By Kim von Keller
Monday, November 26, 2018 1:16PM
The following is a true story:
On Monday, October 29, I entered my community grocery store to buy a bag of coffee and a carton of milk, or, as I like to call the combination, Mama’s Medicine. In the front of the store, there was a display case that is always filled with seasonal merchandise. So imagine my surprise when I saw a store clerk removing all the Halloween candy and putting it into large plastic bins. I went into a panic.
Had all the Halloween candy been recalled? Did all the Halloween candy contain salmonella or listeria or razor blades or LSD or any of the things my mother had warned me could be found in Halloween candy?
Nope. The clerk was taking it down to make room for the Christmas candy, and it was two days before Halloween. If you don’t believe me, ask my friends. Not that they were there, mind you, but they’ve had to listen to me gripe about this FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS!
It’s actually pretty common, this cutting short of things. By midday on Thanksgiving, many people will have left the table for the Christmas sales. Before we’ve rung in the New Year, we’ll be buying Valentine’s candy. And it’s not just the holidays.
How many times have you been to a public event that has been touted for weeks, only to see people leave before its conclusion? Maybe they’re leaving the parking lot a little more quickly, but the potential to miss something is huge. Think about this:
If you left the Boston College-University of Miami football game of 1984 to avoid traffic, you missed the Eagles’ Doug Flutie throwing what has become known as “The Pass” to win the game.
If you left Bruce Springsteen’s 2012 London concert early, you missed the finale with surprise guest Paul McCartney.
And not to give anything away, but if you have tickets to see“Hamilton” in Greenville and you leave before finding out what happens to Eliza in the last number, then you've wasted your $500.
