Plaid Pantry Markets

Always nice, good selection and the closest convenience store to me. Win/​win/​win.

Good selection, clean store, friendly service, and open on holidays! Great when you’re wandering aimlessly and need a snack.

Why do I lie to strangers? Why? There is no reason. I’m 100% incapable of telling real lies to people I know, but for some reason, this conversation went down at this Plaid on Saturday, after I’d awoken from an accidental bloody mary nap my mouth like the Sahara, and I stepped up to the counter with armfuls upon armfuls of every kind of bottled beverage I could grab.
Plaid Pantry Counter Guy: Wow, why so much soda?
Me: It’s, umm… for my friend. Who is sick. She needs soda. I wasn’t sure what kind to get, so I’m getting them all.
PP CG: Why didn’t you just ask her what kind she wanted?
Me: She’s indisposed.
So, he rang up my Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Diet Sprite, Club Soda, Ginger Ale, A&W, Dr Pepper, Diet Dr Pepper, Peach Snapple, orange juice, apple juice, 7-​Up, Jones Cream Soda, Vitamin Water, Aquafina, Red Vines, and new issue of Busted and said, «Only kombucha for me. I’m growing my own and gonna start bottling it soon. Two bucks, ya interested?»
Nope. No amateur kombucha, thanks. I’m not dying on that mountain.
Four stars to this location of PP for always having whatever it is I’m looking for, rain or shine, blizzard, ice storm, heat wave. Soda, beer, candy, smut magazines, lotto tickets, newspapers, toilet paper, coffee, ice cream, whatever. The lady who works mornings (I’m guessing she runs the place) is always on the ball, and the staff at this Plaid is generally quite quirky and entertaining.
I’d give it a full five if this comment had never happened, during another visit when I purchased a bag of blow pops and three bottles of wine: «Wow. Helluva a night in store. You live around here, right?» Ew.