GC15YKH Revenge of the Miserable Shopper (Unknown Cache) in Texas, United States created by shrike868

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GC15YKH ▼

A cache by shrike868 Message this owner

Hidden : 9/14/2007

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Geocache Description:

I despise going shopping.

And I'm using this cache to get even with all of you for making the experience so unbearable.

To find it, you're going to have to suffer through a horrible shopping experience of your own ... figuring out the true coordinates.

This cache is for trying to run me down in the parking lot aisle. I'm drawing breath today only because you caught enough air on that speedbump to clear me.

This cache is for the time you dragged your key down the side of my car in the parking lot. Yeah, my car was that stone-age Taurus whose looks couldn't be hurt, but so what? It's the principle of the thing ...

This cache is for being stuck in the checkout line behind whichever one of you slowly extracted 30 coupons to redeem from a random wad of several hundred in your purse.

This cache is for prolonging my exposure to that inane fingernails-across-the-chalkboard voice over the PA system: "Manager to Aisle 8, Code 39 ... Manager to Aisle 8, Code 39." (Why does that voice always say everything twice anyway? And why does its owner talk with her nose pinched? But I digress ...)

This cache is for you taking ten more minutes to argue with the cashier that the $2.99 box of cereal was actually $2.79 ... when there were enough pennies on the side of the register to make up the difference.

This cache is for being so oblivious to your surroundings that a dozen other drivers and I slammed on our brakes when you walked into the pedestrian zone in front of the store and then sat there for another ten minutes until you finally made your way across. Our only solace was knowing you were burning up cell-phone minutes while we waited.

This cache is for you -- because I know my wife actually enjoys going shopping, in spite of the misery you all dispense ... and because she’ll take two more swipes than planned with the credit card each time I gently remind her of this character flaw.

This cache is for my knowing well ahead of time that to preserve any marital bliss I might have left, I'll be standing outside at 5 AM the day after Thanksgiving, ready to usher in the holiday spirit by having a knock-down-drag-out with several of you over the store's one remaining must-have video game console ... knowing that (1) if I win, it will be out of date by Christmas, and that (2) if I lose, the beating will have been mild compared with the fury back at home.

Enjoy the cache. And here's hoping you get stuck inside the dressing room with the temperamental door lock.

NOTE: I stuck to the get-in-get-out-and-be-done-with-it shopping philosophy with the cache placement; it's a true park-and-grab. You will, however, be quite visible, so stealth will be required. Just in case it's an item of concern for you, the manager of the nearby store allowed the placement when asked about it by my better half, who is on good terms with him. So I guess a little marital bliss is working for me at the moment ... at least until her next shopping trip!

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