This is my post for #freewriters 2555 prompt prize idiot hosted by @mariannewest
As we were going to the cheap store today I was looking at the old fruit packing houses as we drove by them, I did not think to take pictures of them. Most stand empty just like the fish houses, they are a thing of the past.
The cheap store is part of an old packing house in Vero, I think it was Graves Brothers. The picture is of the back side of one of the buildings that is left. The front part of the building looks like they are remodeling it to be either offices or apartments.
While we were standing in line to check out, this baby rat came around a display and up to my husband, he looked at me and said "what am I going to do with him?" He picks it up and shows the prize idiot to the cashier. She looks at it and says how cute, is it a lizard? My husband says "No, it's a rat". I thought now my husband was the prize idiot because he scared that poor lady. Her hands went up as she jumped back and let out a big OH NO while shaking her head. I think she needs glasses to think it was a cute lizard, but I understand how that can happen.
My husband said he would take it outside and let it go, the lady could not get "please do" from her lips fast enough.
You have to watch what you buy in this store, some of the boxes or packages have holes chewed in them and I have seen rats run from aisle to aisle.
photos are mine
