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Candy stores â usually with an ice cream counter as well â are a thing in the Midwest, FWIW.
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It was from Tales From The Crypt.
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When I was a kid (in the midwest) weâd get our ice cream down at the 5&10 cent store. Iâve never been in one of these huge candy stores, is the size for tables so people can sit and eat their ice cream, or are there actual aisles of candy?
My daughter took me to one when I visited her in Minnesota. A huge building, row upon row of candies and candy-related merchandise. Lots of fun things to look at, antiques, retro advertising, etc. but mostly more kinds of candy than I ever knew existed.
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He doesnât seem to be good at controlling what he lists, mentions, or infers.
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Thatâs exactly what I meant.
Yes, each voice in the response (except those threatening him, of course) may have been right in their own magnitude of scorn, but itâs the number of responses that turns it into a mob.
Thatâs exactly what I meant by âdo I need to add my voice to this?â
If I had something new to tell him, something that would make him go âoh boy, thatâs the angle I was missing, I repent!â then it would be great for me to chime in, but the chances of that happening are zero. Instead Iâd just be helping make the mob.
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Here are two of our familyâs favorites:
Kilwinâs, just north of 53rd Street in Hyde Park/Kenwood:
Lickity Split, south of Granville on North Broadway, with several of our favorite Ethiopian restaurants less than a block away (if weâre going to drive to the far north side of the city, might as well make it worth our while):
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TLDR; whereâs my dang candy?!
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Thank you for this well -explained opinion. I had been thinking similarly to the commenter you replied to, but youâve convinced me. Except for the small nagging sense that I just really want a morally plausible hall pass to enjoy the fun of hating on this asshat. But youâre completely right that even those who have the privilege of offering work must be clear on how that power can mess with someone else who needs money to live. Nice when Iâm reminded of all the good that a boing boing comments section can still be.
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btw- LOVE your avatar. Pynchon. Tristero.
And, of course, the single word that connects your avatar to MY usernameâŚ
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now 'm feeling paranoid, man
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that word: YOYODYNE.
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I feel like I just watched âRepo Manâ from 1984 (not to be confused with the far inferior âRepo Menâ from 2010).
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Itâs kind of funny to read it out loud like Jimmy Stewart giving an impassioned speech. Not that Iâve just spent the last ~five minutes trying to convince my cats to stop maligning my candy store in a Jimmy Stewart voice or anything. But if I were to cop to having done that, itâd be kind of funny.
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Another Stefon thread. This candy store has it all: complainers, know-it-alls, whiners, sloths, manipulators, roamers, hiders, shirkers, liars, haters, clock watchers, controllers, passive aggressors, pukers, and splitters.
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Could be misreading the tone, but does he think âCancel Cultureâ is an actual organisation, similar to how some people think Antifa is an actual organisation?
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Another famous traditional candy store across Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri is Russell Stover Candies, who also acquired Whitmanâs in '93. We had a shop in downtown Wichita for many years that had a corner facade made up of cobalt blue, mirrored tile. I remember thinking it was the coolest architectural feature I had ever seen besides the two-story terraced stairway surrounding a fountain feature at JC Penneyâs in uptown Wichita.
This is one of their stores in Kansas City, but you get the idea.
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Oh, now youâre making me think of Abdallah Candy near Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis! Theyâve done so well, expanding out through the state. Best licorice toffee!
Thatâs the thing that really bites about this stupid candy store owner: itâs a Midwestern tradition, someplace happy and cheery, a place you go to celebrate, or just have a little treat, or bring something home or as a gift when you go visit others. Warm childhood memories.
This owner simply doesnât have the skill set or temperament to run a candy store. My guess is that he scares the customers away, too, which ends in a vicious cycle of anger and frustration. And itâs always someone elseâs fault.
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It isnât elegantly worded, but most of it sounds like they donât want a toxic work environment for their employees. Anyone who has had manufactured office/work drama can attest to how draining it can be. YMMV.
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