<div dir="auto">Enjoy! Catherine </div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large"><div style="margin:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:16.875px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips to the local grocery store. Unfortunately, like most men; I found shopping boring and <span style="font-family:inherit"><a style="color:rgb(56,88,152);font-family:inherit"></a></span>preferred to get in and get out. Equally unfortunate, my wife is like most women - she loves to browse. Yesterday my dear wife received the following letter, from the local store manager:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">Dear Mrs. Harris:</div></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:16.875px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion, in our store.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">We cannot tolerate this behavior and have been forced to, ban both of you from the store.</div></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:16.875px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">Our complaints against your husband, Mr. Harris, are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras:</div></div><div style="margin:0.5em 0px 0px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:"Segoe UI Historic","Segoe UI",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:16.875px"><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">1. June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">2. July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">3. July 7: He made a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the women's restroom.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">4. July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, 'Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away'. This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money. We don't have a Code 3.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">5. August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on layaway.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">6. August 14: Moved a, 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">7. August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers he'd invite them in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">8. August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?' EMTs were called.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">9. September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">10. September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">11. October 3: Darted around the store suspiciously while, loudly humming the, 'Mission Impossible' theme.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">12. October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his, 'Madonna Look' using different sizes of funnels.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">13. October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled 'PICK ME! PICK ME!'</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">14. October 22: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed a fetal position and screamed;</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">'OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!'</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">15. Took a box of condoms to the checkout clerk and asked where is the fitting room?</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">And last, but not least:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:inherit">16. October 23: Went into a fitting room, shut the door, waited awhile; then yelled very loudly, 'Hey! There's no toilet paper in here.' One of the clerks passed out.</div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><i style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large"><b>Ursula, IBVM</b></i><br></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#ff00ff" face="georgia, serif" size="4"><i><a href="mailto:urspenguin60@gmail.com" target="_blank">urspenguin60@gmail.com</a></i></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#ff00ff" face="georgia, serif" size="4"><img width="200" height="200" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xd3jiohJy2TdLZJOuoL17rmIdGit7pHZ3zqCLxTyrVrBxWtnUlpMyzhKfEe06Smb7E1DN1yyU"><br></font></div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#ff00ff" face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align:left"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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