Jiggle Junkie:
Envision a small town (population 957) with only a few eating out options. Take a strong preference for fountain soft drinks over canned or bottled equivalents, plus a desire to get out/away from home and work to just go somewhere, even when there’s not much time to do so.
My Love goes to the local Dairy Queen typically once a day, often several times a day, at a minimum for a drink refill (in her brought-in reusable big cup). She and her siblings have worked at nearly every food establishment in town, and in her opinion DQ has the best sodas (she calls them. I call them soft drinks. She prefers Coca-Cola unless it’s late in the day and the caffeine might keep her awake). Indeed her younger sister years ago managed this DQ location.
She has the DQ app and is always scanning receipts to earn red spoon credits. Then we need to use those $5 (typically) credits before they expire, which often entails a meal, desserts, or both. Many a date evening/night we’ve spent there, talking for hours, with at least her eating and getting multiple beverage refills.
She’s in there so often that she’s become somewhat of a celebrity. We know most of the employees by name, greet them, check in with how they’re doing (when appropriate), etc. Most of them know and like/love her (and some really like me). They like her so much that the manager gave her a standing offer of a job there, should she choose to come work there. Also, they stopped charging her for refills. I’m guessing this is because refills aren’t much of a money maker for them, the
Very cool! I'm glad they appreciate her and her business! I have a local pub where they all know not only my name (cue Cheers theme) but also that I will order more than one entree. I had to take a gaining break for a bit (even though the pounds are still coming, I've been eating much less), and a couple of the servers have said, "What else?" or "Nothing else today?" assuming I would order more, even though I already had an appetizer and big entree. Plus, I have a couple of Door dash drivers who know me well for my large orders (and I'm friendly and tip well too for their efforts!) It's fun when your reputation as a hungry fatty precedes you!
