Lawrence had a loyalty to his wife
Shirley that could never be matched, so when their short trip to the
grocer's for low fat, low sodium garden vegetable water crackers took
longer than expected, he waited. When she searched the whole cracker
aisle and came up empty, he waited. When she asked every employee,
every manager, and eventually every customer where to find them, he
waited. He waited while she personally checked the entire inventory,
and waited when the manager told her there might be some on the truck
next Tuesday. He waited through the salmonella scare, the factory
strike. He waited through product discontinuations. The company went
bankrupt and closed down and still he waited. After seven years, when
another cracker company, Whitman's Wafers, created a similar product,
his waiting paid off. His wife returned to the car, tried one, and
lamented that they were not as good as the old ones and she would
have to find a different sort of snack to satiate her craving. His
ghost agreed and he waited while she returned for the store for a
quick peek around.
- Originally mailed to H. Ainsworth of Gulfport, Mississippi
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