April 26, 2005
Overheard at Starbucks
"So your neighbor, the matron-in-training, the good daughter who cares for her ailing widowed-mother, shoots these 'popper-thingies' at whoever steps out of that other house?"
"And as payment she receives coupons and gift certificates redeemable at better stores and restaurants? Circuit City? Neimann Marcus? Benihana's? Starbucks?"
"Who supplies the poppers? For what purpose?
Why don't those neighbors complain?
Why not simply arrest those people if they're criminals? Why aren't the police involved?
-"Who said they weren't?"
"How could they know the 'good daughter' doesn't sentimentally flush the stuff down the toilet instead?
-"What and give up the chance to advance to the free day-spa, plane-tickets, car-rental reward circle?
Anyway...they know."