The "Teet" is tops on my grocery list--Not for the super selection of fresh produce, the scrumptious samples (DO shop hungry in this store!) and the killer deli...
Not even for the made-to-order pizzas that you can pick up on your way home from work or carpool.
No, this goes WAY beyond the food-- MY Harris Teeter is loaded with customer servers-- so much so that I will now pass two other grocery stores to shop at this den of do-gooders!
Let me rewind about six months, to my son's first birthday. While guests started arriving for his party, I was dumpster-diving in my garage, trying to locate my Harris Teeter receipt. I had shopped there earlier in the day, and used my debit card to get $40 cash back from my purchase. In my rush to beat the partygoers, I forgot to snag the cash. One of the early guests tried to sell me something (doesn't that always happen at your parties??!) and when I saw my empty wallet I realized my shopping slip-up-- hence the dumpster-dig.
In the birthday brouhaha, I lost track of my quest, and added that to my list of bad mommy moves. I mourned for the lost lattes that $40 could have purchased, but I figured it was some kind of sign to stay out of Starbucks.
Fast-forward to March 23...more than 6 months after MY mistake. I casually mentioned my bonehead move to the cashier, Angela, and she told me to take my concerns to Cheryl in accounting. More than that, she called Cheryl over to the register, and I sheepishly sold her my story. She skipped-- really! -- to her office, and moments later returned with a computer printout. She informed me that, indeed, a register had come up $41.37 "over" that very September day. She paged Paul, the store manager, who didn't even blink before signing off on my refund!
Cheryl walked back to the office and presented me with two beautiful, crisp $20 bills, and didn't once ask to draw blood or even see my driver's license! I love that woman!
So now, my joy is overshadowed with the realization that Harris Teeter is completing construction on another of its grocery stores RIGHT OUTSIDE MY NEIGHBORHOOD (same shopping center as the soon-to-open Dunkin' Donuts/Baskin Robbins den of delight!). Question is-- do I pass this one to get to the good one, or will my new best friends Cheryl and Paul be okay with me cheating on them with their more-convenient cousin?
I'll have to check, next time I'm cashing in at the Teet!!
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