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Of course, then there was the time, where an entire store was in uproar and a handful employees had to disassemble the store entrance. Here are the details.... Shortly before closing the kids and I entered a local "Canadian Tire" store to exchange something. Now you probably don't like to do that kind of thing any more than I do. So, as I was grim-faced joining a lineup of 200 (or so it seemed), at the customer service counter, growing grumpier by the minute the kids were tippytoeing around, bouncing up and down, pretending to try and stay out of trouble. I had one watchful eye on a suspicious looking creature of the male kind that didn't seem to know how to line up (at the end of the line) and with the other searching for my troublesome offspring. Oh well, too late...it was my turn to talk to the lady behind the counter. In the middle of my conversation I was distracted by some kind of commotion by the entrance of the store, just a few feet away from me. Everyone started gathering around one of them silly revolving metal things (a nightmare for any parent of small children). Suddenly I was overcome by a strong notion that the fact that there was something going on by the entrance and me not being able to spot my kids couldn't possibly be a good thing. So I bid the nice lady behind the counter farewell and joined the crowd to gawk. And what do you suppose I saw? MY 4 YEAR OLD SON HAD GOTTEN HIS HEAD STUCK IN THE DAMN REVOLVING THINGIE !!! *sigh* If it hadn't been so scary, I'm sure I could have seen some humor in the situation.....but it took till way after the staff took the metal contraption apart for me to be able to laugh about the whole affair.
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