Dumbstruck

It was kind of like the time several months ago when Trudy and I walked into a brand new Target...

We walked thru the front doors, which whissshed apart like a Star Trek set. Beyond the threshold, there were displays and displays of shining beautiful things. We were pulled towards them. We wanted them. We needed them. But then we were pulled in a different direction by different beautiful things, and we wanted and needed them. The aisles were wide. The floors were shiny and clean. We were dumbstruck. We must have looked like the Clampetts rolling into town for the first time.

I'm telling you, that's what it was like when I went to the grocery store today...

The first thing that strikes you walk in is how much space there is after the cash registers. No more weaving and turning just to get out to the car. And then there were the floors -- so shiny, so clean. And the aisles, oh my heavens, the aisles were wide enough to maneuver your cart with ease. You could stop the look at the shelves and not worry about that lady behind you. You could pass the guy trying to find the oregano without worrying about traffic coming head-on. I was dumbstruck. I know I looked like Jedd Clampett rolling into town.

I tell you, I am not alone in this. As I passed the toothbrush aisle, I overheard a woman telling her two year old, This place is sooo nice.

And I tell you, I am not ashamed. About Target sure, but not about a grocery store. I'm never going anywhere else.

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The (hybrid) HEB on Escarpment
South Austin, Texas

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