip mall, or
dollar store. You could tell that just by looking.
AND they were leaving a big
area for a parking lot!
A stand alone building with a
large parking lot!
“Maybe it’s going to be a
Barnes & Noble!” I squealed!
Months go by and every time
we pass the site my anticipation grows.
Yesterday as we were passing
it looked like they were beginning to work on the inside.
Several large tractor
trailers were parked nearby.
I had visions of containers
full of shiny new books, magazines, Kindles…….. ♫♪♫♪♫♪Hosannas♫♪♫♪♫♪
Later that evening as I was watching TV, Husband looked up from his laptop and
said, “Brace yourself. I found out what that building is going to be.”
My heart skipped a beat as I looked lovingly at my husband.
He took off his glasses and solemnly said……. “It’s going to be a GoldenCoral.’
A Golden Coral?????????
My heart sank!
I can hear the city council now, “Hey guys, I have a great idea! Lets’
bring in some businesses that will promote our city and make it a well known
destination for vacationers and people looking for a cultured retirement
destination. Let’s build a Golden Coral!”
Okay, I applaud them for giving work to the construction industry. I think
it’s great that it will provide employment for people. It’s wonderful it will
bring in revenue for the city……
But would it kill them to build a
bookstore?
Actually, I'd like the Golden Corral or The Trough, as we call it. I'd be able to get my husband to go out to eat somewhere besides fast food!
ReplyDeleteI mean….really.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter loves Golden Corral. She could eat her weight in mashed potatoes!! I refuse to eat there…ugh!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you. We have a B&N Bookstore about 3 blocks away. It's wonderful :)
We don't have a Golden Corral around here, but I've seen commercials on tv. They have a chocolate fountain!
ReplyDeleteOn the bright side I guess you could read your book IN there whilst you have a meal!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteomg! How utterly disappointing. Yes, why NOT book store? Because people don't read real books anymore. They have kindle. My feeling is that if you ate in there you'd be sitting with your book somewhere else. ha ha ha ha.
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