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Dear Reader,
It's really much more difficult to "tail" someone in your car--without them seeing you--than it is in the movies. My husband and I tailed the bagel delivery woman the other morning at 6 a.m. Obviously, it takes a skill that we're lacking, because we were either right on top of her tan Mazda or so far back that we totally lost sight of her car--especially when we were going around long curves. It was embarrassing, because at one point her car ended up behind ours. Oh well, thank heavens tailing people is not my day job.
It might sound strange, our following the bagel woman, but we're into cinnamon raisin bagels and sometimes our usual spot runs out of them. So, we thought we would check out what other businesses she delivers to. I know we could have just asked her, but that would have been boring, wouldn't it?
The bagel woman was running late because she didn't show up at the Hess station until 6 a.m., and we're usually already there buying our bagels at 5:30. The Hess station doesn't have much atmosphere, but at 5:30 in the morning we're not looking for ambiance, just a fresh bagel. Lucky for us, the bagel woman bought a snack in the Hess station, so that gave us time to buy our bagels and jump in our car before she left.
Our first stop was the Mobil station. We watched her from the neighboring parking lot while she delivered one large, brown shopping bag of bagels.
Then we headed out to Siesta Key. I figured that since she was headed to the island this was a real advantage for us. How could we lose her on an island? (Actually that was where her car ended up behind ours.) We got tricked in a parking lot.
We did find a grocery store that she delivers to that sells their bagels 30 cents cheaper than anyone else. The only problem is, they don't open until 7 a.m. That was the problem with most of the other new bagel spots that we discovered--restaurants that don't open until 8 or 9 a.m.
After tailing her for about 40 minutes and using up all of our undercover police jokes (tailing someone and watching them carrying bagels in and out of businesses is really pretty boring work) we gave up the chase.
But I don't know, I've been thinking about bread. There's this great baker that frequently sells out of my favorite bread by the time I get there. I know he delivers to other businesses...hmm...maybe next week we'll tail the bread man?
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
www.muffinsandmayhem.com
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