Irony- and a lesson for me at the New Kroger in Milledgeville

It's the rare day that I leave the office early. As a general rule you can find me at my desk for up to an hour past closing time on any given day. Yesterday I had one of those rare days. And I used to time to go and check out our new Kroger. It's 93,000 sq. ft., so that was a LOT to check out. It even has a Starbucks. I used to have to drive nearly to Atlanta for Starbucks... now it's just 5 miles from work.

Now our new Kroger has a little bit of a situation. There is a very unhappy man living next door to Kroger. I will spare you the details, but give you a warning that if you come to Kroger from Log Cabin Road or park over on that side of the parking lot you won't miss him. In protest of all the crime and invasion he feels Kroger has brought upon him he has placed signs, hung underwear that has been painted to look stained and dirty. He is posting about his alleged infringement on you tube. (not recommended viewing) as it's full of filthy language.

The lesson and irony come in at me... typical human... like everyone else staring at his man. (had to bite my tongue) I got out of my car, made a quick call to my daughter and I was off to shop. I was wandering around in that store for an hour and a half before I checked out. Then there were actually cashiers fighting over who got to check me out. (how refreshing) Someone even unloaded my buggy onto the conveyor belt. So I pay for my groceries and begin to look in my purse for my keys. And umm, they are NOT there. Checked my pockets, not there either. I truly started to panic. I actually emptied my purse and actually NO keys. So with bag boy in tow for his afternoon laugh we headed out to the parking lot to look to see if I had left the keys in my car.

Upon arrival at my car I found my keys. Oh yes, right there in the ignition. I never do that. I can't even remember the last time I did that. I had actually turned the car off thank goodness. I had been so engrossed with the man next door that I'd left my keys in the car. And as usual I had parked right next to a buggy return in the parking lot. So dozens of people had been right next to my unlocked car with camera on seat and keys in the ignition and nothing bad happened. Now I'm not advocating that you try this, but I do hope that the underwear man next door happens to read this post and know that Kroger didn't hurt his home value or the neighborhood and I feel pretty good knowing that my car was still there when I was so totally careless.

My Donald says... "THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES". So I guess I was fated to test out the theory of all the crime that Kroger brought to the neighborhood. I just didn't see it. Well unless it's unlawful to hang your undies on a fence.

I hope you enjoy the new Kroger in Milledgeville as much as I know I will. I was impressed with the service. The employees all seemed well trained, knowledgeable and helpful. And the well priced gas is a bonus too.

And if you needd to buy or sell real estate in the Lake Sinclair area please call me. I'd be happy to help and remember... I usually work late.