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THE CARS IN THE BAKERY
THIS IS A FUNNY STORY...WHEN I WORKED AT THE BAKERY AT WATER TOWER PLACE WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I USED TO CASHIER WHEN I FIRST STARTED THERE AND I WOULD LOCK UP AT THE END OF THE DAY AFTER THE MANAGER LEFT. I USED TO BRING MY CASSETTE TAPE PLAYER WITH ME AND AFTER THE MANAGER LEFT I WOULD PLAY MY OWN MUSIC I BROUGHT WITH ME. ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY I WAS PLAYING THE CARS ALBUM. USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE CAME TO THE BAKERY THEY WOULD BUY WHATEVER THEY WANTED AND LEAVE. THERE WAS NO PLACE TO SIT DOWN IN THERE OR HANG AROUND...WELL THIS TIME A GROUP OF GUYS WALKED IN AND TOOK A LONG TIME DECIDING WHAT THEY WANTED TO GET AND THEN AFTER THEY GOT IT THEY HUNG AROUND IN THE BAKERY. EVERY SO OFTEN I WOULD SAY CAN I HELP YOU...DID YOU WANT SOMETHING ELSE...THEY JUST SMILED AND SHOOK THEIR HEADS. I HAD NO IDEA WHY THEY WERE HANGING AROUND AND IT WAS MAKING ME KINDA NERVOUS....AFTER QUITE AWHILE THEY FINALLY LEFT. NOT LONG AFTER THAT MY RECEPTIONIST FRIEND AT THE RADIO STATION SANDY BROUGHT ME A FREE NEW CARS ALBUM CALLED CANDY O...THE ALBUM HAD A PICTURE OF THE BAND AND WHEN I SAW IT I WAS LIKE OH MAN NOW I KNOW WHY THOSE GUYS WERE HANGING AROUND....I WAS PLAYING THEIR MUSIC ON MY CASSETTE PLAYER AND THEY PROBABLY FOUND IT FUNNY THAT I DIDNN'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE OR WERE WAITING FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE THEM OR SOMETHING...WHO KNOWS...BUT STILL...MYSTERY SOLVED...BUYING CASSETTES MOSTLY FROM COLUMBIA HOUSE I NEVER REALLY SAW PICTURES OF BANDS THAT WERE LARGE ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE NOR DID I CARE REALLY. I WAS JUST INTO THE MUSIC...THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED TO ME THAT I KNOW OF....
