Cleanup on aisle 12!
Well, I asked for it and Zevonista came through. Here's his report on Valentine's Date Night at the Giant last night. But I'm disappointed. Bowling with a toy soccer ball? No chocolate-covered strawberries? EL
Mrs. Zevonista and I packed up the car and headed over
to the Columbia Giant. As we walked in, we were concerned
that the place looked suspiciously like...a grocery store.
But the night was saved by the greeter in the suit and
festive hat, who took our names for the
various raffles.
...
First stop, the chocolate fountain, which, while next to
the strawberries, was curiously devoid of said fruit. But
it did have chocolate-covered pretzels. While
not fruit, they combined two of nature's perfect foods -
- chocolate and salt.
Next stop, seafood, where there was a lobster-tail preparation demonstration. There was a prepared plate -- steak and lobster tail -- to show all the goodies you could buy at Giant. A nice gentleman in a tux handed out samples of crab-stuffed lobster as Chef James prepared the lobster tails, and happily shared the fact that all ingredients could be purchased at this very Giant.
They then raffled off the prepared plate, and we heard that all of the delicious-looking food could be bought at Giant. I'm not sure where I got this idea, but apparently the steak and lobster tail could be purchased at this very store!
As we walked on, we noticed that they were handing the sample plate to the raffle winner. I have no idea if she was expected to eat it there, or carefully bring it out to her car.
But never mind, we had business. Namely, we had to find the bowling. I asked several employees and apparently, the bowling lady was on break. But they pointed out that the event was occurring in aisle 12. And...there it was. Ten rolls of paper towels lined up, with a toy soccer ball to the side.
Mrs. Zevonista gave it a shot, but ended up unable to finish off the 7-10 split. Other than that, it was pretty quiet. Not many couples partaking in the festivities. In fact, most people seemed to be...SHOPPING for some reason.
The date ended in a perfect Valentine's fashion -- namely, we picked up a quart of milk, paid, and headed out into the cool Columbia night.
(Photos courtesy of Zevonista)
Comments
Hmm...sounds like a lot of the dates I've been on - not horribly successful. I don't do as much selling, though.
Posted by: Lissa | February 14, 2009 1:14 PM
Late update: by the time I got to my Giant (#158) on Friday afternoon they had gotten the memo that they should do something for date night as well. All of the regular daytime cashiers were thrilled that they had enough seniority to say "no thanks" to the manager when asked to stay and help.
Posted by: MD Canon | February 14, 2009 7:07 PM
MD Canon, you know what REALLY happened? Hal Laurent sabotaged the whole thing because HE HATES OUR FREEDOM!!! First he disparages all of our men and women in uniform, now he's trying to ruin Valentine's Day for all patriots! Shameful, really.
Oh, this is kind of fun...
Apologies to Hal.
Posted by: sean | February 14, 2009 9:41 PM
sean, I read that as, "First he asparagus all of..."
I was really confused.
Posted by: Lissa | February 14, 2009 10:54 PM
Hmm ... now that I think about it, what's with all this about Valentine's Day?? On my calendar 14 February is the Feast of Saints Cyril & Methodius!
Posted by: MD Canon | February 15, 2009 12:18 AM
Until Hallmark decrees it, the Feast of Saints Cyril & Methodius won't see the light of day. As to Cyril & Methodius, they need a new PR flak. 'Get Cyril & Methodius candy/card/diamond' just doesn't roll off the tongue so well Valentine and those cute little Cupids. BTW, how does Methodius look in a nappy?
Posted by: Robert (the Single One) | February 15, 2009 8:38 AM
MD Canon, hope you had a wonderful Cyril & Methodius Day,
Sean, now you know the secret of talk radio. But it gets a little boring after a short while, doesn't it?
Posted by: Dahlink | February 15, 2009 8:42 AM
Talk radio a secret? Don't I wish.
Posted by: Retired in Elkridge | February 15, 2009 11:08 AM
Yeah, Dahlink, I've already abandoned my mission...
Posted by: sean | February 15, 2009 3:53 PM
The Giant we went to (Wilkens Avenue in Catonsville) had a chocolate fountain with employees handing out chocolate dipped strawberries as we walked in, a raffle every 20 minutes (we saw a dozen roses and a cake won, though sadly not by us) and a "decorate your own gingerbread man cookie and take him home" area. Good sized cookies, too. No bowling, though.
Posted by: David Sattler | February 15, 2009 9:31 PM
I had to go grocery shopping on Friday and ended up at Giant while the date night was in full swing. I had my 2 kids with me and they enjoyed the cookie decorating, chocolate covered strawberries (they also offered grahams and marshmellows), and the root beer floats. There were raffles every 10 minutes or so for flower arrangements, the staff were all dresses in red (of course) and the bowling took place in the frozen food aisle with individually wrapped paper towels as pins and cases of towels and toilet paper as the alley. Very interesting night. We went to the Giant at Wilkens Plaza.
Posted by: greedygirl | February 16, 2009 11:14 AM