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I was thinking back to that dog wearing a covid mask I saw by the old mall, and thought I'd swing by again to see what old Turk is up to. He's got the only store still running in that broken-down old place. And when I get there I see he's got this cardboard sign up in the window, "WE NOW SERVE FOOD" and underneath, "NEWLY CLEANED". Well, I guess selling used clock radios wasn't working out so well for him any more. NEWLY CLEANED... okay, well I guess that's good.
And Turk opens the door and he shoos three little gnomes outside. "Out! Out!" And they go running down the walk and into the street, and this passing car totally creams one of them. And of course the other two just scatter off somewhere. After seeing this, I stumble inside and I'm kind of drop-jawed and shell shocked, but Turk is like, "Out! Only Olds in here, saps eat outside! Out!" And he shoves me down onto this rusty metal patio chair. That's fine, covid rules are fine, I get it.
And soon he comes limping out with my sandwich, and I go to take a bite, and he's all like, "No! Stop! You keep the mask on!" And he shows me with his own mask, how to pull it away with one hand and take a bite with the other and then let the mask snap back. "Like this!" and he grabs my mask off the table and snaps it back on my head, and he grabs my sandwich, and shoves it to my mouth around the mask while it's still clipped on my ears. I just think that's going a bit far. And I don't know if you've ever eaten a meatball & sauce while wearing a tight-fitting cloth mask, but it's... not great. And so I'm not sure about Turk's service, but it was a pretty tasty sandwich. Maybe take-out next time.