Yep! That's the way the place at Rock Island is, too!
What happened to our society?
What happened to the America we loved as youngsters?
I get a little sick to my stomach to think of how much we have lost that our kids and grandkids will never see.
After I left the Club Car Cafe (It's a railroad town, what can I say!) I needed to go across the street to the hardware store. This store has been there for 3 forevers.........and is still run by the same family that openned it and the 5 & 10 (which is still there also)
I'm on line at the register and the woman at the register is the matriarch of the family and she is having this hilarious conversation with the couple in front of me. I couldn't help but join in the laughter. When they left she looked at me and said "I've never seen them before, but I could stand being behind this counter day after day without being able to enjoy folks."
I'm becoming very centralized because of that attitude.........there have been few stores I have gone into in our 2 years in this county where the people are not down to earth and just plain old fashioned pleasant and polite.
It's part of the reason we moved to rural red America.....so our duaghter doesn't miss out on what society SHOULD be.