WHERE’S THE DONUTS?

I go to Wal-Mart often for cat food, donuts too. Live Oak Wal-Mart is closest, almost 18 miles. I go after dark when all outdoor work is completed, I’m tired. I get to the store; don’t tell me, no cat food? I can’t believe it. When I ask why, they tell me they sell a lot. So why not have more delivered?! Donuts? Plenty, in the donut section, where else? But there are none! I buy the Entenmanns Softee donuts, my cats love them. As for the cat food? Now I have to drive 20 more miles to Lake City. I know they will have cat food. 

When I first shopped at this Wal-Mart I had to ask “where are the donuts?”. The clerk didn’t understand me, didn’t speak English. But I find them myself, in the dairy section. I want to be back at the ranch, I’ve got to work past midnight, this takes time, too much time.

I decided to try another Wal-Mart in the opposite direction, the place is new and farther than I thought. Only four bags of food in stock. Litter is 4.00 a bag! I use the Special Kitty Red bag and it’s usually 2.78 at the other Wal-Marts! I’m just not winning tonight, “where’s the donuts?” I looked at the Bakery, no donuts; I asked Customer Service, she made a face and says to look in Bakery. I asked other clerks, no one knew! I wish I had an empty box to show them! Maybe sign language will work.  

No luck. My poor cats. Bear loves donuts; I can’t go back without them. I pass a Publix near the highway. I stop there. I walk into the store, my eyes fall on a donut display, not the Bakery, but donuts! I’m happy. I stop to look at the many variety packs, no good! Two boxes are upside down; I turn them over and felt my eyes grow big. It’s Softees! 12 plain donuts in each box! I took them to the register right away; 6 dollars should cover it (they are 2.98 at Wal-Mart). I see 4.69 being rung up. Crap. I dig deeper and find change! Whew! But we have donuts, boxes of gold at this point. Never the less, I’m happy because a day without donuts is like a day without sunshine.

I know this; the donuts will stay in my truck tonight. I have made the mistake of hanging them in the plastic bag on the office doorknob. The cats treated it like a Piñata. The bag was shredded and all the donuts gone. They had donut time without me. You snooze you lose Papa, the cats told me.

More and more cats join me for donut time now; please enjoy our newest YouTube video of donut time, filmed end of February…