Our family made an honest effort to shop local. We soon discovered that if we were to suffer poor service, we might as well suffer that poor service at a big box and save some money. In our area, shop owners and clerks just simply seemed inconvenienced that we darkened their doors.
Not in my town; even the grocery clerks know my name and I don’t go in very often.
I am ashamed to say that I am a transplant, and never was very good with names anyway.
I recognize them all on the street and wave and say howdy, but remembering their names for some reason seems beyond me.
I walk into the hardware store and they always say “HI MIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU TODAY”, I’ve been going in there the last 10 years and still cant remember their names!
DAMNIT!